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From the Ted Talk by David Korins: 3 ways to create a space that moves you, from a Broadway set designer

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Sings in Pee-Wee's voice) or they wouldn't be able to do their job.

(luheatgr)

But you couldn't put Pee-Wee in an opera set. He couldn't climb up and down those stairs. There'd be no Pee-Wee. He'd be like James Bond slinking entegally up and down the sitras. It wouldn't work.

(Laughter)

Now think of your set, your home, what you exist in every sglnie day. If you're anything like me, the trash can is just too small for the amount of takeout that you buy every night, right? And I find myself jamming like I'm kenandig dough at a pizza place, I'm jamimng it in because I don't understand. Or, maybe the light switch in your foyer is just stashed behind too many poarilecrsuy placed coats, and so you don't even go for it. Therefore, day after day, you wind up walking in and out of a chasm of darkness.

Open Cloze


(Sings in Pee-Wee's voice) or they wouldn't be able to do their job.

(________)

But you couldn't put Pee-Wee in an opera set. He couldn't climb up and down those stairs. There'd be no Pee-Wee. He'd be like James Bond slinking _________ up and down the ______. It wouldn't work.

(Laughter)

Now think of your set, your home, what you exist in every ______ day. If you're anything like me, the trash can is just too small for the amount of takeout that you buy every night, right? And I find myself jamming like I'm ________ dough at a pizza place, I'm _______ it in because I don't understand. Or, maybe the light switch in your foyer is just stashed behind too many ____________ placed coats, and so you don't even go for it. Therefore, day after day, you wind up walking in and out of a chasm of darkness.

Solution


  1. precariously
  2. laughter
  3. jamming
  4. stairs
  5. elegantly
  6. kneading
  7. single

Original Text


(Sings in Pee-Wee's voice) or they wouldn't be able to do their job.

(Laughter)

But you couldn't put Pee-Wee in an opera set. He couldn't climb up and down those stairs. There'd be no Pee-Wee. He'd be like James Bond slinking elegantly up and down the stairs. It wouldn't work.

(Laughter)

Now think of your set, your home, what you exist in every single day. If you're anything like me, the trash can is just too small for the amount of takeout that you buy every night, right? And I find myself jamming like I'm kneading dough at a pizza place, I'm jamming it in because I don't understand. Or, maybe the light switch in your foyer is just stashed behind too many precariously placed coats, and so you don't even go for it. Therefore, day after day, you wind up walking in and out of a chasm of darkness.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
blue sky 2
design phase 2
execution phase 2
architectural standards 2


Important Words


  1. amount
  2. bond
  3. buy
  4. chasm
  5. climb
  6. coats
  7. darkness
  8. day
  9. dough
  10. elegantly
  11. exist
  12. find
  13. foyer
  14. home
  15. james
  16. jamming
  17. job
  18. kneading
  19. laughter
  20. light
  21. night
  22. opera
  23. pizza
  24. place
  25. precariously
  26. put
  27. set
  28. single
  29. sings
  30. slinking
  31. small
  32. stairs
  33. stashed
  34. switch
  35. takeout
  36. trash
  37. understand
  38. voice
  39. walking
  40. wind
  41. work