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From the Ted Talk by Daan Roosegaarde: A smog vacuum cleaner and other magical city designs

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

I would love to keep on doing this for an hour, but OK —

(lgheuatr)

And this is the result that we made: a bicycle path which charges at daytime via the sun and glows at night, up to eight hours.

(aaplsupe)

Thank you.

... hinting towards a future which should be eenrgy friendly and linking up the local grounds as Van Gogh literally walked and lived there in 1883. And you can go there every night for free, no tkciet needed. People experience the beauty of cycling through the starry nghit, thinking about green energy and saetfy.

I want to cratee places where people feel connected again. And it was somehow gerat to make these projects happen with the industry, with the infrastructure companies. So when these sheikhs of Qatar started to call: "How much for 10 kilometers?"

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

I would love to keep on doing this for an hour, but OK —

(________)

And this is the result that we made: a bicycle path which charges at daytime via the sun and glows at night, up to eight hours.

(________)

Thank you.

... hinting towards a future which should be ______ friendly and linking up the local grounds as Van Gogh literally walked and lived there in 1883. And you can go there every night for free, no ______ needed. People experience the beauty of cycling through the starry _____, thinking about green energy and ______.

I want to ______ places where people feel connected again. And it was somehow _____ to make these projects happen with the industry, with the infrastructure companies. So when these sheikhs of Qatar started to call: "How much for 10 kilometers?"

Solution


  1. ticket
  2. safety
  3. create
  4. laughter
  5. night
  6. energy
  7. applause
  8. great

Original Text


(Laughter)

I would love to keep on doing this for an hour, but OK —

(Laughter)

And this is the result that we made: a bicycle path which charges at daytime via the sun and glows at night, up to eight hours.

(Applause)

Thank you.

... hinting towards a future which should be energy friendly and linking up the local grounds as Van Gogh literally walked and lived there in 1883. And you can go there every night for free, no ticket needed. People experience the beauty of cycling through the starry night, thinking about green energy and safety.

I want to create places where people feel connected again. And it was somehow great to make these projects happen with the industry, with the infrastructure companies. So when these sheikhs of Qatar started to call: "How much for 10 kilometers?"

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Important Words


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