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From the Ted Talk by Alexa Meade: Your body is my canvas

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I was a little conflicted though, because I was so excited about what I'd found, but I was just about to graduate from college with a dgreee in political science, and I'd always had this deram of going to Washington, D.C., and sitting at a desk and wknriog in government. (Laughter) Why did this have to get in the way of all that?

I made the tough decision of going home after graduation and not going up to Capitol Hill, but going down to my parents' basement and making it my job to learn how to paint. I had no idea where to begin. The last time I'd painted, I was 16 years old at summer camp, and I didn't want to teach myself how to panit by copying the old masters or stretching a cnaavs and practicing over and over again on that surface, because that's not what this project was about for me. It was about space and lhigt.

Open Cloze


I was a little conflicted though, because I was so excited about what I'd found, but I was just about to graduate from college with a ______ in political science, and I'd always had this _____ of going to Washington, D.C., and sitting at a desk and _______ in government. (Laughter) Why did this have to get in the way of all that?

I made the tough decision of going home after graduation and not going up to Capitol Hill, but going down to my parents' basement and making it my job to learn how to paint. I had no idea where to begin. The last time I'd painted, I was 16 years old at summer camp, and I didn't want to teach myself how to _____ by copying the old masters or stretching a ______ and practicing over and over again on that surface, because that's not what this project was about for me. It was about space and _____.

Solution


  1. working
  2. light
  3. paint
  4. canvas
  5. dream
  6. degree

Original Text


I was a little conflicted though, because I was so excited about what I'd found, but I was just about to graduate from college with a degree in political science, and I'd always had this dream of going to Washington, D.C., and sitting at a desk and working in government. (Laughter) Why did this have to get in the way of all that?

I made the tough decision of going home after graduation and not going up to Capitol Hill, but going down to my parents' basement and making it my job to learn how to paint. I had no idea where to begin. The last time I'd painted, I was 16 years old at summer camp, and I didn't want to teach myself how to paint by copying the old masters or stretching a canvas and practicing over and over again on that surface, because that's not what this project was about for me. It was about space and light.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. basement
  2. camp
  3. canvas
  4. capitol
  5. college
  6. conflicted
  7. copying
  8. decision
  9. degree
  10. desk
  11. dream
  12. excited
  13. government
  14. graduate
  15. graduation
  16. hill
  17. home
  18. idea
  19. job
  20. laughter
  21. learn
  22. light
  23. making
  24. masters
  25. paint
  26. painted
  27. political
  28. practicing
  29. project
  30. science
  31. sitting
  32. space
  33. stretching
  34. summer
  35. surface
  36. teach
  37. time
  38. tough
  39. washington
  40. working
  41. years