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From the Ted Talk by Jay Silver: Hack a banana, make a keyboard!
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Hey guys. It's funny, someone just mentioned MacGyver, because that was, like, I loved it, and when I was seven, I taped a fork to a drill and I was like, "Hey, Mom, I'm going to Olive garedn." And — (Drilling noise) (leuathgr) And it worked really well there. And you know, it had a profound effect on me. It sounds silly, but I thought, okay, the way the world wkros can be cagenhd, and it can be changed by me in these small ways. And my risionlhetap to especially human-made objects which someone else said they work like this, well, I can say they work a different way, a little bit.
Open Cloze
Hey guys. It's funny, someone just mentioned MacGyver, because that was, like, I loved it, and when I was seven, I taped a fork to a drill and I was like, "Hey, Mom, I'm going to Olive ______." And — (Drilling noise) (________) And it worked really well there. And you know, it had a profound effect on me. It sounds silly, but I thought, okay, the way the world _____ can be _______, and it can be changed by me in these small ways. And my ____________ to especially human-made objects which someone else said they work like this, well, I can say they work a different way, a little bit.
Solution
- relationship
- laughter
- changed
- works
- garden
Original Text
Hey guys. It's funny, someone just mentioned MacGyver, because that was, like, I loved it, and when I was seven, I taped a fork to a drill and I was like, "Hey, Mom, I'm going to Olive Garden." And — (Drilling noise) (Laughter) And it worked really well there. And you know, it had a profound effect on me. It sounds silly, but I thought, okay, the way the world works can be changed, and it can be changed by me in these small ways. And my relationship to especially human-made objects which someone else said they work like this, well, I can say they work a different way, a little bit.
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