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From the Ted Talk by Paul Bennett: Design is in the details
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So this is not particularly a new idea, kind of, seeing orupntioteips in things that are around you and snapping and turning them into a solution. It's a htrsoiy of ieiontnvn based around this. I'm going to read this because I want to get these names right. Joan Ganz Cooney saw her daughter — came down on a sdaatury morning, saw her daughter watching the test card, witaing for programs to come on one mnnroig and from that came Sesame Street. Malcolm McLean was mivnog from one country to another and was wondering why it took these guys so long to get the boxes onto the ship. And he invented the shipping container. George de Mestral — this is not bugs all over a Birkenstock — was walking his dog in a field and got covered in brrus, sort of little prickly things, and from that came Velcro.
Open Cloze
So this is not particularly a new idea, kind of, seeing _____________ in things that are around you and snapping and turning them into a solution. It's a _______ of _________ based around this. I'm going to read this because I want to get these names right. Joan Ganz Cooney saw her daughter — came down on a ________ morning, saw her daughter watching the test card, _______ for programs to come on one _______ and from that came Sesame Street. Malcolm McLean was ______ from one country to another and was wondering why it took these guys so long to get the boxes onto the ship. And he invented the shipping container. George de Mestral — this is not bugs all over a Birkenstock — was walking his dog in a field and got covered in _____, sort of little prickly things, and from that came Velcro.
Solution
- saturday
- morning
- history
- opportunities
- waiting
- moving
- burrs
- invention
Original Text
So this is not particularly a new idea, kind of, seeing opportunities in things that are around you and snapping and turning them into a solution. It's a history of invention based around this. I'm going to read this because I want to get these names right. Joan Ganz Cooney saw her daughter — came down on a Saturday morning, saw her daughter watching the test card, waiting for programs to come on one morning and from that came Sesame Street. Malcolm McLean was moving from one country to another and was wondering why it took these guys so long to get the boxes onto the ship. And he invented the shipping container. George de Mestral — this is not bugs all over a Birkenstock — was walking his dog in a field and got covered in burrs, sort of little prickly things, and from that came Velcro.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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Important Words
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