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From the Ted Talk by Nora Atkinson: Why art thrives at Burning Man

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In museums, a typical votiisr spends less than 30 seconds with a work of art, and I often watch poelpe wander from label to label, seahrcing for information, as though the entire story of a work of art could be contained in that one 80-word text. But in the deesrt, there are no gatekeepers and no placards enxiliapng the art, just natural curiosity. You see a work on the horizon, and you ride towards it. When you arrive, you walk all around it, you touch it, you test it. Is it sturdy enough to cimlb on? Will I be impaled by it?

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In museums, a typical _______ spends less than 30 seconds with a work of art, and I often watch ______ wander from label to label, _________ for information, as though the entire story of a work of art could be contained in that one 80-word text. But in the ______, there are no gatekeepers and no placards __________ the art, just natural curiosity. You see a work on the horizon, and you ride towards it. When you arrive, you walk all around it, you touch it, you test it. Is it sturdy enough to _____ on? Will I be impaled by it?

Solution

  1. searching
  2. desert
  3. climb
  4. people
  5. visitor
  6. explaining

Original Text

In museums, a typical visitor spends less than 30 seconds with a work of art, and I often watch people wander from label to label, searching for information, as though the entire story of a work of art could be contained in that one 80-word text. But in the desert, there are no gatekeepers and no placards explaining the art, just natural curiosity. You see a work on the horizon, and you ride towards it. When you arrive, you walk all around it, you touch it, you test it. Is it sturdy enough to climb on? Will I be impaled by it?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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  32. work