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From the Ted Talk by Candy Chang: Before I die I want to ...
Unscramble the Blue Letters
There are a lot of ways the people around us can help iprovme our lives. We don't bump into every neighbor, so a lot of wisdom never gets passed on, though we do share the same pibluc spcaes.
So over the past few years, I've tried ways to sahre more with my nrioebghs in public space, using simple tools like stickers, stencils and chalk. And these projects came from questions I had, like: How much are my neighbors paying for their apartments?.
How can we lend and borrow more things, without knocking on each other's doros at a bad time? How can we share more memories of our abandoned buildings, and gain a better understanding of our landscape? How can we share more of our heops for our vacant storefronts, so our communities can reflect our needs and dreams today?.
Open Cloze
There are a lot of ways the people around us can help _______ our lives. We don't bump into every neighbor, so a lot of wisdom never gets passed on, though we do share the same ______ ______.
So over the past few years, I've tried ways to _____ more with my _________ in public space, using simple tools like stickers, stencils and chalk. And these projects came from questions I had, like: How much are my neighbors paying for their apartments?.
How can we lend and borrow more things, without knocking on each other's _____ at a bad time? How can we share more memories of our abandoned buildings, and gain a better understanding of our landscape? How can we share more of our _____ for our vacant storefronts, so our communities can reflect our needs and dreams today?.
Solution
- spaces
- public
- improve
- share
- hopes
- neighbors
- doors
Original Text
There are a lot of ways the people around us can help improve our lives. We don't bump into every neighbor, so a lot of wisdom never gets passed on, though we do share the same public spaces.
So over the past few years, I've tried ways to share more with my neighbors in public space, using simple tools like stickers, stencils and chalk. And these projects came from questions I had, like: How much are my neighbors paying for their apartments?.
How can we lend and borrow more things, without knocking on each other's doors at a bad time? How can we share more memories of our abandoned buildings, and gain a better understanding of our landscape? How can we share more of our hopes for our vacant storefronts, so our communities can reflect our needs and dreams today?.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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