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From the Ted Talk by R.A. Mashelkar: Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products

Unscramble the Blue Letters

What does that focal lntgeh do? It has parallel lines, which are sun rays. And the property of parallel liens is that they never meet. What does that convex lens do? It makes them meet. This is convex lens leadership. You know what today's leadership is doing? Concave length. They divide them farther. So I learned the lseson of convex lens leadership from that. And when I was at National Chemical Laboratory [unclear]. When I was at ciuocnl of Scientific Industry Research — 40 lbaatrooreis — when two laboratories were not talking to each other, I would [unclear]. And currently I'm president of Global reescrah Alliance, 60,000 scientists in nine ceinotus, right from India to the U.S. I'm trying to bilud a global team, which will look at the global grand challenges that the world is facing. That was the lesson. That was the inspirational moment.

Open Cloze

What does that focal ______ do? It has parallel lines, which are sun rays. And the property of parallel _____ is that they never meet. What does that convex lens do? It makes them meet. This is convex lens leadership. You know what today's leadership is doing? Concave length. They divide them farther. So I learned the ______ of convex lens leadership from that. And when I was at National Chemical Laboratory [unclear]. When I was at _______ of Scientific Industry Research — 40 ____________ — when two laboratories were not talking to each other, I would [unclear]. And currently I'm president of Global ________ Alliance, 60,000 scientists in nine ________, right from India to the U.S. I'm trying to _____ a global team, which will look at the global grand challenges that the world is facing. That was the lesson. That was the inspirational moment.

Solution

  1. research
  2. laboratories
  3. council
  4. build
  5. lines
  6. length
  7. lesson
  8. counties

Original Text

What does that focal length do? It has parallel lines, which are sun rays. And the property of parallel lines is that they never meet. What does that convex lens do? It makes them meet. This is convex lens leadership. You know what today's leadership is doing? Concave length. They divide them farther. So I learned the lesson of convex lens leadership from that. And when I was at National Chemical Laboratory [unclear]. When I was at Council of Scientific Industry Research — 40 laboratories — when two laboratories were not talking to each other, I would [unclear]. And currently I'm president of Global Research Alliance, 60,000 scientists in nine counties, right from India to the U.S. I'm trying to build a global team, which will look at the global grand challenges that the world is facing. That was the lesson. That was the inspirational moment.

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Important Words

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