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From the Ted Talk by Mara Mintzer: How kids can help design cities

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Kids can't just hop in a car and _____ to the _____. And most kids can't afford an expensive lunch at the nearby cafe. So if we _____ cities that take into the consideration their needs for alternative forms of ______________ and for cheaper food ______, we meet the needs of many other populations, too. The more ________ and more affordable bus service, so desired by our youth, also supports the elderly who wish to live independently, after they can no longer drive cars. Teens' recommendations for smooth, protected walking and skateboarding paths also support the ______ in a wheelchair who wishes to go smoothly down the path, or the parent _______ a new stroller.

Solution

  1. build
  2. venues
  3. person
  4. transportation
  5. frequent
  6. drive
  7. pushing
  8. store

Original Text

Kids can't just hop in a car and drive to the store. And most kids can't afford an expensive lunch at the nearby cafe. So if we build cities that take into the consideration their needs for alternative forms of transportation and for cheaper food venues, we meet the needs of many other populations, too. The more frequent and more affordable bus service, so desired by our youth, also supports the elderly who wish to live independently, after they can no longer drive cars. Teens' recommendations for smooth, protected walking and skateboarding paths also support the person in a wheelchair who wishes to go smoothly down the path, or the parent pushing a new stroller.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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civic area 4
asked children 3
city council 2
city initiative 2
including children 2
city planning 2
young people 2
high school 2
school students 2
public art 2
city friendly 2
successful city 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
high school students 2

Important Words

  1. afford
  2. affordable
  3. alternative
  4. build
  5. bus
  6. cafe
  7. car
  8. cars
  9. cheaper
  10. cities
  11. consideration
  12. desired
  13. drive
  14. elderly
  15. expensive
  16. food
  17. forms
  18. frequent
  19. hop
  20. independently
  21. kids
  22. live
  23. longer
  24. lunch
  25. meet
  26. nearby
  27. parent
  28. path
  29. paths
  30. person
  31. populations
  32. protected
  33. pushing
  34. recommendations
  35. service
  36. skateboarding
  37. smooth
  38. smoothly
  39. store
  40. stroller
  41. support
  42. supports
  43. transportation
  44. venues
  45. walking
  46. wheelchair
  47. wishes
  48. youth