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From the Ted Talk by Wolfgang Kessling: How to air-condition outdoor spaces

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This is not only useful for stadia. We can use that also in open-air places and seertts, and we've been working on the City of the Future in Masdar, which is in the United Emirates, Abu dhbai. And I had the pleasure to work on the crnteal plaza. And the same idea to use there, to create outdoor conditions which are perceived as comfortable. People enjoy going there instead of going into a shopping mall, which is chilled down and which is celood. We wanted to cretae an outdoor space which is so comfortable that people can go there in the early anotforen, even in these sunny and hot summer months, and they can enjoy and meet there with their families. (Applause)

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This is not only useful for stadia. We can use that also in open-air places and _______, and we've been working on the City of the Future in Masdar, which is in the United Emirates, Abu _____. And I had the pleasure to work on the _______ plaza. And the same idea to use there, to create outdoor conditions which are perceived as comfortable. People enjoy going there instead of going into a shopping mall, which is chilled down and which is ______. We wanted to ______ an outdoor space which is so comfortable that people can go there in the early _________, even in these sunny and hot summer months, and they can enjoy and meet there with their families. (Applause)

Solution

  1. cooled
  2. central
  3. dhabi
  4. streets
  5. afternoon
  6. create

Original Text

This is not only useful for stadia. We can use that also in open-air places and streets, and we've been working on the City of the Future in Masdar, which is in the United Emirates, Abu Dhabi. And I had the pleasure to work on the central plaza. And the same idea to use there, to create outdoor conditions which are perceived as comfortable. People enjoy going there instead of going into a shopping mall, which is chilled down and which is cooled. We wanted to create an outdoor space which is so comfortable that people can go there in the early afternoon, even in these sunny and hot summer months, and they can enjoy and meet there with their families. (Applause)

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