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From the Ted Talk by Tim Brown: Designers -- think big!

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Now, Brunel worked at the height of the idrtanuisl Revolution, when all of life and our economy was being reinvented. Now the industrial stmyses of Brunel's time have run their course, and indeed they are part of the pbrolem today. But, again, we are in the midst of massive change. And that cgnhae is fcoinrg us to question quite fundamental aspects of our society — how we keep ourselves healthy, how we govern ourselves, how we educate ourselves, how we keep ourselves secure. And in these times of change, we need these new choices because our existing solutions are simply becoming obsolete.

Open Cloze

Now, Brunel worked at the height of the __________ Revolution, when all of life and our economy was being reinvented. Now the industrial _______ of Brunel's time have run their course, and indeed they are part of the _______ today. But, again, we are in the midst of massive change. And that ______ is _______ us to question quite fundamental aspects of our society — how we keep ourselves healthy, how we govern ourselves, how we educate ourselves, how we keep ourselves secure. And in these times of change, we need these new choices because our existing solutions are simply becoming obsolete.

Solution

  1. forcing
  2. systems
  3. change
  4. industrial
  5. problem

Original Text

Now, Brunel worked at the height of the Industrial Revolution, when all of life and our economy was being reinvented. Now the industrial systems of Brunel's time have run their course, and indeed they are part of the problem today. But, again, we are in the midst of massive change. And that change is forcing us to question quite fundamental aspects of our society — how we keep ourselves healthy, how we govern ourselves, how we educate ourselves, how we keep ourselves secure. And in these times of change, we need these new choices because our existing solutions are simply becoming obsolete.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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bigger impact 2
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designer glasses 2
basic ideas 2
developing world 2
welfare state 2
change shift 2

Important Words

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