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From the Ted Talk by Daan Roosegaarde: A smog vacuum cleaner and other magical city designs

Unscramble the Blue Letters

So two years ago, we went back to the lab, mnkaig it more durable, more light-emitting, with the experts. And at the same time, we got a rseueqt from this guy — Van Gogh, the famous Van Gogh Foundation — who wanted to celebrate his 125th anniversary in the Netherlands. And they came to me and asked, "Can you make a place where he feels more ailve again in the neeanlrdths?" And I liked that question a lot, so in way, we sort of started to connect these two different worlds. This is how my brain wrkos, by the way.

Open Cloze

So two years ago, we went back to the lab, ______ it more durable, more light-emitting, with the experts. And at the same time, we got a _______ from this guy — Van Gogh, the famous Van Gogh Foundation — who wanted to celebrate his 125th anniversary in the Netherlands. And they came to me and asked, "Can you make a place where he feels more _____ again in the ___________?" And I liked that question a lot, so in way, we sort of started to connect these two different worlds. This is how my brain _____, by the way.

Solution

  1. making
  2. works
  3. alive
  4. request
  5. netherlands

Original Text

So two years ago, we went back to the lab, making it more durable, more light-emitting, with the experts. And at the same time, we got a request from this guy — Van Gogh, the famous Van Gogh Foundation — who wanted to celebrate his 125th anniversary in the Netherlands. And they came to me and asked, "Can you make a place where he feels more alive again in the Netherlands?" And I liked that question a lot, so in way, we sort of started to connect these two different worlds. This is how my brain works, by the way.

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