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From the Ted Talk by David Carson: Design and discovery

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Now, there's kind of two iuesss here. If you're going to put a kid in the ad, pick one that looks alive. (lhueagtr) I just have a feileng this kid's been there for a week, you know. He's just really hoping that boots up and, you know ... (Laughter) And then as the ancgey explained to me, they said, "Look, we don't have little green pepole in our country; why would we put little green people in our ads, for instance?" So, I udntaenrsd their logic. I totally disagree with it; I think it's a very small-minded approach, the world is certainly much more global, and I certainly think the people of Germany could have handled a little black girl sitting in front of a computer, though we'll never know.

Open Cloze

Now, there's kind of two ______ here. If you're going to put a kid in the ad, pick one that looks alive. (________) I just have a _______ this kid's been there for a week, you know. He's just really hoping that boots up and, you know ... (Laughter) And then as the ______ explained to me, they said, "Look, we don't have little green ______ in our country; why would we put little green people in our ads, for instance?" So, I __________ their logic. I totally disagree with it; I think it's a very small-minded approach, the world is certainly much more global, and I certainly think the people of Germany could have handled a little black girl sitting in front of a computer, though we'll never know.

Solution

  1. feeling
  2. issues
  3. people
  4. agency
  5. laughter
  6. understand

Original Text

Now, there's kind of two issues here. If you're going to put a kid in the ad, pick one that looks alive. (Laughter) I just have a feeling this kid's been there for a week, you know. He's just really hoping that boots up and, you know ... (Laughter) And then as the agency explained to me, they said, "Look, we don't have little green people in our country; why would we put little green people in our ads, for instance?" So, I understand their logic. I totally disagree with it; I think it's a very small-minded approach, the world is certainly much more global, and I certainly think the people of Germany could have handled a little black girl sitting in front of a computer, though we'll never know.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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  2. ads
  3. agency
  4. alive
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  6. black
  7. boots
  8. computer
  9. disagree
  10. explained
  11. feeling
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  13. germany
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  17. handled
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  22. kind
  23. laughter
  24. logic
  25. people
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  28. sitting
  29. totally
  30. understand
  31. week
  32. world