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From the Ted Talk by Enrique Peñalosa: Why buses represent democracy in action

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I will propose to you a couple of ingredients which I think would make cities much better, and it would be very slpmie to implement them in the new cities which are only being created. Hundreds of kilometers of geawnreys criss-crossing cities in all directions. clidehrn will walk out of homes into safe spaces. They could go for dozens of kilometers safely without any risk in wondruefl greenways, sort of bicycle highways, and I would invite you to imagine the following: a city in which every other street would be a setret only for pedestrians and bicycles. In new cities which are going to be bilut, this would not be particularly difficult. When I was mayor of Bogotá, in only three years, we were able to create 70 kilometers, in one of the most dense cities in the world, of these bicycle highways. And this changes the way people live, move, enjoy the city. In this picture, you see in one of the very poor nhehiodgorbos, we have a lxuury pedestrian blccyie street, and the cars still in the mud. Of course, I would love to pave this street for cars. But what do we do first? Ninety-nine pnecert of the people in those neighborhoods don't have cars. But you see, when a city is only being created, it's very easy to iatonrropce this kind of infrastructure. Then the city grows around it. And of course this is just a glimpse of something which could be much better if we just create it, and it changes the way of life.

Open Cloze

I will propose to you a couple of ingredients which I think would make cities much better, and it would be very ______ to implement them in the new cities which are only being created. Hundreds of kilometers of _________ criss-crossing cities in all directions. ________ will walk out of homes into safe spaces. They could go for dozens of kilometers safely without any risk in _________ greenways, sort of bicycle highways, and I would invite you to imagine the following: a city in which every other street would be a ______ only for pedestrians and bicycles. In new cities which are going to be _____, this would not be particularly difficult. When I was mayor of Bogotá, in only three years, we were able to create 70 kilometers, in one of the most dense cities in the world, of these bicycle highways. And this changes the way people live, move, enjoy the city. In this picture, you see in one of the very poor _____________, we have a ______ pedestrian _______ street, and the cars still in the mud. Of course, I would love to pave this street for cars. But what do we do first? Ninety-nine _______ of the people in those neighborhoods don't have cars. But you see, when a city is only being created, it's very easy to ___________ this kind of infrastructure. Then the city grows around it. And of course this is just a glimpse of something which could be much better if we just create it, and it changes the way of life.

Solution

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  2. children
  3. neighborhoods
  4. luxury
  5. greenways
  6. built
  7. simple
  8. percent
  9. incorporate
  10. bicycle
  11. street

Original Text

I will propose to you a couple of ingredients which I think would make cities much better, and it would be very simple to implement them in the new cities which are only being created. Hundreds of kilometers of greenways criss-crossing cities in all directions. Children will walk out of homes into safe spaces. They could go for dozens of kilometers safely without any risk in wonderful greenways, sort of bicycle highways, and I would invite you to imagine the following: a city in which every other street would be a street only for pedestrians and bicycles. In new cities which are going to be built, this would not be particularly difficult. When I was mayor of Bogotá, in only three years, we were able to create 70 kilometers, in one of the most dense cities in the world, of these bicycle highways. And this changes the way people live, move, enjoy the city. In this picture, you see in one of the very poor neighborhoods, we have a luxury pedestrian bicycle street, and the cars still in the mud. Of course, I would love to pave this street for cars. But what do we do first? Ninety-nine percent of the people in those neighborhoods don't have cars. But you see, when a city is only being created, it's very easy to incorporate this kind of infrastructure. Then the city grows around it. And of course this is just a glimpse of something which could be much better if we just create it, and it changes the way of life.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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protected bikeways 2
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country cities 2
human beings 2
latin america 2

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collocation frequency
developing world cities 2
protected bicycle ways 2
developing country cities 2

Important Words

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