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From the Ted Talk by Caroline Weaver: Why the pencil is perfect
Unscramble the Blue Letters
There is a pencil for everyone, and every pencil has a story. The blkanciwg 602 is famous for being used by a lot of writers, especially John Steinbeck and vdliamir Nabokov. And then, you have the Dixon pencil company. They're responsible for the dxion Ticonderoga. It's an icon, it's what people think of when they think of a pnciel and what they think of when they think of school. And the pencil's really a thing that, I think, the average user has never thought twice about, how it's made or why it's made the way it is, because it's just always been that way.
Open Cloze
There is a pencil for everyone, and every pencil has a story. The _________ 602 is famous for being used by a lot of writers, especially John Steinbeck and ________ Nabokov. And then, you have the Dixon pencil company. They're responsible for the _____ Ticonderoga. It's an icon, it's what people think of when they think of a ______ and what they think of when they think of school. And the pencil's really a thing that, I think, the average user has never thought twice about, how it's made or why it's made the way it is, because it's just always been that way.
Solution
- dixon
- vladimir
- blackwing
- pencil
Original Text
There is a pencil for everyone, and every pencil has a story. The Blackwing 602 is famous for being used by a lot of writers, especially John Steinbeck and Vladimir Nabokov. And then, you have the Dixon pencil company. They're responsible for the Dixon Ticonderoga. It's an icon, it's what people think of when they think of a pencil and what they think of when they think of school. And the pencil's really a thing that, I think, the average user has never thought twice about, how it's made or why it's made the way it is, because it's just always been that way.
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