TED Talks

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Instructions:

Guess the correct answer for the riddle presented in each slide.

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Open Ended

I have a tail, and I have a head, but I have no body. I am NOT a snake. What am I?

Open Ended

It has got a car But no wheels. It has got a pet But no fleas.

Open Ended

Three eyes have I, all in a row; when the red one opens, all freeze like the snow.

Open Ended

What word becomes shorter when you add letters to it?

Open Ended

The more there is, the less you see. What is it?

Open Ended

What belongs to you, but is used by everyone else?

Open Ended

What can fill a room but doesn't take up space?

Open Ended

What can you hold in your right hand, but not in your left hand?

Open Ended

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

Open Ended

I never was, am always to be; everyone's looking, but no one sees me. What am I?

6. Your name

7. Light

8. Your left hand

9. River

10. Tomorrow

1. Coin

2. Carpet

3. Traffic Light

4. Short

5. Darkness

Answers:

Taking Imaginations Seriously

​SPrepared by: Miss Noreena

​TED Talks:

• Janet Echelman sculpts at the scale of buildings and city blocks.​

• ​Echelman combines ancient craft with computational design software to create artworks that have become focal points for urban life.

• ​Curiosity defines Janet Echelman’s nonlinear educational path.

• ​Her TED talk "Taking Imagination Seriously" has been translated into 35 languages with more than two million views.

Background of the Artist

• Echelman first set out to be an artist after graduating from college.

• ​Echelman returned to the United States and began teaching at Harvard.

• ​Promised to give painting exhibitions around the country.

• ​Her paints went missing which forced her to turn from painting to sculpture.

• Her first satisfying sculptures were hand-crafted in collaboration with those fishermen.

• ​She now reshapes urban airspace with sculpture that responds to environmental forces (wind, water, light.)

Artist's Story

Exercise ( Key Words)

Read the six sentences. The words in bold and underline are used in the TED Talk. First guess the meaning of the words. Then match the words with their definitions.

1.  His work is idiosyncratic and striking but can be difficult to understand. 

2.  The sculptures are ephemeral because of the material they're made from. 

3.  The edges of the cloth were decorated with hand-made lace. 

4.  The ropes are tied together with a tight knot. 

5.  She uses only fabrics that are made from natural fibers. 

6.  Large pieces of fabric were billowing from the wires.

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Multiple Choice

Lasting for a very short time

• ephemeral

• idiosyncratic

• lace

• knot

Multiple Choice

Long, thin pieces of natural material, such as wool or silk

• lace

• knot

• natural fibres

• billowing

Multiple Choice

A fine cloth with patterns of small holes

• ephemeral

• idiosyncratic

• lace

• knot

Multiple Choice

Filled with air and blowing in the wind

• lace

• knot

• natural fibres

• billowing

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A fastening made by tying string or rope

• lace

• knot

• natural fibres

• billowing

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Unusual, individual

• ephemeral

• idiosyncratic

• lace

• knot