3 Watch Daniele Quercia’s talk on TED.com. Choose the correct option (a, b or c) to complete these sentences. 1 After Daniele Quercia took a detour to work he felt _____ . a surprised and emotional b emotional and ashamed c surprised and ashamed 2 Daniele Quercia says that normal mapping apps _____ . a discourage people from exploring the city b are often incorrect and need further development c are great at encouraging people to explore the city 3 In the game, players compare photos of _____ . a two scenes of the city b two scenes of the countryside c two photos of the same buildings 4 The results of his research _____ . a showed why people are happiest in the countryside b showed which city scenes people liked the best c helped him create a new mapping app for Boston 5 At the time of his TED Talk, Daniele Quercia was _____ . a doing a PhD in cartography b a researcher and developer for Yahoo c a small business entrepreneur 6 He wanted to make mapping apps based on _____ . a nature, sound, smells and memories b speed, efficiency, nature and music c going through parks and meeting people The big idea 4 Work in groups. Discuss the questions. 1 In which ways does Daniele Quercia believe that his mapping app will enrich people’s everyday journeys? How many of these are important to you personally? 2 Which four kinds of routes does his new London city map show? Which type would you prefer to use to get to work? The routes are the shortest one, the happy, the beauty and the quiet, personally i would preffer the quiet one but depends of the the day it could change 3 Do you agree that taking the same route every day stops people fully experiencing a city? Why? I agree, in my opinión a Good way to have and entire view of any place is by going away from the normal routes. 4 Who do you think might be interested in buying and using this kind of app? The tourist that want to know the other face of the city 5 Did his talk make you want to buy one of his apps? Why? / Why not? Yes, this talk make me want the app, but I would buy it just in moments of travel 5 Choose the correct option to make collocations from the TED Talk. Then check your answers in the transcript. 1 2 3 4 5 6 connect your way / with nature explore the city / where to go find with nature / directions know the path / where to go take where to go / a different route find from A to B / your way 7 ‘I teamed up with Luca and Rossano … to build a new map of the city, a cartography weighted for 1 human emotions . On this cartography, … you’re also able to see the happy segment, the 2 beautiful part, the quiet path. In tests, participants found the happy, the beautiful, the quiet path far more enjoyable than the shortest one, and that just by adding a few minutes to 3 travel time. Participants also love to attach memories to places. Shared memories – that’s where the old BBC building was; and 4 person memories – that’s where I gave my first kiss.’ 8 Complete these sentences with the collocations from Exercise 5. 1 2 3 4 5 The road was blocked so we had to take a different route. It’s not always easy to find your way in a new city. Walking through parks and woods allows us to connect with nature. Do you know where to go? Or shall we ask for directions? There are so many places we haven’t been to in Madrid. We should really try to explore the city more this summer. 6 We need to use the app to find directions from the campsite to the festival. 7 Work in pairs. Complete the quotations from the TED Talk. Check with the transcript if necessary. 1 Logic will get you from A to B. imagination will take you every where.’ (3.44) 2 ‘If you think that adventure is dangerous, try rutine. It’s deadly.’ (7.06)
