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From the Ted Talk by Christian Benimana: The next generation of African architects and designers

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It was an amazing time. This country was going through a major building boom. Shanghai, my new home, was qkuicly turning into a skyscraper city. China was changing. World-class projects were built to convey a new image of development. Modern, striking engineering marvels were going up lartilely everywhere. But behind these facades, exploitation of huge numbers of migrant workers, massive displacement of thousands of people made these projects possible. And this fast-paced dmoevepenlt also crotetnbiud significantly to the plilouotn that is haunting China taody.

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It was an amazing time. This country was going through a major building boom. Shanghai, my new home, was _______ turning into a skyscraper city. China was changing. World-class projects were built to convey a new image of development. Modern, striking engineering marvels were going up _________ everywhere. But behind these facades, exploitation of huge numbers of migrant workers, massive displacement of thousands of people made these projects possible. And this fast-paced ___________ also ___________ significantly to the _________ that is haunting China _____.

Solution

  1. contributed
  2. pollution
  3. today
  4. quickly
  5. literally
  6. development

Original Text

It was an amazing time. This country was going through a major building boom. Shanghai, my new home, was quickly turning into a skyscraper city. China was changing. World-class projects were built to convey a new image of development. Modern, striking engineering marvels were going up literally everywhere. But behind these facades, exploitation of huge numbers of migrant workers, massive displacement of thousands of people made these projects possible. And this fast-paced development also contributed significantly to the pollution that is haunting China today.

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Important Words

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  38. turning
  39. workers