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From the Ted Talk by Aziza Chaouni: How I brought a river, and my city, back to life
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Unfortunately, because of the pollution of the reivr, it has been covered little by little by concrete salbs since 1952. This process of erasure was coupled with the destruction of many houses along the river banks to be able to make machineries enter the narrow pedestrian nwrotek of the medina. Those ubran vdois quickly became illegal parking or trash yrdas. Actually, the state of the river before eitnerng the mdiena is pretty healthy. Then pollution takes its toll, mainly due to untreated sewage and chemical dumping from catrfs such as tanning. At some point, I couldn't bear the desecration of the river, such an important part of my city, and I decided to take action, especially after I heard that the city received a grant to divert sewage water and to treat it.
Open Cloze
Unfortunately, because of the pollution of the _____, it has been covered little by little by concrete _____ since 1952. This process of erasure was coupled with the destruction of many houses along the river banks to be able to make machineries enter the narrow pedestrian _______ of the medina. Those _____ _____ quickly became illegal parking or trash _____. Actually, the state of the river before ________ the ______ is pretty healthy. Then pollution takes its toll, mainly due to untreated sewage and chemical dumping from ______ such as tanning. At some point, I couldn't bear the desecration of the river, such an important part of my city, and I decided to take action, especially after I heard that the city received a grant to divert sewage water and to treat it.
Solution
- entering
- yards
- crafts
- slabs
- network
- medina
- urban
- river
- voids
Original Text
Unfortunately, because of the pollution of the river, it has been covered little by little by concrete slabs since 1952. This process of erasure was coupled with the destruction of many houses along the river banks to be able to make machineries enter the narrow pedestrian network of the medina. Those urban voids quickly became illegal parking or trash yards. Actually, the state of the river before entering the medina is pretty healthy. Then pollution takes its toll, mainly due to untreated sewage and chemical dumping from crafts such as tanning. At some point, I couldn't bear the desecration of the river, such an important part of my city, and I decided to take action, especially after I heard that the city received a grant to divert sewage water and to treat it.
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