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From the Ted Talk by Cameron Webb: How to design mosquitoes out of cities

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But what about us? There's a role for laocl government, for our local authorities, but how an we help protect our families and our friends from the impact of mosquitoes associated with a greening city? I'm going to leave you with three tips that can help you stop the bite of mosquitoes and the buzz of mosquitoes this summer. First of all, don't crteae opportunities for mosquitoes in your backyard. Anything that traps water after rflanial will be a source of moestuioqs, so tip out, cover up or remove these water-holding containers in your backyard. Screen your rainwater tanks. claen your gutters and your drains, reduce that sidntang water that mosquitoes love so much around our hoems.

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But what about us? There's a role for _____ government, for our local authorities, but how an we help protect our families and our friends from the impact of mosquitoes associated with a greening city? I'm going to leave you with three tips that can help you stop the bite of mosquitoes and the buzz of mosquitoes this summer. First of all, don't ______ opportunities for mosquitoes in your backyard. Anything that traps water after ________ will be a source of __________, so tip out, cover up or remove these water-holding containers in your backyard. Screen your rainwater tanks. _____ your gutters and your drains, reduce that ________ water that mosquitoes love so much around our _____.

Solution

  1. create
  2. standing
  3. local
  4. mosquitoes
  5. homes
  6. clean
  7. rainfall

Original Text

But what about us? There's a role for local government, for our local authorities, but how an we help protect our families and our friends from the impact of mosquitoes associated with a greening city? I'm going to leave you with three tips that can help you stop the bite of mosquitoes and the buzz of mosquitoes this summer. First of all, don't create opportunities for mosquitoes in your backyard. Anything that traps water after rainfall will be a source of mosquitoes, so tip out, cover up or remove these water-holding containers in your backyard. Screen your rainwater tanks. Clean your gutters and your drains, reduce that standing water that mosquitoes love so much around our homes.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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rainwater tanks 6
create opportunities 3
mosquito bites 3
ross river 2
creating opportunities 2
pot plant 2
green city 2
mosquitoes love 2
mosquito populations 2
yellow fever 2

Important Words

  1. authorities
  2. backyard
  3. bite
  4. buzz
  5. city
  6. clean
  7. containers
  8. cover
  9. create
  10. drains
  11. families
  12. friends
  13. government
  14. greening
  15. gutters
  16. homes
  17. impact
  18. leave
  19. local
  20. love
  21. mosquitoes
  22. opportunities
  23. protect
  24. rainfall
  25. rainwater
  26. reduce
  27. remove
  28. role
  29. screen
  30. source
  31. standing
  32. stop
  33. summer
  34. tanks
  35. tip
  36. tips
  37. traps
  38. water