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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
- create
- standing
- local
- mosquitoes
- homes
- clean
- 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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collocation |
frequency |
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
- authorities
- backyard
- bite
- buzz
- city
- clean
- containers
- cover
- create
- drains
- families
- friends
- government
- greening
- gutters
- homes
- impact
- leave
- local
- love
- mosquitoes
- opportunities
- protect
- rainfall
- rainwater
- reduce
- remove
- role
- screen
- source
- standing
- stop
- summer
- tanks
- tip
- tips
- traps
- water