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From the Ted Talk by Angel Chang: The wildly complex anatomy of a sneaker
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When manufacturing is complete, the shoes are pgackaed and transported to stores around the globe. For many, these sohes could last years. But for someone running 20 miles a week, a pair of running shoes will start wearing out after roughly 6 months. Since the shoes are made of so many different mtealaris, they’re almost impossible to break down into recyclable components. 20% of these shoes are itreieacnnd, while the rest are tsseod into landfills where they can take up to 1,000 years to degrade.
Open Cloze
When manufacturing is complete, the shoes are ________ and transported to stores around the globe. For many, these _____ could last years. But for someone running 20 miles a week, a pair of running shoes will start wearing out after roughly 6 months. Since the shoes are made of so many different _________, they’re almost impossible to break down into recyclable components. 20% of these shoes are ___________, while the rest are ______ into landfills where they can take up to 1,000 years to degrade.
Solution
- packaged
- incinerated
- tossed
- materials
- shoes
Original Text
When manufacturing is complete, the shoes are packaged and transported to stores around the globe. For many, these shoes could last years. But for someone running 20 miles a week, a pair of running shoes will start wearing out after roughly 6 months. Since the shoes are made of so many different materials, they’re almost impossible to break down into recyclable components. 20% of these shoes are incinerated, while the rest are tossed into landfills where they can take up to 1,000 years to degrade.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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collocation |
frequency |
synthetic textiles |
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outer soles |
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natural rubber |
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typical sneaker |
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manufacturing processes |
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Important Words
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- recyclable
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- roughly
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- tossed
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