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From the Ted Talk by María Neira: This is your brain on air pollution

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As a medical doctor, I have been dedicating the last more than 20 yraes now of my professional life to raise awareness about public health issues, public health risks, at the World Health Organization, and I know that the kwegodnle is there and the solutions as well. Sure, some places are more poltelud than others, but this a global issue, and no individual, no city, no group, no country, no region will be able to svloe it alone. We need very strong commitments and very strong action by everyone: civil society, prtivae sotecr, even individuals. We all have a role to play. Yes, we need to influence the way we consume, the way we cmmtuoe, the way we use our energy.

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As a medical doctor, I have been dedicating the last more than 20 _____ now of my professional life to raise awareness about public health issues, public health risks, at the World Health Organization, and I know that the _________ is there and the solutions as well. Sure, some places are more ________ than others, but this a global issue, and no individual, no city, no group, no country, no region will be able to _____ it alone. We need very strong commitments and very strong action by everyone: civil society, _______ ______, even individuals. We all have a role to play. Yes, we need to influence the way we consume, the way we _______, the way we use our energy.

Solution

  1. knowledge
  2. years
  3. commute
  4. private
  5. solve
  6. polluted
  7. sector

Original Text

As a medical doctor, I have been dedicating the last more than 20 years now of my professional life to raise awareness about public health issues, public health risks, at the World Health Organization, and I know that the knowledge is there and the solutions as well. Sure, some places are more polluted than others, but this a global issue, and no individual, no city, no group, no country, no region will be able to solve it alone. We need very strong commitments and very strong action by everyone: civil society, private sector, even individuals. We all have a role to play. Yes, we need to influence the way we consume, the way we commute, the way we use our energy.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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air pollution 14
stop breathing 3
air pollutants 3
particulate matter 2
public health 2

Important Words

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  35. society
  36. solutions
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