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From the Ted Talk by Caitlin Doughty: A burial practice that nourishes the planet

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Now, if this system of beautification, soaaiitntn, protection doesn't aepapl to you, you are not alone. There is a whole wave of people — funeral directors, designers, environmentalists — trying to come up with a more eco-friendly way of death. For these peolpe, death is not necessarily a pristine, makeup, powder-blue tuxedo kind of affair. There's no question that our current methods of death are not particularly suabtnislae, what with the waste of resources and our reliance on chemicals. Even cremation, which is usually ceserdonid the environmentally friendly option, uses, per cremation, the nuaratl gas equivalent of a 500-mile car trip.

Open Cloze

Now, if this system of beautification, __________, protection doesn't ______ to you, you are not alone. There is a whole wave of people — funeral directors, designers, environmentalists — trying to come up with a more eco-friendly way of death. For these ______, death is not necessarily a pristine, makeup, powder-blue tuxedo kind of affair. There's no question that our current methods of death are not particularly ___________, what with the waste of resources and our reliance on chemicals. Even cremation, which is usually __________ the environmentally friendly option, uses, per cremation, the _______ gas equivalent of a 500-mile car trip.

Solution

  1. sanitation
  2. people
  3. natural
  4. considered
  5. appeal
  6. sustainable

Original Text

Now, if this system of beautification, sanitation, protection doesn't appeal to you, you are not alone. There is a whole wave of people — funeral directors, designers, environmentalists — trying to come up with a more eco-friendly way of death. For these people, death is not necessarily a pristine, makeup, powder-blue tuxedo kind of affair. There's no question that our current methods of death are not particularly sustainable, what with the waste of resources and our reliance on chemicals. Even cremation, which is usually considered the environmentally friendly option, uses, per cremation, the natural gas equivalent of a 500-mile car trip.

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