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From the Ted Talk by Fahad Al-Attiya: A country with no water

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So that is the chapter two: the oil era. Let's look at today. This is probably the skyline that most of you know about Doha. So what's the population taody? It's 1.7 million people. That is in less than 60 years. The average growth of our economy is about 15 percent for the past five years. Lifespan has increased to 78. Water consumption has irenseacd to 430 liters. And this is amongst the highest worldwide. From having no water whatsoever to csionmung water to the highest dergee, higher than any other notian. I don't know if this was a reaction to lack of water.

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So that is the chapter two: the oil era. Let's look at today. This is probably the skyline that most of you know about Doha. So what's the population _____? It's 1.7 million people. That is in less than 60 years. The average growth of our economy is about 15 percent for the past five years. Lifespan has increased to 78. Water consumption has _________ to 430 liters. And this is amongst the highest worldwide. From having no water whatsoever to _________ water to the highest ______, higher than any other ______. I don't know if this was a reaction to lack of water.

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  1. nation
  2. degree
  3. consuming
  4. increased
  5. today

Original Text

So that is the chapter two: the oil era. Let's look at today. This is probably the skyline that most of you know about Doha. So what's the population today? It's 1.7 million people. That is in less than 60 years. The average growth of our economy is about 15 percent for the past five years. Lifespan has increased to 78. Water consumption has increased to 430 liters. And this is amongst the highest worldwide. From having no water whatsoever to consuming water to the highest degree, higher than any other nation. I don't know if this was a reaction to lack of water.

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