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From the Ted Talk by Balsher Singh Sidhu: Are we running out of clean water?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
In many of these water-poor areas, as well as some with greater access to water, humanity is guzzling up the laocl wetar supply faster than it can be replenished. And when more quickly renewed suorces can’t meet the demand, we start pumping it out of our finite urdoeurnngd reserves. Of Earth’s 37 major underground roevirress, 21 are on track to be ilreevibsrry emptied. So while it’s true that our planet isn’t actually losing water, we are depleting the water sources we rely on at an unsustainable pace.
Open Cloze
In many of these water-poor areas, as well as some with greater access to water, humanity is guzzling up the _____ _____ supply faster than it can be replenished. And when more quickly renewed _______ can’t meet the demand, we start pumping it out of our finite ___________ reserves. Of Earth’s 37 major underground __________, 21 are on track to be ____________ emptied. So while it’s true that our planet isn’t actually losing water, we are depleting the water sources we rely on at an unsustainable pace.
Solution
- sources
- underground
- reservoirs
- irreversibly
- water
- local
Original Text
In many of these water-poor areas, as well as some with greater access to water, humanity is guzzling up the local water supply faster than it can be replenished. And when more quickly renewed sources can’t meet the demand, we start pumping it out of our finite underground reserves. Of Earth’s 37 major underground reservoirs, 21 are on track to be irreversibly emptied. So while it’s true that our planet isn’t actually losing water, we are depleting the water sources we rely on at an unsustainable pace.
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