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From the Ted Talk by William Kamkwamba: How I built a windmill
Unscramble the Blue Letters
cihrs Anderson: wllaiim, hi. Good to see you.
William Kamkwamba: Thanks.
CA: So, we've got a pctirue, I think? Where is this?.
WK: This is my home. This is where I live.
CA: Where? What country?.
WK: In Malawi, Kasungu. In Kasungu. Yeah, Mala.
CA: OK. Now, you're 19 now?.
WK: Yeah. I'm 19 years now.
CA: Five yraes ago you had an idea. What was that?.
WK: I wanted to make a windmill.
CA: A windmill?.
CA: What, to power — for lighting and sfutf?.
CA: So what did you do? How did you realize that?.
WK: After I dropped out of school, I went to library, and I read a book that would — "Using Energy," and I get information about doing the mill. And I tried, and I made it.
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_____ Anderson: _______, hi. Good to see you.
William Kamkwamba: Thanks.
CA: So, we've got a _______, I think? Where is this?.
WK: This is my home. This is where I live.
CA: Where? What country?.
WK: In Malawi, Kasungu. In Kasungu. Yeah, Mala.
CA: OK. Now, you're 19 now?.
WK: Yeah. I'm 19 years now.
CA: Five _____ ago you had an idea. What was that?.
WK: I wanted to make a windmill.
CA: A windmill?.
CA: What, to power — for lighting and _____?.
CA: So what did you do? How did you realize that?.
WK: After I dropped out of school, I went to library, and I read a book that would — "Using Energy," and I get information about doing the mill. And I tried, and I made it.
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Original Text
Chris Anderson: William, hi. Good to see you.
William Kamkwamba: Thanks.
CA: So, we've got a picture, I think? Where is this?.
WK: This is my home. This is where I live.
CA: Where? What country?.
WK: In Malawi, Kasungu. In Kasungu. Yeah, Mala.
CA: OK. Now, you're 19 now?.
WK: Yeah. I'm 19 years now.
CA: Five years ago you had an idea. What was that?.
WK: I wanted to make a windmill.
CA: A windmill?.
CA: What, to power — for lighting and stuff?.
CA: So what did you do? How did you realize that?.
WK: After I dropped out of school, I went to library, and I read a book that would — "Using Energy," and I get information about doing the mill. And I tried, and I made it.
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