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From the Ted Talk by Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities

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This is an image of the Great wresten in 1840. And as you can see, some of the earliest train passengers were pigs and sheep. So all of a sudden, these animals are no lonegr walking into market. They're being slaughtered out of sight and mind, somewhere in the countryside. And they're coming into the city by rail. And this changes everything. To strat off with, it makes it possible for the first time to grow cities, really any size and shape, in any place. Cities used to be constrained by geography; they used to have to get their food through very difficult physical means. All of a sddeun they are efltfveicey entiemaapcd from geography.

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This is an image of the Great _______ in 1840. And as you can see, some of the earliest train passengers were pigs and sheep. So all of a sudden, these animals are no ______ walking into market. They're being slaughtered out of sight and mind, somewhere in the countryside. And they're coming into the city by rail. And this changes everything. To _____ off with, it makes it possible for the first time to grow cities, really any size and shape, in any place. Cities used to be constrained by geography; they used to have to get their food through very difficult physical means. All of a ______ they are ___________ ___________ from geography.

Solution

  1. effectively
  2. sudden
  3. emancipated
  4. start
  5. longer
  6. western

Original Text

This is an image of the Great Western in 1840. And as you can see, some of the earliest train passengers were pigs and sheep. So all of a sudden, these animals are no longer walking into market. They're being slaughtered out of sight and mind, somewhere in the countryside. And they're coming into the city by rail. And this changes everything. To start off with, it makes it possible for the first time to grow cities, really any size and shape, in any place. Cities used to be constrained by geography; they used to have to get their food through very difficult physical means. All of a sudden they are effectively emancipated from geography.

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