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From the Ted Talk by Romulus Whitaker: The real danger lurking in the water

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This is basically a base wherein we are trying to gather and learn virtually everything about the biodiversity of this idcrenbliy complex forest system, and try to hang on to what's there, make sure the water srouces are protected and kept clean, and of course, having a good time too. You can almost hear the drums throbbing back in that little cottage where we stay when we're there. It was very important for us to get through to the ppeole. And through the children is usually the way to go. They are fascinated with seakns. They haven't got that steely thing that you end up either fearing or hnatig or despising or loathing them in some way. They are interested. And it really works to start with them. This gives you an idea of the size of some of these snakes.

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This is basically a base wherein we are trying to gather and learn virtually everything about the biodiversity of this __________ complex forest system, and try to hang on to what's there, make sure the water _______ are protected and kept clean, and of course, having a good time too. You can almost hear the drums throbbing back in that little cottage where we stay when we're there. It was very important for us to get through to the ______. And through the children is usually the way to go. They are fascinated with ______. They haven't got that steely thing that you end up either fearing or ______ or despising or loathing them in some way. They are interested. And it really works to start with them. This gives you an idea of the size of some of these snakes.

Solution

  1. snakes
  2. people
  3. incredibly
  4. hating
  5. sources

Original Text

This is basically a base wherein we are trying to gather and learn virtually everything about the biodiversity of this incredibly complex forest system, and try to hang on to what's there, make sure the water sources are protected and kept clean, and of course, having a good time too. You can almost hear the drums throbbing back in that little cottage where we stay when we're there. It was very important for us to get through to the people. And through the children is usually the way to go. They are fascinated with snakes. They haven't got that steely thing that you end up either fearing or hating or despising or loathing them in some way. They are interested. And it really works to start with them. This gives you an idea of the size of some of these snakes.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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