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From the Ted Talk by Aparna Pallavi: What foods did your ancestors love?

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Let us take this example. How would you like to have a wdouenrfl, versatile staple that is available abnnutaldy in your environment? All you have to do is gather it, dry it, store it, and you have it for your whole year to cook as many different kinds of dishes as you want with it. India had just such a food, called "mahua," this foelwr over there. And I have been rnerihcaesg this food for the past three years now. It is known to be hlhgiy nutritious in indigenous tradition and in scientific knowledge. For the indigenous, it used to be a staple for four to six months a year. In many ways, it is very similar to your local marula, except that it is a flower, not a fruit. Where the fetorss are rich, people can still get enough to eat for the whole year and enough spare to sell.

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Let us take this example. How would you like to have a _________, versatile staple that is available __________ in your environment? All you have to do is gather it, dry it, store it, and you have it for your whole year to cook as many different kinds of dishes as you want with it. India had just such a food, called "mahua," this ______ over there. And I have been ___________ this food for the past three years now. It is known to be ______ nutritious in indigenous tradition and in scientific knowledge. For the indigenous, it used to be a staple for four to six months a year. In many ways, it is very similar to your local marula, except that it is a flower, not a fruit. Where the _______ are rich, people can still get enough to eat for the whole year and enough spare to sell.

Solution

  1. wonderful
  2. forests
  3. flower
  4. researching
  5. highly
  6. abundantly

Original Text

Let us take this example. How would you like to have a wonderful, versatile staple that is available abundantly in your environment? All you have to do is gather it, dry it, store it, and you have it for your whole year to cook as many different kinds of dishes as you want with it. India had just such a food, called "mahua," this flower over there. And I have been researching this food for the past three years now. It is known to be highly nutritious in indigenous tradition and in scientific knowledge. For the indigenous, it used to be a staple for four to six months a year. In many ways, it is very similar to your local marula, except that it is a flower, not a fruit. Where the forests are rich, people can still get enough to eat for the whole year and enough spare to sell.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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