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From the Ted Talk by Emma Bryce: What really happens to the plastic you throw away?

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The heroes of our sotry were conceived in this oil refinery. The plastic in their bodies was formed by cchleamliy bonding oil and gas molecules together to make monomers. In turn, these monomers were bonded into long pomyelr chains to make plastic in the form of millions of pellets. Those were melted at manufacturing plants and reformed in molds to create the resilient mrieatal that makes up the triplets' bodies. Machines filled the bottles with sweet biulbby liqiud and they were then wrapped, shipped, bought, oeepnd, consumed and urocnelmonieusy discarded. And now here they lie, poised at the edge of the unknown.

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The heroes of our _____ were conceived in this oil refinery. The plastic in their bodies was formed by __________ bonding oil and gas molecules together to make monomers. In turn, these monomers were bonded into long _______ chains to make plastic in the form of millions of pellets. Those were melted at manufacturing plants and reformed in molds to create the resilient ________ that makes up the triplets' bodies. Machines filled the bottles with sweet _______ ______ and they were then wrapped, shipped, bought, ______, consumed and _______________ discarded. And now here they lie, poised at the edge of the unknown.

Solution

  1. chemically
  2. story
  3. unceremoniously
  4. opened
  5. polymer
  6. material
  7. bubbily
  8. liquid

Original Text

The heroes of our story were conceived in this oil refinery. The plastic in their bodies was formed by chemically bonding oil and gas molecules together to make monomers. In turn, these monomers were bonded into long polymer chains to make plastic in the form of millions of pellets. Those were melted at manufacturing plants and reformed in molds to create the resilient material that makes up the triplets' bodies. Machines filled the bottles with sweet bubbily liquid and they were then wrapped, shipped, bought, opened, consumed and unceremoniously discarded. And now here they lie, poised at the edge of the unknown.

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