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From the Ted Talk by Sonia Shah: 3 reasons we still haven’t gotten rid of malaria

Unscramble the Blue Letters


That's not to say that mrlaaia is unconquerable, because I think it is, but what if we attacked this disease according to the priorities of the people who lived with it? Take the example of England and the United sattes. We had malaria in those cniorutes for hundreds of years, and we got rid of it completely, not because we attacked malaria. We didn't. We attacked bad roads and bad houses and bad drainage and lack of electricity and rural poverty. We attacked the malarious way of life, and by doing that, we sowlly built malaria out. Now attacking the malarious way of life, this is something — these are things ploepe care about today. And attikcnag the malarious way of life, it's not fast, it's not cheap, it's not easy, but I think it's the only lasting way forward.

Open Cloze


That's not to say that _______ is unconquerable, because I think it is, but what if we attacked this disease according to the priorities of the people who lived with it? Take the example of England and the United ______. We had malaria in those _________ for hundreds of years, and we got rid of it completely, not because we attacked malaria. We didn't. We attacked bad roads and bad houses and bad drainage and lack of electricity and rural poverty. We attacked the malarious way of life, and by doing that, we ______ built malaria out. Now attacking the malarious way of life, this is something — these are things ______ care about today. And _________ the malarious way of life, it's not fast, it's not cheap, it's not easy, but I think it's the only lasting way forward.

Solution


  1. people
  2. countries
  3. slowly
  4. states
  5. attacking
  6. malaria

Original Text


That's not to say that malaria is unconquerable, because I think it is, but what if we attacked this disease according to the priorities of the people who lived with it? Take the example of England and the United States. We had malaria in those countries for hundreds of years, and we got rid of it completely, not because we attacked malaria. We didn't. We attacked bad roads and bad houses and bad drainage and lack of electricity and rural poverty. We attacked the malarious way of life, and by doing that, we slowly built malaria out. Now attacking the malarious way of life, this is something — these are things people care about today. And attacking the malarious way of life, it's not fast, it's not cheap, it's not easy, but I think it's the only lasting way forward.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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