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From the Ted Talk by Arunabha Ghosh: 5 steps for clean air in India
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Shah Rukh Khan: Something goes wrong with the air that we take for granted. The ill effects are suffered by all, rich and poor, city people and vilagle flkos, those iannld and those on the coast. Nobody is exempt. So how do we give our children the chance to grow up in a world where the air is clean? Our next speaker adessders this vital question. So join me in giving a werhhatoeled welcome to the public plicoy expert and author, the mtuaileftecd Dr. aarbunha gshoh.
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Arunabha Ghosh: Let me tell you a story from China. In 2014, China declared war on pollution. In November that year, there was an international summit there. Presidents and prime ministers from many countries arrived. So industries around bnjiieg were shut down, half the cars were taken off the road. That week, I took a paoprgtohh of the uunllsauy blue sky in Beijing. A few days later, when the summit had edned, the factories were humming again, the sky had again turned light grey. So newspapers started urging the government to make the blue skies permanent. Then in early 2015, a private citizen pcudreod a documentary on air pollution called "Under the Dome." Just within four days, it was viewed 300 million times, and millions more cuoinnetd discussing it on social media. Eventually, the government acted, and by 2018, the bulk of the Chinese population had wtineessd a decline in air pollution by 32 percent on average.
Open Cloze
Shah Rukh Khan: Something goes wrong with the air that we take for granted. The ill effects are suffered by all, rich and poor, city people and _______ _____, those ______ and those on the coast. Nobody is exempt. So how do we give our children the chance to grow up in a world where the air is clean? Our next speaker _________ this vital question. So join me in giving a ____________ welcome to the public ______ expert and author, the ____________ Dr. ________ _____.
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Arunabha Ghosh: Let me tell you a story from China. In 2014, China declared war on pollution. In November that year, there was an international summit there. Presidents and prime ministers from many countries arrived. So industries around _______ were shut down, half the cars were taken off the road. That week, I took a __________ of the _________ blue sky in Beijing. A few days later, when the summit had _____, the factories were humming again, the sky had again turned light grey. So newspapers started urging the government to make the blue skies permanent. Then in early 2015, a private citizen ________ a documentary on air pollution called "Under the Dome." Just within four days, it was viewed 300 million times, and millions more _________ discussing it on social media. Eventually, the government acted, and by 2018, the bulk of the Chinese population had _________ a decline in air pollution by 32 percent on average.
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Original Text
Shah Rukh Khan: Something goes wrong with the air that we take for granted. The ill effects are suffered by all, rich and poor, city people and village folks, those inland and those on the coast. Nobody is exempt. So how do we give our children the chance to grow up in a world where the air is clean? Our next speaker addresses this vital question. So join me in giving a wholehearted welcome to the public policy expert and author, the multifaceted Dr. Arunabha Ghosh.
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Arunabha Ghosh: Let me tell you a story from China. In 2014, China declared war on pollution. In November that year, there was an international summit there. Presidents and prime ministers from many countries arrived. So industries around Beijing were shut down, half the cars were taken off the road. That week, I took a photograph of the unusually blue sky in Beijing. A few days later, when the summit had ended, the factories were humming again, the sky had again turned light grey. So newspapers started urging the government to make the blue skies permanent. Then in early 2015, a private citizen produced a documentary on air pollution called "Under the Dome." Just within four days, it was viewed 300 million times, and millions more continued discussing it on social media. Eventually, the government acted, and by 2018, the bulk of the Chinese population had witnessed a decline in air pollution by 32 percent on average.
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