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From the Ted Talk by Romain Lacombe: A personal air-quality tracker that lets you know what you're breathing

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Remember cgeeirttas in bars? It took ddeaces of lung ccenar research and second-hand smoking studies, but eventually, we reached a tipping point and we pssead smoking-ban laws. We must rcaeh the same tipping point for air quality and I believe we will. In the past couple years alone, governments have fined carmkaers record amounts for cheating on emission standards. Cities have passed congestion charges or built bike lanes — like Paris that turned this highway, right next to my home, in the middle of the city, into a woenrtrfat park. And now mayors around the world are thinking of banning diesel ouhrtgit by 2025, 2030, 2035. But how much faster could we go, how many lives could we save?

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Remember __________ in bars? It took _______ of lung ______ research and second-hand smoking studies, but eventually, we reached a tipping point and we ______ smoking-ban laws. We must _____ the same tipping point for air quality and I believe we will. In the past couple years alone, governments have fined _________ record amounts for cheating on emission standards. Cities have passed congestion charges or built bike lanes — like Paris that turned this highway, right next to my home, in the middle of the city, into a __________ park. And now mayors around the world are thinking of banning diesel ________ by 2025, 2030, 2035. But how much faster could we go, how many lives could we save?

Solution


  1. cigarettes
  2. cancer
  3. carmakers
  4. decades
  5. waterfront
  6. reach
  7. outright
  8. passed

Original Text


Remember cigarettes in bars? It took decades of lung cancer research and second-hand smoking studies, but eventually, we reached a tipping point and we passed smoking-ban laws. We must reach the same tipping point for air quality and I believe we will. In the past couple years alone, governments have fined carmakers record amounts for cheating on emission standards. Cities have passed congestion charges or built bike lanes — like Paris that turned this highway, right next to my home, in the middle of the city, into a waterfront park. And now mayors around the world are thinking of banning diesel outright by 2025, 2030, 2035. But how much faster could we go, how many lives could we save?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
air quality 7
air pollution 3
tipping point 2


Important Words


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  24. home
  25. lanes
  26. laws
  27. lives
  28. lung
  29. mayors
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  31. outright
  32. paris
  33. park
  34. passed
  35. point
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  43. smoking
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  49. waterfront
  50. world
  51. years