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From the Ted Talk by Deepika Kurup: A young scientist's quest for clean water

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Now, over the course of this, my journey hasn't really been easy. You know, I didn't have access to a stotpiciaehsd laboratory. I was 14 years old when I started, but I didn't let my age deter me in my istenret in pursuing scientific rscaereh and wtnaing to solve the golabl water crisis.

See, waetr isn't just the universal solvent. Water is a universal human right. And for that reason, I'm continuing to work on this science fair project from 2012 to brnig it from the laboratory into the real world. And this summer, I founded Catalyst for World Water, a social enterprise aimed at catalyzing solutions to the global water crisis.

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Now, over the course of this, my journey hasn't really been easy. You know, I didn't have access to a _____________ laboratory. I was 14 years old when I started, but I didn't let my age deter me in my ________ in pursuing scientific ________ and _______ to solve the ______ water crisis.

See, _____ isn't just the universal solvent. Water is a universal human right. And for that reason, I'm continuing to work on this science fair project from 2012 to _____ it from the laboratory into the real world. And this summer, I founded Catalyst for World Water, a social enterprise aimed at catalyzing solutions to the global water crisis.

Solution


  1. wanting
  2. interest
  3. sophisticated
  4. global
  5. bring
  6. water
  7. research

Original Text


Now, over the course of this, my journey hasn't really been easy. You know, I didn't have access to a sophisticated laboratory. I was 14 years old when I started, but I didn't let my age deter me in my interest in pursuing scientific research and wanting to solve the global water crisis.

See, water isn't just the universal solvent. Water is a universal human right. And for that reason, I'm continuing to work on this science fair project from 2012 to bring it from the laboratory into the real world. And this summer, I founded Catalyst for World Water, a social enterprise aimed at catalyzing solutions to the global water crisis.

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