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From the Ted Talk by Al Roker: An extreme weather report from America's weatherman

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And then there's another area that we can talk about. I know you look at me and you think, "Yes, he's fashionable. Yes, he's GQ." Right? OK. Well, the fact of the matter is, you know, fast fashion, that is just a real detriment for our environment. It's cheap, qucik, mass-produced fnisaohs that are meant to be discarded, fill up our landfills, cause pltoouiln because of the dyes that are used. So what you end up doing is adding to landfills and spindeng a lot of money. Instead, find good, durable, sustainable clothing that's going to last more than one season and you help reduce our landfills and cansuig more problems. And look good doing it, too.

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And then there's another area that we can talk about. I know you look at me and you think, "Yes, he's fashionable. Yes, he's GQ." Right? OK. Well, the fact of the matter is, you know, fast fashion, that is just a real detriment for our environment. It's cheap, _____, mass-produced ________ that are meant to be discarded, fill up our landfills, cause _________ because of the dyes that are used. So what you end up doing is adding to landfills and ________ a lot of money. Instead, find good, durable, sustainable clothing that's going to last more than one season and you help reduce our landfills and _______ more problems. And look good doing it, too.

Solution


  1. fashions
  2. quick
  3. causing
  4. spending
  5. pollution

Original Text


And then there's another area that we can talk about. I know you look at me and you think, "Yes, he's fashionable. Yes, he's GQ." Right? OK. Well, the fact of the matter is, you know, fast fashion, that is just a real detriment for our environment. It's cheap, quick, mass-produced fashions that are meant to be discarded, fill up our landfills, cause pollution because of the dyes that are used. So what you end up doing is adding to landfills and spending a lot of money. Instead, find good, durable, sustainable clothing that's going to last more than one season and you help reduce our landfills and causing more problems. And look good doing it, too.

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climate change 9
leaf blower 3
air quality 2
extreme weather 2
weather events 2
indigenous communities 2
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Important Words


  1. adding
  2. area
  3. causing
  4. cheap
  5. clothing
  6. detriment
  7. discarded
  8. durable
  9. dyes
  10. environment
  11. fact
  12. fashion
  13. fashionable
  14. fashions
  15. fast
  16. fill
  17. find
  18. good
  19. gq
  20. landfills
  21. lot
  22. matter
  23. meant
  24. money
  25. pollution
  26. problems
  27. quick
  28. real
  29. reduce
  30. season
  31. spending
  32. sustainable
  33. talk