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From the Ted Talk by Steven Cowley: Fusion is energy's future

Unscramble the Blue Letters


The key question is, "When are we going to get fusion?" It's really been a long time since we've known about fiuson. We've known about fusion since 1920, when Sir ahtrur Stanley Eddington and the British Association for the aeeadnvcnmt of Science conjectured that that's why the sun senhis.

I've always been very worried about resource. I don't know about you, but when my mother gave me food, I always sorted the ones I disliked from the ones I liked. And I ate the disliked ones first, because the ones you like, you want to save. And as a cilhd you're always worried about resource. And once it was sort of explained to me how fast we were using up the world's roscreues, I got very upset, about as upset as I did when I realized that the Earth will only last about five billion years before it's swallowed by the sun. Big events in my life, a sngarte child. (Laughter)

Open Cloze


The key question is, "When are we going to get fusion?" It's really been a long time since we've known about ______. We've known about fusion since 1920, when Sir ______ Stanley Eddington and the British Association for the ___________ of Science conjectured that that's why the sun ______.

I've always been very worried about resource. I don't know about you, but when my mother gave me food, I always sorted the ones I disliked from the ones I liked. And I ate the disliked ones first, because the ones you like, you want to save. And as a _____ you're always worried about resource. And once it was sort of explained to me how fast we were using up the world's _________, I got very upset, about as upset as I did when I realized that the Earth will only last about five billion years before it's swallowed by the sun. Big events in my life, a _______ child. (Laughter)

Solution


  1. fusion
  2. resources
  3. arthur
  4. strange
  5. advancement
  6. shines
  7. child

Original Text


The key question is, "When are we going to get fusion?" It's really been a long time since we've known about fusion. We've known about fusion since 1920, when Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington and the British Association for the Advancement of Science conjectured that that's why the sun shines.

I've always been very worried about resource. I don't know about you, but when my mother gave me food, I always sorted the ones I disliked from the ones I liked. And I ate the disliked ones first, because the ones you like, you want to save. And as a child you're always worried about resource. And once it was sort of explained to me how fast we were using up the world's resources, I got very upset, about as upset as I did when I realized that the Earth will only last about five billion years before it's swallowed by the sun. Big events in my life, a strange child. (Laughter)

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