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From the Ted Talk by Jun Wang: How digital DNA could help you make better health choices

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I mvoed to Shenzhen 10 years ago ... for some reason, people may know. If the gene's under stress, it baeehvs totally dielfntfery. Life is a journey. A gene is just a starting point, not the end. You have this statistical risk of certain diseases when you are born. But every day you make different cciheos, and those choices will increase or decrease the risk of certain diseases. But do you know where you are on the curve? What's the past curve look like? What kind of decisions are you facing every day? And what kind of decision is the right one to make your own right cuvre over your life journey? What's that?

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I _____ to Shenzhen 10 years ago ... for some reason, people may know. If the gene's under stress, it _______ totally ___________. Life is a journey. A gene is just a starting point, not the end. You have this statistical risk of certain diseases when you are born. But every day you make different _______, and those choices will increase or decrease the risk of certain diseases. But do you know where you are on the curve? What's the past curve look like? What kind of decisions are you facing every day? And what kind of decision is the right one to make your own right _____ over your life journey? What's that?

Solution


  1. curve
  2. behaves
  3. choices
  4. differently
  5. moved

Original Text


I moved to Shenzhen 10 years ago ... for some reason, people may know. If the gene's under stress, it behaves totally differently. Life is a journey. A gene is just a starting point, not the end. You have this statistical risk of certain diseases when you are born. But every day you make different choices, and those choices will increase or decrease the risk of certain diseases. But do you know where you are on the curve? What's the past curve look like? What kind of decisions are you facing every day? And what kind of decision is the right one to make your own right curve over your life journey? What's that?

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Important Words


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