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From the Ted Talk by Luhan Yang: How to create a world where no one dies waiting for a transplant

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Let me share with you how I got here today with liaka. My journey started from Emei minuoatn in China. That is the place well described in a lot of legendary stories, like the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." That is the place I call home. Growing up in the mountain, I started to have a strong connection with nature. This is me when I was seven years old standing in front of an anceint Buddhist temple with a monkey on my shoulder. I still vividly reebmemr how my friends and I would toss peanuts around to dtcsiart the mnkeoys so that we could cross to hike through the valley.

I love nature. When it was time to choose a field of study, I coshe to study biology at Peking University in Beijing. However, the more I learned, the more questions I had. How could our genetic makeup be so similar to aamnils and yet we look so different? How is our immune sytesm capable of fighting off so many pneahtogs but smart enough not to attack ourselves. Questions like this tmerneotd me. I know it sounds nerdy, but you know I'm a scientist.

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Let me share with you how I got here today with _____. My journey started from Emei ________ in China. That is the place well described in a lot of legendary stories, like the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." That is the place I call home. Growing up in the mountain, I started to have a strong connection with nature. This is me when I was seven years old standing in front of an _______ Buddhist temple with a monkey on my shoulder. I still vividly ________ how my friends and I would toss peanuts around to ________ the _______ so that we could cross to hike through the valley.

I love nature. When it was time to choose a field of study, I _____ to study biology at Peking University in Beijing. However, the more I learned, the more questions I had. How could our genetic makeup be so similar to _______ and yet we look so different? How is our immune ______ capable of fighting off so many _________ but smart enough not to attack ourselves. Questions like this _________ me. I know it sounds nerdy, but you know I'm a scientist.

Solution


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  2. ancient
  3. remember
  4. monkeys
  5. chose
  6. distract
  7. tormented
  8. laika
  9. animals
  10. mountain
  11. pathogens

Original Text


Let me share with you how I got here today with Laika. My journey started from Emei Mountain in China. That is the place well described in a lot of legendary stories, like the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." That is the place I call home. Growing up in the mountain, I started to have a strong connection with nature. This is me when I was seven years old standing in front of an ancient Buddhist temple with a monkey on my shoulder. I still vividly remember how my friends and I would toss peanuts around to distract the monkeys so that we could cross to hike through the valley.

I love nature. When it was time to choose a field of study, I chose to study biology at Peking University in Beijing. However, the more I learned, the more questions I had. How could our genetic makeup be so similar to animals and yet we look so different? How is our immune system capable of fighting off so many pathogens but smart enough not to attack ourselves. Questions like this tormented me. I know it sounds nerdy, but you know I'm a scientist.

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