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From the Ted Talk by Kamal Meattle: How to grow fresh air

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With these three plnats, you can grow all the fresh air you need. In fact, you could be in a blttoe with a cap on top, and you would not die at all, and you would not need any fresh air. We have tried these plants at our own bildinug in Delhi, which is a 50,000-square-feet, 20-year-old building. And it has close to 1,200 such plants for 300 occupants. Our studies have found that there is a 42 percent probability of one's blood oxygen going up by one percent if one stays indoors in this building for 10 hours. The government of India has discovered or published a study to show that this is the healthiest building in New Delhi. And the study showed that, compared to other bigniluds, there is a reduced incidence of eye irritation by 52 percent, respiratory systems by 34 prcneet, headaches by 24 percent, lung impairment by 12 percent and asthma by nine percent. And this study has been published on September 8, 2008, and it's available on the government of India website.

Open Cloze


With these three ______, you can grow all the fresh air you need. In fact, you could be in a ______ with a cap on top, and you would not die at all, and you would not need any fresh air. We have tried these plants at our own ________ in Delhi, which is a 50,000-square-feet, 20-year-old building. And it has close to 1,200 such plants for 300 occupants. Our studies have found that there is a 42 percent probability of one's blood oxygen going up by one percent if one stays indoors in this building for 10 hours. The government of India has discovered or published a study to show that this is the healthiest building in New Delhi. And the study showed that, compared to other _________, there is a reduced incidence of eye irritation by 52 percent, respiratory systems by 34 _______, headaches by 24 percent, lung impairment by 12 percent and asthma by nine percent. And this study has been published on September 8, 2008, and it's available on the government of India website.

Solution


  1. buildings
  2. bottle
  3. percent
  4. plants
  5. building

Original Text


With these three plants, you can grow all the fresh air you need. In fact, you could be in a bottle with a cap on top, and you would not die at all, and you would not need any fresh air. We have tried these plants at our own building in Delhi, which is a 50,000-square-feet, 20-year-old building. And it has close to 1,200 such plants for 300 occupants. Our studies have found that there is a 42 percent probability of one's blood oxygen going up by one percent if one stays indoors in this building for 10 hours. The government of India has discovered or published a study to show that this is the healthiest building in New Delhi. And the study showed that, compared to other buildings, there is a reduced incidence of eye irritation by 52 percent, respiratory systems by 34 percent, headaches by 24 percent, lung impairment by 12 percent and asthma by nine percent. And this study has been published on September 8, 2008, and it's available on the government of India website.

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