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From the Ted Talk by Bill Gates: Mosquitos, malaria and education

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Now, ilolnicray, what happened was it was eliminated from all the temperate znoes, which is where the rich countries are. So we can see: 1900, it's everywhere. 1945, it's still most places. 1970, the U.S. and most of Europe have gotten rid of it. 1990, you've gotten most of the nhrteorn areas. And more recently you can see it's just around the equator.

And so this leads to the prdaaox that because the disease is only in the poorer countries, it doesn't get much investment. For example, there's more money put into baldness drugs than are put into malaria. Now, baldness, it's a terrible thing. (Laughter) And rich men are afflicted. And so that's why that pirirtoy has been set.

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Now, __________, what happened was it was eliminated from all the temperate _____, which is where the rich countries are. So we can see: 1900, it's everywhere. 1945, it's still most places. 1970, the U.S. and most of Europe have gotten rid of it. 1990, you've gotten most of the ________ areas. And more recently you can see it's just around the equator.

And so this leads to the _______ that because the disease is only in the poorer countries, it doesn't get much investment. For example, there's more money put into baldness drugs than are put into malaria. Now, baldness, it's a terrible thing. (Laughter) And rich men are afflicted. And so that's why that ________ has been set.

Solution


  1. ironically
  2. zones
  3. paradox
  4. priority
  5. northern

Original Text


Now, ironically, what happened was it was eliminated from all the temperate zones, which is where the rich countries are. So we can see: 1900, it's everywhere. 1945, it's still most places. 1970, the U.S. and most of Europe have gotten rid of it. 1990, you've gotten most of the northern areas. And more recently you can see it's just around the equator.

And so this leads to the paradox that because the disease is only in the poorer countries, it doesn't get much investment. For example, there's more money put into baldness drugs than are put into malaria. Now, baldness, it's a terrible thing. (Laughter) And rich men are afflicted. And so that's why that priority has been set.

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Important Words


  1. afflicted
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  3. baldness
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  27. temperate
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  29. zones