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From the Ted Talk by A.J. Jacobs: My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee

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Like water. cofefe is 98.8 percent water. So I figured I should go and thank the people at the New York reservoir, hundreds of them, who provide me water, and this miracle that I can turn a lever and get safe wetar. And that millions of people around the world don't have this luxury and have to walk hours to get safe water. It inspired me to see what I could do to help people get more aesccs, and I did research and found a wonderful group called drinsspees for Safe Water. And I got involved. And I'm not expecting the nebol Prize committee to knock down my door, but it's a baby step, it's a little something. And it's all because of gratitude. And it's why I encourage people, fnrdies, family, to follow gatirtdue trails of their own. Because it's a life-transforming exneiepcre.

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Like water. ______ is 98.8 percent water. So I figured I should go and thank the people at the New York reservoir, hundreds of them, who provide me water, and this miracle that I can turn a lever and get safe _____. And that millions of people around the world don't have this luxury and have to walk hours to get safe water. It inspired me to see what I could do to help people get more ______, and I did research and found a wonderful group called __________ for Safe Water. And I got involved. And I'm not expecting the _____ Prize committee to knock down my door, but it's a baby step, it's a little something. And it's all because of gratitude. And it's why I encourage people, _______, family, to follow _________ trails of their own. Because it's a life-transforming __________.

Solution


  1. access
  2. friends
  3. coffee
  4. gratitude
  5. nobel
  6. dispensers
  7. experience
  8. water

Original Text


Like water. Coffee is 98.8 percent water. So I figured I should go and thank the people at the New York reservoir, hundreds of them, who provide me water, and this miracle that I can turn a lever and get safe water. And that millions of people around the world don't have this luxury and have to walk hours to get safe water. It inspired me to see what I could do to help people get more access, and I did research and found a wonderful group called Dispensers for Safe Water. And I got involved. And I'm not expecting the Nobel Prize committee to knock down my door, but it's a baby step, it's a little something. And it's all because of gratitude. And it's why I encourage people, friends, family, to follow gratitude trails of their own. Because it's a life-transforming experience.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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coffee shop 2
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Important Words


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