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From the Ted Talk by Nina Jablonski: Skin color is an illusion

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We have to, if we're lightly pigmented, be careful about the problems of skin cancer, and destruction of folate in our biodes, by lots of sun. Epidemiologists and doctors have been very good about tnllieg us about protecting our skin. What they haven't been so good about instructing people is the problem of darkly peenigmtd plpoee living in high latitude areas, or working inside all the time.

Because the problem there is just as seerve, but it is more sinister, because vitamin D deficiency, from a lack of ultraviolet B raiidotan, is a mojar problem. Vitamin D deficiency crpees up on people, and causes all sorts of health problems to their bones, to their gradual decay of their immune systems, or loss of immune ftiuocnn, and probably some problems with their mood and health, their mental health.

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We have to, if we're lightly pigmented, be careful about the problems of skin cancer, and destruction of folate in our ______, by lots of sun. Epidemiologists and doctors have been very good about _______ us about protecting our skin. What they haven't been so good about instructing people is the problem of darkly _________ ______ living in high latitude areas, or working inside all the time.

Because the problem there is just as ______, but it is more sinister, because vitamin D deficiency, from a lack of ultraviolet B _________, is a _____ problem. Vitamin D deficiency ______ up on people, and causes all sorts of health problems to their bones, to their gradual decay of their immune systems, or loss of immune ________, and probably some problems with their mood and health, their mental health.

Solution


  1. telling
  2. major
  3. people
  4. pigmented
  5. severe
  6. radiation
  7. bodies
  8. creeps
  9. function

Original Text


We have to, if we're lightly pigmented, be careful about the problems of skin cancer, and destruction of folate in our bodies, by lots of sun. Epidemiologists and doctors have been very good about telling us about protecting our skin. What they haven't been so good about instructing people is the problem of darkly pigmented people living in high latitude areas, or working inside all the time.

Because the problem there is just as severe, but it is more sinister, because vitamin D deficiency, from a lack of ultraviolet B radiation, is a major problem. Vitamin D deficiency creeps up on people, and causes all sorts of health problems to their bones, to their gradual decay of their immune systems, or loss of immune function, and probably some problems with their mood and health, their mental health.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
ultraviolet radiation 8
skin pigmentation 7
lightly pigmented 5
darkly pigmented 5
human skin 5
pigmented skin 4
skin color 2
northern hemisphere 2
natural sunscreen 2
humans dispersed 2
tremendous consequences 2
high uv 2
uv areas 2
invidious social 2
skin live 2
pigmented people 2
people living 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
human skin pigmentation 4
lightly pigmented skin 3
pigmented skin live 2
darkly pigmented people 2
pigmented people living 2

Important Words


  1. areas
  2. bodies
  3. bones
  4. cancer
  5. careful
  6. creeps
  7. darkly
  8. decay
  9. deficiency
  10. destruction
  11. doctors
  12. epidemiologists
  13. folate
  14. function
  15. good
  16. gradual
  17. health
  18. high
  19. immune
  20. instructing
  21. lack
  22. latitude
  23. lightly
  24. living
  25. loss
  26. lots
  27. major
  28. mental
  29. mood
  30. people
  31. pigmented
  32. problem
  33. problems
  34. protecting
  35. radiation
  36. severe
  37. sinister
  38. skin
  39. sorts
  40. sun
  41. systems
  42. telling
  43. time
  44. ultraviolet
  45. vitamin
  46. working