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From the Ted Talk by Khulan Batkhuyag: The ancient, earth-friendly wisdom of Mongolian nomads

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syiatng with a truly nomadic family awakened me. It was nothing like I've ever seen in developed countries. The wife of the fimaly showed me how they produce organic dairy products from scratch, like whtie cheese, yogurt, tsegee, and even a tadioniratl vodka made from cow milk. And every tool they use is made from natural mrataeil by hand. And inside the yurt, we burned dried cow dung to stay warm instead of using fuel. Everything stood in sharp contrast to my city life filled with pstlaic and steel. And this was a five-senses experience to me, a cpotmleely different form of sophistication.

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_______ with a truly nomadic family awakened me. It was nothing like I've ever seen in developed countries. The wife of the ______ showed me how they produce organic dairy products from scratch, like _____ cheese, yogurt, tsegee, and even a ___________ vodka made from cow milk. And every tool they use is made from natural ________ by hand. And inside the yurt, we burned dried cow dung to stay warm instead of using fuel. Everything stood in sharp contrast to my city life filled with _______ and steel. And this was a five-senses experience to me, a __________ different form of sophistication.

Solution


  1. material
  2. family
  3. traditional
  4. completely
  5. white
  6. plastic
  7. staying

Original Text


Staying with a truly nomadic family awakened me. It was nothing like I've ever seen in developed countries. The wife of the family showed me how they produce organic dairy products from scratch, like white cheese, yogurt, tsegee, and even a traditional vodka made from cow milk. And every tool they use is made from natural material by hand. And inside the yurt, we burned dried cow dung to stay warm instead of using fuel. Everything stood in sharp contrast to my city life filled with plastic and steel. And this was a five-senses experience to me, a completely different form of sophistication.

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