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From the Ted Talk by Francesca Bot: The ingredient in almost everything you eat

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In the 1930s, American industrialist hrney Ford had one overwhelming obsession: sonybaes. He earcetxtd their oil to make enamel for painting his cars. He crushed them into podwer to make ptiaslc parts. And he encouraged arcmaein farmers to grow as much of the plant as possible. But he wasn’t just feeding soy to machines. At the Chicago World’s Fair, he hosted a soy-centric feast. The ingredient had been a staple in aiasn cuisine for centuries, but Ford’s dinner— full of soy substitutes for dairy, meat and wheat— took the integration of soy into food a step further. Today, soy is in so many foods that most people consume it every day without even knowing it. So what makes soybeans so vatierlse? And is our global obsession healthy or harmful?

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In the 1930s, American industrialist _____ Ford had one overwhelming obsession: ________. He _________ their oil to make enamel for painting his cars. He crushed them into ______ to make _______ parts. And he encouraged ________ farmers to grow as much of the plant as possible. But he wasn’t just feeding soy to machines. At the Chicago World’s Fair, he hosted a soy-centric feast. The ingredient had been a staple in _____ cuisine for centuries, but Ford’s dinner— full of soy substitutes for dairy, meat and wheat— took the integration of soy into food a step further. Today, soy is in so many foods that most people consume it every day without even knowing it. So what makes soybeans so _________? And is our global obsession healthy or harmful?

Solution


  1. henry
  2. soybeans
  3. extracted
  4. asian
  5. american
  6. versatile
  7. powder
  8. plastic

Original Text


In the 1930s, American industrialist Henry Ford had one overwhelming obsession: soybeans. He extracted their oil to make enamel for painting his cars. He crushed them into powder to make plastic parts. And he encouraged American farmers to grow as much of the plant as possible. But he wasn’t just feeding soy to machines. At the Chicago World’s Fair, he hosted a soy-centric feast. The ingredient had been a staple in Asian cuisine for centuries, but Ford’s dinner— full of soy substitutes for dairy, meat and wheat— took the integration of soy into food a step further. Today, soy is in so many foods that most people consume it every day without even knowing it. So what makes soybeans so versatile? And is our global obsession healthy or harmful?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
processed foods 2
soy oil 2
fatty components 2


Important Words


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  31. knowing
  32. machines
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  35. oil
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  48. today
  49. versatile