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From the Ted Talk by Amar Inamdar: The thrilling potential for off-grid solar energy

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So I'm going to introduce you to a lady I met with last week. Her name's Susan. It may not look like it, but Susan is a representative of a $27 billion mkaert. 27 billion dollars is what people like Susan spend every year on cell ponhe crnighag, flashlight batteries and kerosene to light their hmeos. So ssaun is a proud owner of a small solar system. It's a kit rather than a planetary thing, so a samll solar system, and her small solar system allows her to have a couple of lightbulbs, and she's made this transition, this jump, from kerosene into lihgt. She has four or five lights and a radio. It's fantastic, and she talks about it. She talks about her kids doing homework at nhigt because she has light. I'm not sure what the kids feel about that. She talks about the fact that she can go out at 4am and look after the cows, and she's not so worried, but also, with a little twinkle in her eye, she takls about how light turns her house into a home at night. She's not scared of her own house at night, because it has light in it, and I thoghut that was amazing.

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So I'm going to introduce you to a lady I met with last week. Her name's Susan. It may not look like it, but Susan is a representative of a $27 billion ______. 27 billion dollars is what people like Susan spend every year on cell _____ ________, flashlight batteries and kerosene to light their _____. So _____ is a proud owner of a small solar system. It's a kit rather than a planetary thing, so a _____ solar system, and her small solar system allows her to have a couple of lightbulbs, and she's made this transition, this jump, from kerosene into _____. She has four or five lights and a radio. It's fantastic, and she talks about it. She talks about her kids doing homework at _____ because she has light. I'm not sure what the kids feel about that. She talks about the fact that she can go out at 4am and look after the cows, and she's not so worried, but also, with a little twinkle in her eye, she _____ about how light turns her house into a home at night. She's not scared of her own house at night, because it has light in it, and I _______ that was amazing.

Solution


  1. susan
  2. charging
  3. light
  4. thought
  5. phone
  6. talks
  7. market
  8. night
  9. small
  10. homes

Original Text


So I'm going to introduce you to a lady I met with last week. Her name's Susan. It may not look like it, but Susan is a representative of a $27 billion market. 27 billion dollars is what people like Susan spend every year on cell phone charging, flashlight batteries and kerosene to light their homes. So Susan is a proud owner of a small solar system. It's a kit rather than a planetary thing, so a small solar system, and her small solar system allows her to have a couple of lightbulbs, and she's made this transition, this jump, from kerosene into light. She has four or five lights and a radio. It's fantastic, and she talks about it. She talks about her kids doing homework at night because she has light. I'm not sure what the kids feel about that. She talks about the fact that she can go out at 4am and look after the cows, and she's not so worried, but also, with a little twinkle in her eye, she talks about how light turns her house into a home at night. She's not scared of her own house at night, because it has light in it, and I thought that was amazing.

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