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From the Ted Talk by Robin Nagle: What I discovered in New York City trash

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So I took the job as a sanitation worker. I didn't just ride in the trucks now. I drvoe the tkcurs. And I operated the mechanical brooms and I plowed the snow. It was a remarkable privilege and an amazing ediouactn.

Everyone asks about the smell. It's there, but it's not as prevalent as you think, and on days when it is really bad, you get used to it rather quickly. The weight takes a long time to get used to. I knew people who were several years on the job whose bodies were still adjusting to the breudn of bearing on your body tons of trsah every week.

Then there's the danger. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, sintaotian work is one of the 10 most dangerous occupations in the country, and I learned why. You're in and out of traffic all day, and it's znimoog around you. It just wants to get past you, so it's often the motorist is not paying aottetnin. That's really bad for the woerkr. And then the garbage itself is full of hazards that often fly back out of the truck and do terrible harm.

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So I took the job as a sanitation worker. I didn't just ride in the trucks now. I _____ the ______. And I operated the mechanical brooms and I plowed the snow. It was a remarkable privilege and an amazing _________.

Everyone asks about the smell. It's there, but it's not as prevalent as you think, and on days when it is really bad, you get used to it rather quickly. The weight takes a long time to get used to. I knew people who were several years on the job whose bodies were still adjusting to the ______ of bearing on your body tons of _____ every week.

Then there's the danger. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, __________ work is one of the 10 most dangerous occupations in the country, and I learned why. You're in and out of traffic all day, and it's _______ around you. It just wants to get past you, so it's often the motorist is not paying _________. That's really bad for the ______. And then the garbage itself is full of hazards that often fly back out of the truck and do terrible harm.

Solution


  1. zooming
  2. worker
  3. burden
  4. trucks
  5. drove
  6. attention
  7. trash
  8. education
  9. sanitation

Original Text


So I took the job as a sanitation worker. I didn't just ride in the trucks now. I drove the trucks. And I operated the mechanical brooms and I plowed the snow. It was a remarkable privilege and an amazing education.

Everyone asks about the smell. It's there, but it's not as prevalent as you think, and on days when it is really bad, you get used to it rather quickly. The weight takes a long time to get used to. I knew people who were several years on the job whose bodies were still adjusting to the burden of bearing on your body tons of trash every week.

Then there's the danger. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, sanitation work is one of the 10 most dangerous occupations in the country, and I learned why. You're in and out of traffic all day, and it's zooming around you. It just wants to get past you, so it's often the motorist is not paying attention. That's really bad for the worker. And then the garbage itself is full of hazards that often fly back out of the truck and do terrible harm.

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