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From the Ted Talk by Andrew Youn: 3 reasons why we can win the fight against poverty

Unscramble the Blue Letters


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Open Cloze


I'm going to wrap up by generalizing beyond just farming. In every field of human development, ________ has already invented effective tools to end _______. We just need to deliver them. So again, in every area of human development, super-smart people a long time ago invented inexpensive, highly effective _____. Humanity is _____ to the teeth with simple, effective solutions to poverty. We just need to deliver these to a pretty small area. Again using the map of Sub-Saharan Africa as an example, remember that rural poverty is ____________ in these blue ______ areas. _____ poverty is even more concentrated, in these _____ little dots. Again, using a map of the United States for scale, this is what I would call a highly achievable ________ zone. In fact, for the first time in human history, we have a vast amount of delivery ______________ available to us. The world's companies, governments and non-profits have delivery armies that are fully capable of covering this relatively small area. We just lack the will.

Solution


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  5. humanity
  6. delivery
  7. shaded
  8. poverty
  9. infrastructure
  10. green

Original Text


I'm going to wrap up by generalizing beyond just farming. In every field of human development, humanity has already invented effective tools to end poverty. We just need to deliver them. So again, in every area of human development, super-smart people a long time ago invented inexpensive, highly effective tools. Humanity is armed to the teeth with simple, effective solutions to poverty. We just need to deliver these to a pretty small area. Again using the map of Sub-Saharan Africa as an example, remember that rural poverty is concentrated in these blue shaded areas. Urban poverty is even more concentrated, in these green little dots. Again, using a map of the United States for scale, this is what I would call a highly achievable delivery zone. In fact, for the first time in human history, we have a vast amount of delivery infrastructure available to us. The world's companies, governments and non-profits have delivery armies that are fully capable of covering this relatively small area. We just lack the will.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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reduce environmental 2
lack access 2
agricultural poverty 2
proven goods 2
delivery networks 2
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field officers 2
delivery armies 2
farm services 2
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ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
rural field officers 2

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