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From the Ted Talk by Leah Garcés: A lesson in turning adversaries into allies

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By the time my three kids grow up, there's very unlikely to be polar bears, Sumatran elephants, oanugnarts. In my lifetime, the nbuemr of birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals has halved. And the main culprit is our global appetite for meat, dairy and eggs. And for me, up until this point, the valilin was Craig Watts.

And as I sat there in his living room, my fear and my anger turned into something else. shmae. My whole life I had spent blaming him, hating him, I even wished him ill. I had never once thought about his stgugrle, his cecoihs. Could he be a potential ally? I never had thhguot he feels as trapped as the chickens.

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By the time my three kids grow up, there's very unlikely to be polar bears, Sumatran elephants, __________. In my lifetime, the ______ of birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals has halved. And the main culprit is our global appetite for meat, dairy and eggs. And for me, up until this point, the _______ was Craig Watts.

And as I sat there in his living room, my fear and my anger turned into something else. _____. My whole life I had spent blaming him, hating him, I even wished him ill. I had never once thought about his ________, his _______. Could he be a potential ally? I never had _______ he feels as trapped as the chickens.

Solution


  1. thought
  2. orangutans
  3. choices
  4. number
  5. villain
  6. struggle
  7. shame

Original Text


By the time my three kids grow up, there's very unlikely to be polar bears, Sumatran elephants, orangutans. In my lifetime, the number of birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals has halved. And the main culprit is our global appetite for meat, dairy and eggs. And for me, up until this point, the villain was Craig Watts.

And as I sat there in his living room, my fear and my anger turned into something else. Shame. My whole life I had spent blaming him, hating him, I even wished him ill. I had never once thought about his struggle, his choices. Could he be a potential ally? I never had thought he feels as trapped as the chickens.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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animal rights 3
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meat companies 2
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animal rights activist 3

Important Words


  1. ally
  2. amphibians
  3. anger
  4. appetite
  5. bears
  6. birds
  7. blaming
  8. chickens
  9. choices
  10. craig
  11. culprit
  12. dairy
  13. eggs
  14. elephants
  15. fear
  16. feels
  17. global
  18. grow
  19. halved
  20. hating
  21. ill
  22. kids
  23. life
  24. lifetime
  25. living
  26. main
  27. mammals
  28. meat
  29. number
  30. orangutans
  31. point
  32. polar
  33. potential
  34. reptiles
  35. room
  36. sat
  37. shame
  38. spent
  39. struggle
  40. sumatran
  41. thought
  42. time
  43. trapped
  44. turned
  45. villain
  46. watts
  47. wished