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From the Ted Talk by Amina J. Mohammed: A new perspective on the journey to net-zero


Unscramble the Blue Letters


It's not too late, but the window of opportunity is closing. Which brnigs me back to you. You're the reason that I have hope. Time and time again, we've seen that when people raise their voices, that chorus becomes too urgent and too loud for ldraees to ignore. That chorus for bold cmtilae action is gwriong, but it's in fits and starts. Climate cagnhe doesn't pause, and neither must we. Now, last I cechekd, every single person in this room and all those watching online, terechas, presidents, shareholders, chief etecivexus, scientists, employees, mums and dads, everyone on Earth is a citizen on this planet. So now's the time to stand up. With the courage of your convictions, raise your voices yet again and demand our leaders to take action on the promise of a 1.5 degree world.

Open Cloze


It's not too late, but the window of opportunity is closing. Which ______ me back to you. You're the reason that I have hope. Time and time again, we've seen that when people raise their voices, that chorus becomes too urgent and too loud for _______ to ignore. That chorus for bold _______ action is _______, but it's in fits and starts. Climate ______ doesn't pause, and neither must we. Now, last I _______, every single person in this room and all those watching online, ________, presidents, shareholders, chief __________, scientists, employees, mums and dads, everyone on Earth is a citizen on this planet. So now's the time to stand up. With the courage of your convictions, raise your voices yet again and demand our leaders to take action on the promise of a 1.5 degree world.

Solution


  1. executives
  2. change
  3. growing
  4. checked
  5. leaders
  6. teachers
  7. brings
  8. climate

Original Text


It's not too late, but the window of opportunity is closing. Which brings me back to you. You're the reason that I have hope. Time and time again, we've seen that when people raise their voices, that chorus becomes too urgent and too loud for leaders to ignore. That chorus for bold climate action is growing, but it's in fits and starts. Climate change doesn't pause, and neither must we. Now, last I checked, every single person in this room and all those watching online, teachers, presidents, shareholders, chief executives, scientists, employees, mums and dads, everyone on Earth is a citizen on this planet. So now's the time to stand up. With the courage of your convictions, raise your voices yet again and demand our leaders to take action on the promise of a 1.5 degree world.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
paris agreement 3
climate change 2
lake chad 2
human family 2
sustainable development 2
development goals 2
climate action 2
great green 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
sustainable development goals 2


Important Words


  1. action
  2. bold
  3. brings
  4. change
  5. checked
  6. chief
  7. chorus
  8. citizen
  9. climate
  10. closing
  11. convictions
  12. courage
  13. dads
  14. degree
  15. demand
  16. earth
  17. employees
  18. executives
  19. fits
  20. growing
  21. hope
  22. ignore
  23. late
  24. leaders
  25. loud
  26. mums
  27. online
  28. opportunity
  29. pause
  30. people
  31. person
  32. planet
  33. presidents
  34. promise
  35. raise
  36. reason
  37. room
  38. scientists
  39. shareholders
  40. single
  41. stand
  42. starts
  43. teachers
  44. time
  45. urgent
  46. voices
  47. watching
  48. window
  49. world