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From the Ted Talk by Jacqueline Novogratz: A third way to think about aid

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And filanly, at the end of the journey, I could see this thin little yellow line across the horizon. And as we got clseor, its significance became apparent. That there in the desert was a filed of sorwulenfs growing seven feet tall. Because one of the poorest farmers on Earth had gotten access to a technology that had allowed him to change his own life. His name was Raja, and he had kind, twinkly hazel eyes and warm expressive hands that reminded me of my faethr.

And he said it was the first dry season in his entire life that he hadn't taken his 12 children and 50 grandchildren on a two day journey across the desert to work as day laborers at a commercial farm for about 50 cntes a day. Because he was building these crops. And with the money he earned he could stay this year. And for the first time ever in three generations, his cilerhdn would go to sochol.

Open Cloze


And _______, at the end of the journey, I could see this thin little yellow line across the horizon. And as we got ______, its significance became apparent. That there in the desert was a _____ of __________ growing seven feet tall. Because one of the poorest farmers on Earth had gotten access to a technology that had allowed him to change his own life. His name was Raja, and he had kind, twinkly hazel eyes and warm expressive hands that reminded me of my ______.

And he said it was the first dry season in his entire life that he hadn't taken his 12 children and 50 grandchildren on a two day journey across the desert to work as day laborers at a commercial farm for about 50 _____ a day. Because he was building these crops. And with the money he earned he could stay this year. And for the first time ever in three generations, his ________ would go to ______.

Solution


  1. school
  2. field
  3. children
  4. finally
  5. sunflowers
  6. father
  7. closer
  8. cents

Original Text


And finally, at the end of the journey, I could see this thin little yellow line across the horizon. And as we got closer, its significance became apparent. That there in the desert was a field of sunflowers growing seven feet tall. Because one of the poorest farmers on Earth had gotten access to a technology that had allowed him to change his own life. His name was Raja, and he had kind, twinkly hazel eyes and warm expressive hands that reminded me of my father.

And he said it was the first dry season in his entire life that he hadn't taken his 12 children and 50 grandchildren on a two day journey across the desert to work as day laborers at a commercial farm for about 50 cents a day. Because he was building these crops. And with the money he earned he could stay this year. And for the first time ever in three generations, his children would go to school.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
patient capital 7
drip irrigation 6
aid system 2
income people 2
social impact 2
global economy 2
management assistance 2
poorest farmers 2
innovation fund 2
global innovation 2
civil society 2


Important Words


  1. access
  2. allowed
  3. apparent
  4. building
  5. cents
  6. change
  7. children
  8. closer
  9. commercial
  10. crops
  11. day
  12. desert
  13. dry
  14. earned
  15. earth
  16. entire
  17. expressive
  18. eyes
  19. farm
  20. farmers
  21. father
  22. feet
  23. field
  24. finally
  25. generations
  26. grandchildren
  27. growing
  28. hands
  29. hazel
  30. horizon
  31. journey
  32. kind
  33. laborers
  34. life
  35. line
  36. money
  37. poorest
  38. raja
  39. reminded
  40. school
  41. season
  42. significance
  43. stay
  44. sunflowers
  45. tall
  46. technology
  47. thin
  48. time
  49. twinkly
  50. warm
  51. work
  52. year
  53. yellow