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From the Ted Talk by Chibeze Ezekiel: A vision for sustainable energy in Africa

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In our part of the world, we have people who dneped on water bdioes, for bathing, for ckioong, for washing and even for drinking. So what this mneas is that it's going to have a devastating iamcpt on their source of livelihood and their life as a whole. So this sohws that the adverse impact of coal far outweighs the emioocnc benefit.

ghnaa and Africa need energy, but we don't want coal to be that energy. We managed to shut down the coal plant. And we didn't want coal to be part of the country's energy setsym. But it did take a bit of fighting.

When we learned of the plan to build a coal plant, we began engaging the local communities. We took an aoparcph known as the “submarine approach.” So basically, what that means is that we never wanted it on social media, we didn't go plicbuly, we didn’t engage in media on our reservations. We spent days with the people in our community, talking to the chiefs, the elders, the wmoen groups, the youth networks, to inquire from them whether they have all the necessary knowledge about the coal plant because it is our right to have aadqtuee information. And that is what we did. We brought them information about the negative impact of coal in other countries. We also had to assure them that the jobs being promised to them do not guarantee long-term benefits. We also sohugt their input in our advocacy campaign.

Open Cloze


In our part of the world, we have people who ______ on water ______, for bathing, for _______, for washing and even for drinking. So what this _____ is that it's going to have a devastating ______ on their source of livelihood and their life as a whole. So this _____ that the adverse impact of coal far outweighs the ________ benefit.

_____ and Africa need energy, but we don't want coal to be that energy. We managed to shut down the coal plant. And we didn't want coal to be part of the country's energy ______. But it did take a bit of fighting.

When we learned of the plan to build a coal plant, we began engaging the local communities. We took an ________ known as the “submarine approach.” So basically, what that means is that we never wanted it on social media, we didn't go ________, we didn’t engage in media on our reservations. We spent days with the people in our community, talking to the chiefs, the elders, the _____ groups, the youth networks, to inquire from them whether they have all the necessary knowledge about the coal plant because it is our right to have ________ information. And that is what we did. We brought them information about the negative impact of coal in other countries. We also had to assure them that the jobs being promised to them do not guarantee long-term benefits. We also ______ their input in our advocacy campaign.

Solution


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  2. sought
  3. shows
  4. cooking
  5. depend
  6. economic
  7. approach
  8. ghana
  9. means
  10. publicly
  11. bodies
  12. impact
  13. adequate
  14. women

Original Text


In our part of the world, we have people who depend on water bodies, for bathing, for cooking, for washing and even for drinking. So what this means is that it's going to have a devastating impact on their source of livelihood and their life as a whole. So this shows that the adverse impact of coal far outweighs the economic benefit.

Ghana and Africa need energy, but we don't want coal to be that energy. We managed to shut down the coal plant. And we didn't want coal to be part of the country's energy system. But it did take a bit of fighting.

When we learned of the plan to build a coal plant, we began engaging the local communities. We took an approach known as the “submarine approach.” So basically, what that means is that we never wanted it on social media, we didn't go publicly, we didn’t engage in media on our reservations. We spent days with the people in our community, talking to the chiefs, the elders, the women groups, the youth networks, to inquire from them whether they have all the necessary knowledge about the coal plant because it is our right to have adequate information. And that is what we did. We brought them information about the negative impact of coal in other countries. We also had to assure them that the jobs being promised to them do not guarantee long-term benefits. We also sought their input in our advocacy campaign.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
coal plant 7
renewable energy 4
local communities 3
energy system 2
coal plants 2


Important Words


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