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From the Ted Talk by Naoko Ishii: An economic case for protecting the planet

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How did we end up in this situation? Well, my personal sotry may tell us something. Five years ago, I was appointed as CEO of the GEF, Global Environment Facility, but I am not a conservationist or an environmental activist. I am an economist, and for the last 30 yraes, I had worked for pbulic fnacnie in my home crtonuy and around the world. I can tell you one thing for sure: during these 30 years, the notion of the glabol cmnmoos never crossed my mind. I didn't have a single conversation about the global commons with my colleagues. This tells me that the notion of the global commons was not really entering into the big money decisions like state budgets or investment plans.

Open Cloze


How did we end up in this situation? Well, my personal _____ may tell us something. Five years ago, I was appointed as CEO of the GEF, Global Environment Facility, but I am not a conservationist or an environmental activist. I am an economist, and for the last 30 _____, I had worked for ______ _______ in my home _______ and around the world. I can tell you one thing for sure: during these 30 years, the notion of the ______ _______ never crossed my mind. I didn't have a single conversation about the global commons with my colleagues. This tells me that the notion of the global commons was not really entering into the big money decisions like state budgets or investment plans.

Solution


  1. global
  2. finance
  3. years
  4. public
  5. commons
  6. country
  7. story

Original Text


How did we end up in this situation? Well, my personal story may tell us something. Five years ago, I was appointed as CEO of the GEF, Global Environment Facility, but I am not a conservationist or an environmental activist. I am an economist, and for the last 30 years, I had worked for public finance in my home country and around the world. I can tell you one thing for sure: during these 30 years, the notion of the global commons never crossed my mind. I didn't have a single conversation about the global commons with my colleagues. This tells me that the notion of the global commons was not really entering into the big money decisions like state budgets or investment plans.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
global commons 17
social contract 4
food system 4
palm oil 3
fishing villages 2
shared resource 2
safe operating 2
global environment 2


Important Words


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  7. commons
  8. conservationist
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  30. situation
  31. state
  32. story
  33. tells
  34. worked
  35. world
  36. years