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From the Ted Talk by Bandi Mbubi: Demand a fair trade cell phone

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When I first came to the UK, 21 years ago, I was homesick. I missed my family and the friends I left behind. Communication was extremely dffluiict. sniedng and receiving lrteets took months — if you were lucky. Often, they never aveirrd. Even if I could have afforded the phone bills home, like most people in the Congo, my parents did not own a phone line.

Today, my two sons — David and Daniel, can talk to my parents and get to know them. Why should we allow such a wfedurnol, banlirilt and necessary product to be the cause of unnecessary suffering for hamun beings?

We demand fair-trade food and fair-trade clothes. It is time to demand fair-trade phones. This is an idea worth spreading.

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When I first came to the UK, 21 years ago, I was homesick. I missed my family and the friends I left behind. Communication was extremely _________. _______ and receiving _______ took months — if you were lucky. Often, they never _______. Even if I could have afforded the phone bills home, like most people in the Congo, my parents did not own a phone line.

Today, my two sons — David and Daniel, can talk to my parents and get to know them. Why should we allow such a _________, _________ and necessary product to be the cause of unnecessary suffering for _____ beings?

We demand fair-trade food and fair-trade clothes. It is time to demand fair-trade phones. This is an idea worth spreading.

Solution


  1. arrived
  2. human
  3. letters
  4. difficult
  5. sending
  6. wonderful
  7. brilliant

Original Text


When I first came to the UK, 21 years ago, I was homesick. I missed my family and the friends I left behind. Communication was extremely difficult. Sending and receiving letters took months — if you were lucky. Often, they never arrived. Even if I could have afforded the phone bills home, like most people in the Congo, my parents did not own a phone line.

Today, my two sons — David and Daniel, can talk to my parents and get to know them. Why should we allow such a wonderful, brilliant and necessary product to be the cause of unnecessary suffering for human beings?

We demand fair-trade food and fair-trade clothes. It is time to demand fair-trade phones. This is an idea worth spreading.

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