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From the Ted Talk by Anika Goss: Detroit's climate crisis -- and how to build a resilient future everywhere

Unscramble the Blue Letters


First, we have to begin to create an eonmcioc environment in which all dioteertrs can grow wealth. Advanced technology and tech-based businesses are the fastest-growing industries in Detroit, but also the notain. It's these bnesieusss that will contribute to solving our climate dilemma and make millions, even billions, doing it. But unless we include Black and brown Detroiters, both as workers and investing in founders, we will leave our largest demographic out of our future.

Second, we have to stop only responding when there’s a crisis sitotiaun, like flooding and air quality control, and begin to think about green stormwater infrastructure and solar and renewable energy proactively. I was having this ceortavsionn with my sister because that's what sisters do, talk about mrintanfcuaug and icfrtnuarturse investment. This is my sister, I have two of them. So she levis in wtghonsian, DC. Eight inches of rain, in her opinion, was just not enough rain to create that much flooding. And she kind of didn't believe me that Detroit was at risk for climate impacts. And I explained to her that Detroit is not different from other cities in its process for making municipal investment decisions. mpiacunil investment decisions are made for primarily two ways: new development and crisis repair. Detroit is not unique. What makes Detroit unique is it has 100-year-old gray infrastructure supporting 139 square miles of drteiot. We can no loegnr only make decisions for crisis. We don't have that lruxuy. We have to make dcniseios differently to improve the qaiulty of life for Detroiters and improve the quality of the neighborhoods that we're all living in for the future.

Open Cloze


First, we have to begin to create an ________ environment in which all __________ can grow wealth. Advanced technology and tech-based businesses are the fastest-growing industries in Detroit, but also the ______. It's these __________ that will contribute to solving our climate dilemma and make millions, even billions, doing it. But unless we include Black and brown Detroiters, both as workers and investing in founders, we will leave our largest demographic out of our future.

Second, we have to stop only responding when there’s a crisis _________, like flooding and air quality control, and begin to think about green stormwater infrastructure and solar and renewable energy proactively. I was having this ____________ with my sister because that's what sisters do, talk about _____________ and ______________ investment. This is my sister, I have two of them. So she _____ in __________, DC. Eight inches of rain, in her opinion, was just not enough rain to create that much flooding. And she kind of didn't believe me that Detroit was at risk for climate impacts. And I explained to her that Detroit is not different from other cities in its process for making municipal investment decisions. _________ investment decisions are made for primarily two ways: new development and crisis repair. Detroit is not unique. What makes Detroit unique is it has 100-year-old gray infrastructure supporting 139 square miles of _______. We can no ______ only make decisions for crisis. We don't have that ______. We have to make _________ differently to improve the _______ of life for Detroiters and improve the quality of the neighborhoods that we're all living in for the future.

Solution


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  7. economic
  8. detroit
  9. manufacturing
  10. detroiters
  11. longer
  12. infrastructure
  13. luxury
  14. decisions
  15. businesses
  16. nation

Original Text


First, we have to begin to create an economic environment in which all Detroiters can grow wealth. Advanced technology and tech-based businesses are the fastest-growing industries in Detroit, but also the nation. It's these businesses that will contribute to solving our climate dilemma and make millions, even billions, doing it. But unless we include Black and brown Detroiters, both as workers and investing in founders, we will leave our largest demographic out of our future.

Second, we have to stop only responding when there’s a crisis situation, like flooding and air quality control, and begin to think about green stormwater infrastructure and solar and renewable energy proactively. I was having this conversation with my sister because that's what sisters do, talk about manufacturing and infrastructure investment. This is my sister, I have two of them. So she lives in Washington, DC. Eight inches of rain, in her opinion, was just not enough rain to create that much flooding. And she kind of didn't believe me that Detroit was at risk for climate impacts. And I explained to her that Detroit is not different from other cities in its process for making municipal investment decisions. Municipal investment decisions are made for primarily two ways: new development and crisis repair. Detroit is not unique. What makes Detroit unique is it has 100-year-old gray infrastructure supporting 139 square miles of Detroit. We can no longer only make decisions for crisis. We don't have that luxury. We have to make decisions differently to improve the quality of life for Detroiters and improve the quality of the neighborhoods that we're all living in for the future.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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