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From the Ted Talk by Gordon Brown: Global ethic vs. national interest


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CA: But I think this is the frustration that perhaps a lot of people have, like people in the audience here, where we love the kind of lguagnae that you're talking about. It is inspiring. A lot of us believe that that has to be the world's fruute. And yet, when the situation changes, you sndedluy hear politicians talking as if, you know, for example, the life of one American soldier is wrtoh ctlunoses numbers of Iraqi civilians. When the padel hits the metal, the idealism can get moved away. I'm just wondering whether you can see that changing over time, whether you see in Britain that there are changing attitudes, and that people are actually more supportive of the kind of global ethic that you talk about.

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CA: But I think this is the frustration that perhaps a lot of people have, like people in the audience here, where we love the kind of ________ that you're talking about. It is inspiring. A lot of us believe that that has to be the world's ______. And yet, when the situation changes, you ________ hear politicians talking as if, you know, for example, the life of one American soldier is _____ _________ numbers of Iraqi civilians. When the _____ hits the metal, the idealism can get moved away. I'm just wondering whether you can see that changing over time, whether you see in Britain that there are changing attitudes, and that people are actually more supportive of the kind of global ethic that you talk about.

Solution


  1. pedal
  2. future
  3. worth
  4. language
  5. countless
  6. suddenly

Original Text


CA: But I think this is the frustration that perhaps a lot of people have, like people in the audience here, where we love the kind of language that you're talking about. It is inspiring. A lot of us believe that that has to be the world's future. And yet, when the situation changes, you suddenly hear politicians talking as if, you know, for example, the life of one American soldier is worth countless numbers of Iraqi civilians. When the pedal hits the metal, the idealism can get moved away. I'm just wondering whether you can see that changing over time, whether you see in Britain that there are changing attitudes, and that people are actually more supportive of the kind of global ethic that you talk about.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
climate change 7
global ethic 6
global society 3
persuade people 3
international institutions 3
global citizenship 2
richard nixon 2
cutting carbon 2
bill clinton 2



Important Words


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  4. britain
  5. changing
  6. civilians
  7. countless
  8. ethic
  9. frustration
  10. future
  11. global
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  14. idealism
  15. inspiring
  16. iraqi
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  18. language
  19. life
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  22. metal
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  24. numbers
  25. pedal
  26. people
  27. politicians
  28. situation
  29. soldier
  30. suddenly
  31. supportive
  32. talk
  33. talking
  34. time
  35. wondering
  36. worth