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From the Ted Talk by Majora Carter: Greening the ghetto

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Listen — when I sopke to Mr. Gore the other day after breakfast, I asked him how environmental justice activists were going to be included in his new marketing settgary. His rpsosnee was a grant program. I don't think he understood that I wasn't asking for fiundng. I was making him an ofefr.

(Applause)

What troubled me was that this top-down approach is still around. Now, don't get me wrong, we need money.

(Laughter)

But grassroots groups are needed at the table during the decision-making process. Of the 90 percent of the ernegy that Mr. Gore reminded us that we waste every day, don't add wasting our energy, intelligence and hard-earned experience to that count.

Open Cloze


Listen — when I _____ to Mr. Gore the other day after breakfast, I asked him how environmental justice activists were going to be included in his new marketing ________. His ________ was a grant program. I don't think he understood that I wasn't asking for _______. I was making him an _____.

(Applause)

What troubled me was that this top-down approach is still around. Now, don't get me wrong, we need money.

(Laughter)

But grassroots groups are needed at the table during the decision-making process. Of the 90 percent of the ______ that Mr. Gore reminded us that we waste every day, don't add wasting our energy, intelligence and hard-earned experience to that count.

Solution


  1. response
  2. offer
  3. spoke
  4. energy
  5. funding
  6. strategy

Original Text


Listen — when I spoke to Mr. Gore the other day after breakfast, I asked him how environmental justice activists were going to be included in his new marketing strategy. His response was a grant program. I don't think he understood that I wasn't asking for funding. I was making him an offer.

(Applause)

What troubled me was that this top-down approach is still around. Now, don't get me wrong, we need money.

(Laughter)

But grassroots groups are needed at the table during the decision-making process. Of the 90 percent of the energy that Mr. Gore reminded us that we waste every day, don't add wasting our energy, intelligence and hard-earned experience to that count.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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environmental justice 3
local economic 3
sustainable development 2
policy agenda 2
justice communities 2
solid waste 2
poor people 2
robert moses 2
provide opportunities 2
economic development 2
demonstration project 2
green roofs 2
ninth ward 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
environmental justice communities 2
local economic development 2

Important Words


  1. activists
  2. add
  3. applause
  4. approach
  5. asked
  6. breakfast
  7. count
  8. day
  9. energy
  10. environmental
  11. experience
  12. funding
  13. gore
  14. grant
  15. grassroots
  16. groups
  17. included
  18. intelligence
  19. justice
  20. laughter
  21. listen
  22. making
  23. marketing
  24. money
  25. needed
  26. offer
  27. percent
  28. process
  29. program
  30. reminded
  31. response
  32. spoke
  33. strategy
  34. table
  35. troubled
  36. understood
  37. waste
  38. wasting
  39. wrong