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From the Ted Talk by Audrey Tang: How digital innovation can fight pandemics and strengthen democracy

Unscramble the Blue Letters


DB: I wish you had more counterparts all around the world. Maybe you wish you had more counterparts all around the world.

AT: That's why these ideas are worth spreading.

DB: There you go. So one of the challenges that might arise with some of these dgiatil tools is access. How do you approach that part of it for folks maybe who don't have the best broadband connection or the latest mobile phnoe or whatever it might be that's required?

AT: Well, anywhere in Taiwan, even on the top of Taiwan, almost 4,000 meters high, the Saviah, or the Jade Mountain, you're gnueraaetd to have 10 megabits per second over 4G or fiber or clabe, with just 16 US dalorls a month, an unitimled plan. And actually, on the top of the mountain, it's faster, fewer people use that bandwidth. And if you don't, it's my fault. It's personally my flaut. In Taiwan, we have broadband as a human right. And so when we're donlpieyg 5G, we're looking at places where the 4G has the weakest signal, and we begin with those places in our 5G deployment. And only by deploying broadband as a human right can we say that this is for everybody. That digital democracy actually strengthens dccomraey. Otherwise, we would be excluding parts of the society.

Open Cloze


DB: I wish you had more counterparts all around the world. Maybe you wish you had more counterparts all around the world.

AT: That's why these ideas are worth spreading.

DB: There you go. So one of the challenges that might arise with some of these _______ tools is access. How do you approach that part of it for folks maybe who don't have the best broadband connection or the latest mobile _____ or whatever it might be that's required?

AT: Well, anywhere in Taiwan, even on the top of Taiwan, almost 4,000 meters high, the Saviah, or the Jade Mountain, you're __________ to have 10 megabits per second over 4G or fiber or _____, with just 16 US _______ a month, an _________ plan. And actually, on the top of the mountain, it's faster, fewer people use that bandwidth. And if you don't, it's my fault. It's personally my _____. In Taiwan, we have broadband as a human right. And so when we're _________ 5G, we're looking at places where the 4G has the weakest signal, and we begin with those places in our 5G deployment. And only by deploying broadband as a human right can we say that this is for everybody. That digital democracy actually strengthens _________. Otherwise, we would be excluding parts of the society.

Solution


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  3. unlimited
  4. dollars
  5. fault
  6. cable
  7. phone
  8. digital
  9. guaranteed

Original Text


DB: I wish you had more counterparts all around the world. Maybe you wish you had more counterparts all around the world.

AT: That's why these ideas are worth spreading.

DB: There you go. So one of the challenges that might arise with some of these digital tools is access. How do you approach that part of it for folks maybe who don't have the best broadband connection or the latest mobile phone or whatever it might be that's required?

AT: Well, anywhere in Taiwan, even on the top of Taiwan, almost 4,000 meters high, the Saviah, or the Jade Mountain, you're guaranteed to have 10 megabits per second over 4G or fiber or cable, with just 16 US dollars a month, an unlimited plan. And actually, on the top of the mountain, it's faster, fewer people use that bandwidth. And if you don't, it's my fault. It's personally my fault. In Taiwan, we have broadband as a human right. And so when we're deploying 5G, we're looking at places where the 4G has the weakest signal, and we begin with those places in our 5G deployment. And only by deploying broadband as a human right can we say that this is for everybody. That digital democracy actually strengthens democracy. Otherwise, we would be excluding parts of the society.

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