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From the Ted Talk by Jane Goodall: How humans and animals can live together

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As I began traveling around Africa talking about the problems faced by chimpanzees and their vanishing forests, I reziaeld more and more how so many of Africa's prombels could be laid at the door of previous colonial exploitation. So I began traveling outside Africa, talking in Europe, tnlaikg in the United States, going to Asia. And everywhere there were these terrible problems. And you know the kind I'm talking about. I'm talking about putoillon. The air that we breathe that often posnios us. The earth is poisoning our foods. The water — water is perhaps one of the most cauircl issues that we're going to face in this century — and everywhere water is being polluted by agricultural, industrial and household cemachils that still are being sprayed around the world, seemingly with the inability to profit from past experience. The mangroves are being cut down; the effects of things like the tsunami get worse. We've tlkaed about the soil erosion. We have the reckless burning of fossil fuels along with other geonrehsue gasses, so caelld, leading to climate change. fnlialy, all around the world, people have begun to believe that there is something going on very wrong with our climate.

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As I began traveling around Africa talking about the problems faced by chimpanzees and their vanishing forests, I ________ more and more how so many of Africa's ________ could be laid at the door of previous colonial exploitation. So I began traveling outside Africa, talking in Europe, _______ in the United States, going to Asia. And everywhere there were these terrible problems. And you know the kind I'm talking about. I'm talking about _________. The air that we breathe that often _______ us. The earth is poisoning our foods. The water — water is perhaps one of the most _______ issues that we're going to face in this century — and everywhere water is being polluted by agricultural, industrial and household _________ that still are being sprayed around the world, seemingly with the inability to profit from past experience. The mangroves are being cut down; the effects of things like the tsunami get worse. We've ______ about the soil erosion. We have the reckless burning of fossil fuels along with other __________ gasses, so ______, leading to climate change. _______, all around the world, people have begun to believe that there is something going on very wrong with our climate.

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Original Text


As I began traveling around Africa talking about the problems faced by chimpanzees and their vanishing forests, I realized more and more how so many of Africa's problems could be laid at the door of previous colonial exploitation. So I began traveling outside Africa, talking in Europe, talking in the United States, going to Asia. And everywhere there were these terrible problems. And you know the kind I'm talking about. I'm talking about pollution. The air that we breathe that often poisons us. The earth is poisoning our foods. The water — water is perhaps one of the most crucial issues that we're going to face in this century — and everywhere water is being polluted by agricultural, industrial and household chemicals that still are being sprayed around the world, seemingly with the inability to profit from past experience. The mangroves are being cut down; the effects of things like the tsunami get worse. We've talked about the soil erosion. We have the reckless burning of fossil fuels along with other greenhouse gasses, so called, leading to climate change. Finally, all around the world, people have begun to believe that there is something going on very wrong with our climate.

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