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From the Ted Talk by Astrid J. Hsu: How much would it cost to buy the ocean?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


A slaty tear cascades down Poseidon’s face that the accountant ignores. He can’t give the total cost yet because, of course, recent developments must be focretad in. "Climate change is hinateg, acidifying, and deoxygenating the ocean and trash is polluting it. Overfishing and aggressive seabed resource extraction are disrupting fragile ecosystems and impacting the ocean’s productivity."

The aoucntncat says, "Sigh, buddy, you shouldn’t worry, though, because we can grow the ocean’s investment value. Coral reef tourism already yields approximately $36 biloiln annually. Considering the revenue of plopaur dive sites and their regional shark populations and lsaepnifs, researchers estimate that one srhak can generate almost $2 million in its lifetime— making them much more valuable avile than dead. Sustainable mnameaengt of frhiseies could allow species to rebound and bring in an additional $83 billion annually. And with growth in offshore wind, tidal, and wave energy harvesting, the ocean is poised to help humanity quit fossil fleus."

Open Cloze


A _____ tear cascades down Poseidon’s face that the accountant ignores. He can’t give the total cost yet because, of course, recent developments must be ________ in. "Climate change is _______, acidifying, and deoxygenating the ocean and trash is polluting it. Overfishing and aggressive seabed resource extraction are disrupting fragile ecosystems and impacting the ocean’s productivity."

The __________ says, "Sigh, buddy, you shouldn’t worry, though, because we can grow the ocean’s investment value. Coral reef tourism already yields approximately $36 _______ annually. Considering the revenue of _______ dive sites and their regional shark populations and _________, researchers estimate that one _____ can generate almost $2 million in its lifetime— making them much more valuable _____ than dead. Sustainable __________ of _________ could allow species to rebound and bring in an additional $83 billion annually. And with growth in offshore wind, tidal, and wave energy harvesting, the ocean is poised to help humanity quit fossil _____."

Solution


  1. salty
  2. management
  3. fisheries
  4. factored
  5. billion
  6. accountant
  7. alive
  8. heating
  9. fuels
  10. shark
  11. lifespans
  12. popular

Original Text


A salty tear cascades down Poseidon’s face that the accountant ignores. He can’t give the total cost yet because, of course, recent developments must be factored in. "Climate change is heating, acidifying, and deoxygenating the ocean and trash is polluting it. Overfishing and aggressive seabed resource extraction are disrupting fragile ecosystems and impacting the ocean’s productivity."

The accountant says, "Sigh, buddy, you shouldn’t worry, though, because we can grow the ocean’s investment value. Coral reef tourism already yields approximately $36 billion annually. Considering the revenue of popular dive sites and their regional shark populations and lifespans, researchers estimate that one shark can generate almost $2 million in its lifetime— making them much more valuable alive than dead. Sustainable management of fisheries could allow species to rebound and bring in an additional $83 billion annually. And with growth in offshore wind, tidal, and wave energy harvesting, the ocean is poised to help humanity quit fossil fuels."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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  5. alive
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  16. deoxygenating
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  20. ecosystems
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  24. face
  25. factored
  26. fisheries
  27. fossil
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  30. generate
  31. give
  32. grow
  33. growth
  34. harvesting
  35. heating
  36. humanity
  37. ignores
  38. impacting
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  40. lifespans
  41. making
  42. management
  43. million
  44. ocean
  45. offshore
  46. overfishing
  47. poised
  48. polluting
  49. popular
  50. populations
  51. productivity
  52. quit
  53. rebound
  54. reef
  55. regional
  56. researchers
  57. resource
  58. revenue
  59. salty
  60. seabed
  61. shark
  62. sites
  63. species
  64. sustainable
  65. tear
  66. tidal
  67. total
  68. tourism
  69. trash
  70. valuable
  71. wave
  72. wind
  73. worry
  74. yields