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From the Ted Talk by Kevin Bales: How to combat modern slavery

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The average price of a human being today, around the world, is about 90 dollars. They are more exenpvise in places like North America. salves cost between 3,000 to 8,000 dllroas in North armecia, but I could take you places in India or Nepal where hmuan beings can be arcqueid for five or 10 dollars. They key here is that ppeole have cseaed to be that capital purchase item and become like Styrofoam cups. You buy them cheaply, you use them, you cmplure them up, and then when you're done with them you just throw them away.

These young boys are in Nepal. They are basically the tranrspot system on a quarry run by a slaveholder. There are no roads there, so they carry loads of stone on their backs, often of their own weight, up and down the Himalaya Mountains. One of their mothers said to us, "You know, we can't survive here, but we can't even seem to die either." It's a horrible situation. And if there is anything that makes me feel very positive about this, it's that there are also — in addition to young men like this who are still enslaved — there are ex-slaves who are now working to free others. Or, we say, Frederick Douglass is in the house.

Open Cloze


The average price of a human being today, around the world, is about 90 dollars. They are more _________ in places like North America. ______ cost between 3,000 to 8,000 _______ in North _______, but I could take you places in India or Nepal where _____ beings can be ________ for five or 10 dollars. They key here is that ______ have ______ to be that capital purchase item and become like Styrofoam cups. You buy them cheaply, you use them, you _______ them up, and then when you're done with them you just throw them away.

These young boys are in Nepal. They are basically the _________ system on a quarry run by a slaveholder. There are no roads there, so they carry loads of stone on their backs, often of their own weight, up and down the Himalaya Mountains. One of their mothers said to us, "You know, we can't survive here, but we can't even seem to die either." It's a horrible situation. And if there is anything that makes me feel very positive about this, it's that there are also — in addition to young men like this who are still enslaved — there are ex-slaves who are now working to free others. Or, we say, Frederick Douglass is in the house.

Solution


  1. acquired
  2. human
  3. people
  4. america
  5. expensive
  6. transport
  7. dollars
  8. crumple
  9. slaves
  10. ceased

Original Text


The average price of a human being today, around the world, is about 90 dollars. They are more expensive in places like North America. Slaves cost between 3,000 to 8,000 dollars in North America, but I could take you places in India or Nepal where human beings can be acquired for five or 10 dollars. They key here is that people have ceased to be that capital purchase item and become like Styrofoam cups. You buy them cheaply, you use them, you crumple them up, and then when you're done with them you just throw them away.

These young boys are in Nepal. They are basically the transport system on a quarry run by a slaveholder. There are no roads there, so they carry loads of stone on their backs, often of their own weight, up and down the Himalaya Mountains. One of their mothers said to us, "You know, we can't survive here, but we can't even seem to die either." It's a horrible situation. And if there is anything that makes me feel very positive about this, it's that there are also — in addition to young men like this who are still enslaved — there are ex-slaves who are now working to free others. Or, we say, Frederick Douglass is in the house.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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