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From the Ted Talk by Countdown: It's time to write a new climate story

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Our story has heroes big and small. Maybe you even became a hero in your own way. It's a srtoy of hope, persistence, a plan for a better future. There's also despair, denial and relentless crises. While there are forces that seek to divide or distract us, we choose to act -- now.

The story has many possibilities. ftruues that we write first as neighbors and then as a movement. We are coming together, cnohosig what comes next and rnfsueig to accept dfaeet. There is hope.

Transforming our world to address the climate crisis isn’t just urgent and necessary; it is possible, already underway and leading us to a better future.

Open Cloze


Our story has heroes big and small. Maybe you even became a hero in your own way. It's a _____ of hope, persistence, a plan for a better future. There's also despair, denial and relentless crises. While there are forces that seek to divide or distract us, we choose to act -- now.

The story has many possibilities. _______ that we write first as neighbors and then as a movement. We are coming together, ________ what comes next and ________ to accept ______. There is hope.

Transforming our world to address the climate crisis isn’t just urgent and necessary; it is possible, already underway and leading us to a better future.

Solution


  1. defeat
  2. choosing
  3. futures
  4. refusing
  5. story

Original Text


Our story has heroes big and small. Maybe you even became a hero in your own way. It's a story of hope, persistence, a plan for a better future. There's also despair, denial and relentless crises. While there are forces that seek to divide or distract us, we choose to act -- now.

The story has many possibilities. Futures that we write first as neighbors and then as a movement. We are coming together, choosing what comes next and refusing to accept defeat. There is hope.

Transforming our world to address the climate crisis isn’t just urgent and necessary; it is possible, already underway and leading us to a better future.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
accelerate solutions 2
takes place 2


Important Words


  1. accept
  2. act
  3. address
  4. big
  5. choose
  6. choosing
  7. climate
  8. coming
  9. crises
  10. crisis
  11. defeat
  12. denial
  13. despair
  14. distract
  15. divide
  16. forces
  17. future
  18. futures
  19. hero
  20. heroes
  21. hope
  22. leading
  23. movement
  24. neighbors
  25. persistence
  26. plan
  27. possibilities
  28. refusing
  29. relentless
  30. seek
  31. small
  32. story
  33. transforming
  34. underway
  35. urgent
  36. world
  37. write