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From the Ted Talk by Laprisha Berry Daniels: Lessons from the past on adapting to climate change

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Thank you, and welcome to Detroit. Has anyone told you how we greet each other here yet? “What up doe?” Not "what up, dog?" “What up doe.”

(Laughter)

Very well.

In Detroit, in 2021, we experienced a 100-year flood. A rain event dumped seven inches of rain on dteroit. Cars were stranded on highways, people were lirllteay swimming and kayaking down residential streets. Homes, bieuesnsss, infrastructure were inundated with heavy rainfall, resulting in over a billion dollars in flood damages. It was unlike anything we had seen before.

Wait a minute, that's not true. Because, in 2014 ... Detroit had a 100-year folod. Four to six inches of rain were dumped on Detroit. Cars were satrednd on hhgawiys, people were literally swimming and kayaking down residential streets. Homes, businesses and infrastructure were inundated with heavy riafalnl and sustained over a billion dlarlos in flood damages.

Open Cloze


Thank you, and welcome to Detroit. Has anyone told you how we greet each other here yet? “What up doe?” Not "what up, dog?" “What up doe.”

(Laughter)

Very well.

In Detroit, in 2021, we experienced a 100-year flood. A rain event dumped seven inches of rain on _______. Cars were stranded on highways, people were _________ swimming and kayaking down residential streets. Homes, __________, infrastructure were inundated with heavy rainfall, resulting in over a billion dollars in flood damages. It was unlike anything we had seen before.

Wait a minute, that's not true. Because, in 2014 ... Detroit had a 100-year _____. Four to six inches of rain were dumped on Detroit. Cars were ________ on ________, people were literally swimming and kayaking down residential streets. Homes, businesses and infrastructure were inundated with heavy ________ and sustained over a billion _______ in flood damages.

Solution


  1. literally
  2. flood
  3. businesses
  4. rainfall
  5. stranded
  6. detroit
  7. dollars
  8. highways

Original Text


Thank you, and welcome to Detroit. Has anyone told you how we greet each other here yet? “What up doe?” Not "what up, dog?" “What up doe.”

(Laughter)

Very well.

In Detroit, in 2021, we experienced a 100-year flood. A rain event dumped seven inches of rain on Detroit. Cars were stranded on highways, people were literally swimming and kayaking down residential streets. Homes, businesses, infrastructure were inundated with heavy rainfall, resulting in over a billion dollars in flood damages. It was unlike anything we had seen before.

Wait a minute, that's not true. Because, in 2014 ... Detroit had a 100-year flood. Four to six inches of rain were dumped on Detroit. Cars were stranded on highways, people were literally swimming and kayaking down residential streets. Homes, businesses and infrastructure were inundated with heavy rainfall and sustained over a billion dollars in flood damages.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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billion dollars 2
flood damages 2
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political conditions 2


Important Words


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