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From the Ted Talk by Lucy Cooke: Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal

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Sloths have been around on this planet in one shape or another for over 40 million years. The secret to their success is their sfhltuol nature. They are energy-saving icons. And I founded the Sloth Appreciation Society to both promote and protect their slow, steady, sustainable lveis. I'm a pretty speedy character. I'm sure you've guessed. And the sloths have taught me a lot about slowing down. And I think that the planet would benefit if we all took a slowly digested leaf out of their book.

How about we all embrace our inner sloth by slowing down, being more mifundl, rincuedg wasteful cnvneeoncie, being economical with our energy, rliccyeng ceivreatly and reconnecting with nature. Otherwise, I fear, it will be us humans that turn out to be "the stupidest anlmais that can be found in the world."

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Sloths have been around on this planet in one shape or another for over 40 million years. The secret to their success is their ________ nature. They are energy-saving icons. And I founded the Sloth Appreciation Society to both promote and protect their slow, steady, sustainable _____. I'm a pretty speedy character. I'm sure you've guessed. And the sloths have taught me a lot about slowing down. And I think that the planet would benefit if we all took a slowly digested leaf out of their book.

How about we all embrace our inner sloth by slowing down, being more _______, ________ wasteful ___________, being economical with our energy, _________ __________ and reconnecting with nature. Otherwise, I fear, it will be us humans that turn out to be "the stupidest _______ that can be found in the world."

Solution


  1. lives
  2. slothful
  3. recycling
  4. mindful
  5. convenience
  6. animals
  7. creatively
  8. reducing

Original Text


Sloths have been around on this planet in one shape or another for over 40 million years. The secret to their success is their slothful nature. They are energy-saving icons. And I founded the Sloth Appreciation Society to both promote and protect their slow, steady, sustainable lives. I'm a pretty speedy character. I'm sure you've guessed. And the sloths have taught me a lot about slowing down. And I think that the planet would benefit if we all took a slowly digested leaf out of their book.

How about we all embrace our inner sloth by slowing down, being more mindful, reducing wasteful convenience, being economical with our energy, recycling creatively and reconnecting with nature. Otherwise, I fear, it will be us humans that turn out to be "the stupidest animals that can be found in the world."

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