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From the Ted Talk by Juliana Machado Ferreira: The fight to end rare-animal trafficking in Brazil

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And for us to understand what happens with them, we're going to follow Brad. In the eyes of many people, after the animals are seized, they say, "Yay, justice has been served. The good guys arrived, took the cute, mistreated animals from the hands of the evil traffickers, and everyone lived happily ever after." But did they? Actually, no, and this is where many of our pemolrbs begin. Because we have to figure out what to do with all these anmails.

In Brazil, they are usually first sent to governmental triage facilities, in which most of the csaes, the conditions are as bad as with the trakierfcfs. In 2002, these centers received 45,000 animals, of which 37,000 were birds. And the police eesmtaits that we sieze only five percent of what's being trafficked. Some lucky ones — and among them, Brad — go to serious rehabilitation centers after that. And in these places they are cared for. They train their flying, they learn how to recognize the food they will find in nature, and they are able to scziaiole with others from the same seepics. (Laughter)

Open Cloze


And for us to understand what happens with them, we're going to follow Brad. In the eyes of many people, after the animals are seized, they say, "Yay, justice has been served. The good guys arrived, took the cute, mistreated animals from the hands of the evil traffickers, and everyone lived happily ever after." But did they? Actually, no, and this is where many of our ________ begin. Because we have to figure out what to do with all these _______.

In Brazil, they are usually first sent to governmental triage facilities, in which most of the _____, the conditions are as bad as with the ___________. In 2002, these centers received 45,000 animals, of which 37,000 were birds. And the police _________ that we _____ only five percent of what's being trafficked. Some lucky ones — and among them, Brad — go to serious rehabilitation centers after that. And in these places they are cared for. They train their flying, they learn how to recognize the food they will find in nature, and they are able to _________ with others from the same _______. (Laughter)

Solution


  1. cases
  2. species
  3. problems
  4. animals
  5. traffickers
  6. estimates
  7. socialize
  8. seize

Original Text


And for us to understand what happens with them, we're going to follow Brad. In the eyes of many people, after the animals are seized, they say, "Yay, justice has been served. The good guys arrived, took the cute, mistreated animals from the hands of the evil traffickers, and everyone lived happily ever after." But did they? Actually, no, and this is where many of our problems begin. Because we have to figure out what to do with all these animals.

In Brazil, they are usually first sent to governmental triage facilities, in which most of the cases, the conditions are as bad as with the traffickers. In 2002, these centers received 45,000 animals, of which 37,000 were birds. And the police estimates that we seize only five percent of what's being trafficked. Some lucky ones — and among them, Brad — go to serious rehabilitation centers after that. And in these places they are cared for. They train their flying, they learn how to recognize the food they will find in nature, and they are able to socialize with others from the same species. (Laughter)

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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  2. arrived
  3. bad
  4. birds
  5. brad
  6. brazil
  7. cared
  8. cases
  9. centers
  10. conditions
  11. cute
  12. estimates
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  17. find
  18. flying
  19. follow
  20. food
  21. good
  22. governmental
  23. guys
  24. hands
  25. happily
  26. justice
  27. laughter
  28. learn
  29. lived
  30. lucky
  31. mistreated
  32. nature
  33. people
  34. percent
  35. places
  36. police
  37. problems
  38. received
  39. recognize
  40. rehabilitation
  41. seize
  42. seized
  43. served
  44. socialize
  45. species
  46. trafficked
  47. traffickers
  48. train
  49. triage
  50. understand