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From the Ted Talk by Nemonte Nenquimo: The forest is our teacher. It's time to respect it

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The forest is our home, the forest gives us life, food, noruiemhsnt, wtear, spiritual connection. But the arrival of roads, the arrival of colonization, the arrival of evangelical missionaries, the arrival of oil cinaoepms has destroyed our forest. I have met other Indigenous peoples who live in the nroth, and who were first cetantcod by cnoaioltizon, invasions and roads; it is very sad.

To the people watching and lsitneing, I would like to say that in our Amazon, the forests continue to burn, the oil continues to spill, and the meinrs continue to enter our territory, stealing our gold And colonization continue to invade to cut down and feed societies from abroad.

Open Cloze


The forest is our home, the forest gives us life, food, ___________, _____, spiritual connection. But the arrival of roads, the arrival of colonization, the arrival of evangelical missionaries, the arrival of oil _________ has destroyed our forest. I have met other Indigenous peoples who live in the _____, and who were first _________ by ____________, invasions and roads; it is very sad.

To the people watching and _________, I would like to say that in our Amazon, the forests continue to burn, the oil continues to spill, and the ______ continue to enter our territory, stealing our gold And colonization continue to invade to cut down and feed societies from abroad.

Solution


  1. companies
  2. nourishment
  3. contacted
  4. north
  5. water
  6. colonization
  7. miners
  8. listening

Original Text


The forest is our home, the forest gives us life, food, nourishment, water, spiritual connection. But the arrival of roads, the arrival of colonization, the arrival of evangelical missionaries, the arrival of oil companies has destroyed our forest. I have met other Indigenous peoples who live in the north, and who were first contacted by colonization, invasions and roads; it is very sad.

To the people watching and listening, I would like to say that in our Amazon, the forests continue to burn, the oil continues to spill, and the miners continue to enter our territory, stealing our gold And colonization continue to invade to cut down and feed societies from abroad.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
indigenous peoples 6
mother earth 3
oil companies 2
amazonian peoples 2
longer consume 2


Important Words


  1. amazon
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  3. burn
  4. colonization
  5. companies
  6. connection
  7. contacted
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  11. destroyed
  12. enter
  13. evangelical
  14. feed
  15. food
  16. forest
  17. forests
  18. gold
  19. home
  20. indigenous
  21. invade
  22. invasions
  23. life
  24. listening
  25. live
  26. met
  27. miners
  28. missionaries
  29. north
  30. nourishment
  31. oil
  32. people
  33. peoples
  34. roads
  35. sad
  36. societies
  37. spill
  38. spiritual
  39. stealing
  40. territory
  41. watching
  42. water