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From the Ted Talk by Nathan Wolfe: The jungle search for viruses

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But they're also going to ask you probably a different qiestuon. It's one that I think we all need to ask ourselves, which is, why we thought the responsibility rested with this individual here. Now this is the individual — you can see just right up over his right shluoder — this is the individual that hunted the monkey from the last picture that I showed you. OK, take a look at his sihrt. You know, take a look at his face. Bush meat is one of the central crises, which is occurring in our population right now, in humanity, on this pnleat. But it can't be the fault of somebody like this. OK? And solving it cannot be his responsibility alone. There's no easy solutions, but what I'm saying to you is that we neglect this problem at our own preil.

Open Cloze


But they're also going to ask you probably a different ________. It's one that I think we all need to ask ourselves, which is, why we thought the responsibility rested with this individual here. Now this is the individual — you can see just right up over his right ________ — this is the individual that hunted the monkey from the last picture that I showed you. OK, take a look at his _____. You know, take a look at his face. Bush meat is one of the central crises, which is occurring in our population right now, in humanity, on this ______. But it can't be the fault of somebody like this. OK? And solving it cannot be his responsibility alone. There's no easy solutions, but what I'm saying to you is that we neglect this problem at our own _____.

Solution


  1. shirt
  2. question
  3. peril
  4. planet
  5. shoulder

Original Text


But they're also going to ask you probably a different question. It's one that I think we all need to ask ourselves, which is, why we thought the responsibility rested with this individual here. Now this is the individual — you can see just right up over his right shoulder — this is the individual that hunted the monkey from the last picture that I showed you. OK, take a look at his shirt. You know, take a look at his face. Bush meat is one of the central crises, which is occurring in our population right now, in humanity, on this planet. But it can't be the fault of somebody like this. OK? And solving it cannot be his responsibility alone. There's no easy solutions, but what I'm saying to you is that we neglect this problem at our own peril.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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bush meat 4
central africa 4
human populations 3
filter paper 3
vast majority 2
don burke 2
tremendous amount 2
collect specimens 2
wild game 2
dry ice 2


Important Words


  1. bush
  2. central
  3. crises
  4. easy
  5. face
  6. fault
  7. humanity
  8. hunted
  9. individual
  10. meat
  11. monkey
  12. neglect
  13. occurring
  14. peril
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  16. planet
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  22. shirt
  23. shoulder
  24. showed
  25. solutions
  26. solving
  27. thought