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From the Ted Talk by Margrethe Vestager: The new age of corporate monopolies

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Together with regulation, competition rules can do that. They can help us to make sure that new technology treats people fairly and that everyone can compete on a level panlyig field. And that can help us bliud the trust that we need for real innovation to flourish and for societies to develop for citizens. Because tusrt cannot be imposed. It has to be earned.

Since the very first days of the European uonin, 60 years ago, our competition rules have helped to build that trust. A lot of things have changed. It's hard to say what those six representatives would have made of a shmnartpoe. But in today's world, as well as in their wolrd, ctoimpiteon makes the market work for everyone. And that is why I am convinced that real and fair competition has a vital role to play in building the trust we need to get the best of our societies, and that starts with enforcing our rules, actually just to make the market work for everyone.

Open Cloze


Together with regulation, competition rules can do that. They can help us to make sure that new technology treats people fairly and that everyone can compete on a level _______ field. And that can help us _____ the trust that we need for real innovation to flourish and for societies to develop for citizens. Because _____ cannot be imposed. It has to be earned.

Since the very first days of the European _____, 60 years ago, our competition rules have helped to build that trust. A lot of things have changed. It's hard to say what those six representatives would have made of a __________. But in today's world, as well as in their _____, ___________ makes the market work for everyone. And that is why I am convinced that real and fair competition has a vital role to play in building the trust we need to get the best of our societies, and that starts with enforcing our rules, actually just to make the market work for everyone.

Solution


  1. playing
  2. build
  3. trust
  4. smartphone
  5. world
  6. competition
  7. union

Original Text


Together with regulation, competition rules can do that. They can help us to make sure that new technology treats people fairly and that everyone can compete on a level playing field. And that can help us build the trust that we need for real innovation to flourish and for societies to develop for citizens. Because trust cannot be imposed. It has to be earned.

Since the very first days of the European Union, 60 years ago, our competition rules have helped to build that trust. A lot of things have changed. It's hard to say what those six representatives would have made of a smartphone. But in today's world, as well as in their world, competition makes the market work for everyone. And that is why I am convinced that real and fair competition has a vital role to play in building the trust we need to get the best of our societies, and that starts with enforcing our rules, actually just to make the market work for everyone.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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