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From the Ted Talk by Rebecca Henderson: To save the climate, we have to reimagine capitalism

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I am a tree hugger. I spent much of my childhood on the gaert lower limb of a massive copper beech, alternately reading and looking up at the sky through its branches. I felt safe and cerad for and connected to something infnliiety larger than myself. I thought the teres were immortal, that they would always be here.

But I was wrong. The trees are dnyig. Climate change is killing the cedars of Lebanon and the forests of the American West. And it's not just the trees. Since 1998, extreme heat has killed more than 160,000 people, and ukeehccnd climate change could kill millions more. How did we get here?

Open Cloze


I am a tree hugger. I spent much of my childhood on the _____ lower limb of a massive copper beech, alternately reading and looking up at the sky through its branches. I felt safe and _____ for and connected to something __________ larger than myself. I thought the _____ were immortal, that they would always be here.

But I was wrong. The trees are _____. Climate change is killing the cedars of Lebanon and the forests of the American West. And it's not just the trees. Since 1998, extreme heat has killed more than 160,000 people, and _________ climate change could kill millions more. How did we get here?

Solution


  1. great
  2. trees
  3. dying
  4. unchecked
  5. infinitely
  6. cared

Original Text


I am a tree hugger. I spent much of my childhood on the great lower limb of a massive copper beech, alternately reading and looking up at the sky through its branches. I felt safe and cared for and connected to something infinitely larger than myself. I thought the trees were immortal, that they would always be here.

But I was wrong. The trees are dying. Climate change is killing the cedars of Lebanon and the forests of the American West. And it's not just the trees. Since 1998, extreme heat has killed more than 160,000 people, and unchecked climate change could kill millions more. How did we get here?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
climate change 5
emits greenhouse 2
climate damage 2
heavily subsidized 2


Important Words


  1. alternately
  2. american
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  5. cared
  6. cedars
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  12. dying
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  15. forests
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  18. hugger
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  20. infinitely
  21. kill
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  24. larger
  25. lebanon
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  27. massive
  28. millions
  29. people
  30. reading
  31. safe
  32. sky
  33. spent
  34. thought
  35. tree
  36. trees
  37. unchecked
  38. west
  39. wrong