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From the Ted Talk by Ralph Chami: What a living whale is worth -- and why the economy should protect nature

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Applause)

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We are taking this work in Africa to Liberia, Cameroon, kneya, South Africa. We're taking this work to the Americas, Chile, Argentina. We're doing it in the US and in the UK. Imagine, it just started with just a wish of mine to see a blue whale. Little did I know it's going to end up with a vision of how we ought to live for tomorrow.

Open Cloze


(Applause)

Once we do that -- ______ what it is. It's a win for ______. It's a win for the economy. The __________ will make money because the government is going to get all that _______. It will change its ______ stance. It will diversify its economy. It will grow in a ___________ way. It's a win for the environment. It's a win for all of these creatures that have suffered so much at our hands. It’s a win for this _________ Earth of ours. As Carl Sagan once said, “The only Earth we’ll ever know. The only home we'll ever know." It's a win for us.

We are taking this work in Africa to Liberia, Cameroon, _____, South Africa. We're taking this work to the Americas, Chile, Argentina. We're doing it in the US and in the UK. Imagine, it just started with just a wish of mine to see a blue whale. Little did I know it's going to end up with a vision of how we ought to live for tomorrow.

Solution


  1. revenue
  2. government
  3. beautiful
  4. nature
  5. kenya
  6. sustainable
  7. fiscal
  8. notice

Original Text


(Applause)

Once we do that -- Notice what it is. It's a win for nature. It's a win for the economy. The government will make money because the government is going to get all that revenue. It will change its fiscal stance. It will diversify its economy. It will grow in a sustainable way. It's a win for the environment. It's a win for all of these creatures that have suffered so much at our hands. It’s a win for this beautiful Earth of ours. As Carl Sagan once said, “The only Earth we’ll ever know. The only home we'll ever know." It's a win for us.

We are taking this work in Africa to Liberia, Cameroon, Kenya, South Africa. We're taking this work to the Americas, Chile, Argentina. We're doing it in the US and in the UK. Imagine, it just started with just a wish of mine to see a blue whale. Little did I know it's going to end up with a vision of how we ought to live for tomorrow.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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carbon sequestration 6
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financial economist 2
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capture carbon 2
living whale 2
give birth 2
million dollars 2
good news 2
thriving nature 2
extractive view 2
regenerative view 2
legal framing 2
carbon offsets 2
carbon neutral 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
grab carbon dioxide 2

Important Words


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  2. americas
  3. applause
  4. argentina
  5. beautiful
  6. blue
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  8. carl
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  34. sustainable
  35. tomorrow
  36. uk
  37. vision
  38. whale
  39. win
  40. work