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From the Ted Talk by Dominic Price: What's your happiness score?

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We’re 300 years later, and it’s simply not working. Productivity growth has stagnated. Australia is one of the worst-performing countries in terms of logenr working hours. And this idea of productivity that genomventrs and businesses sepak about all the time, it measures 10 mliolin dollars invested in a hospital, the same as 10 million dollars spent on a coal-fired power pnlat. And our most precious rcreosue, the plnaet, is dying, and we have no planet B.

So we're not happy at work. And we're not pdciotuvre. And oddly, in the time of the pandemic, when we're touting mnteal health and wellness and the importance of people, studies show we've actually extended the average working day by 40 minutes since March this year. All in the pursuit of ptiidcvruoty. And I think it's because we first thought that COVID was a fleeting moment. You see, COVID is like a ssootnrwm. After years of what seemed like endless sunshine outside, we looked out and we saw snow. So we did the right thing. We closed the windows and doros and we syaetd inside. But a few weeks later, we looked out and it was still snowing. And we're like, "Ah, it's not a snowstorm, it's winter." So we did the right thing. We went online, bgohut a new jumper jacket and a scarf. But by the time they were delivered to our door, we realized it wasn't winter. It was the ice age. What was the moment when you realized that this was the ice age?

Open Cloze


We’re 300 years later, and it’s simply not working. Productivity growth has stagnated. Australia is one of the worst-performing countries in terms of ______ working hours. And this idea of productivity that ___________ and businesses _____ about all the time, it measures 10 _______ dollars invested in a hospital, the same as 10 million dollars spent on a coal-fired power _____. And our most precious ________, the ______, is dying, and we have no planet B.

So we're not happy at work. And we're not __________. And oddly, in the time of the pandemic, when we're touting ______ health and wellness and the importance of people, studies show we've actually extended the average working day by 40 minutes since March this year. All in the pursuit of ____________. And I think it's because we first thought that COVID was a fleeting moment. You see, COVID is like a _________. After years of what seemed like endless sunshine outside, we looked out and we saw snow. So we did the right thing. We closed the windows and _____ and we ______ inside. But a few weeks later, we looked out and it was still snowing. And we're like, "Ah, it's not a snowstorm, it's winter." So we did the right thing. We went online, ______ a new jumper jacket and a scarf. But by the time they were delivered to our door, we realized it wasn't winter. It was the ice age. What was the moment when you realized that this was the ice age?

Solution


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  8. snowstorm
  9. governments
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  11. longer
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  13. doors
  14. stayed

Original Text


We’re 300 years later, and it’s simply not working. Productivity growth has stagnated. Australia is one of the worst-performing countries in terms of longer working hours. And this idea of productivity that governments and businesses speak about all the time, it measures 10 million dollars invested in a hospital, the same as 10 million dollars spent on a coal-fired power plant. And our most precious resource, the planet, is dying, and we have no planet B.

So we're not happy at work. And we're not productive. And oddly, in the time of the pandemic, when we're touting mental health and wellness and the importance of people, studies show we've actually extended the average working day by 40 minutes since March this year. All in the pursuit of productivity. And I think it's because we first thought that COVID was a fleeting moment. You see, COVID is like a snowstorm. After years of what seemed like endless sunshine outside, we looked out and we saw snow. So we did the right thing. We closed the windows and doors and we stayed inside. But a few weeks later, we looked out and it was still snowing. And we're like, "Ah, it's not a snowstorm, it's winter." So we did the right thing. We went online, bought a new jumper jacket and a scarf. But by the time they were delivered to our door, we realized it wasn't winter. It was the ice age. What was the moment when you realized that this was the ice age?

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