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From the Ted Talk by Mary Robinson: Why climate change is a threat to human rights

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2015 is a year that is saiilmr in its importance to 1945, with similar cnhlgaeles and similar potential. There will be two big summits this year: the first one, in September in New York, is the summit for the sustainable development goals. And then the summit in prias in December, to give us a catimle agreement. The sustainable development goals are intended to help cuonrteis to live sustainably, in tune with Mother Earth, not to take out of Mother Earth and destroy ecosystems, but rather, to live in hmonray with Mother Earth, by living under sustainable development. And the sustainable development goals will come into operation for all countries on January 1, 2016. The climate aeegmrnet — a binding climate agreement — is needed because of the scientific evidence that we're on a torceatjry for about a four-degree world and we have to change course to stay below two degrees. So we need to take steps that will be monitored and reviewed, so that we can keep iianrsnceg the ambition of how we cut emissions, and how we move more rapidly to renewable energy, so that we have a safe wolrd.

Open Cloze


2015 is a year that is _______ in its importance to 1945, with similar __________ and similar potential. There will be two big summits this year: the first one, in September in New York, is the summit for the sustainable development goals. And then the summit in _____ in December, to give us a _______ agreement. The sustainable development goals are intended to help _________ to live sustainably, in tune with Mother Earth, not to take out of Mother Earth and destroy ecosystems, but rather, to live in _______ with Mother Earth, by living under sustainable development. And the sustainable development goals will come into operation for all countries on January 1, 2016. The climate _________ — a binding climate agreement — is needed because of the scientific evidence that we're on a __________ for about a four-degree world and we have to change course to stay below two degrees. So we need to take steps that will be monitored and reviewed, so that we can keep __________ the ambition of how we cut emissions, and how we move more rapidly to renewable energy, so that we have a safe _____.

Solution


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  3. paris
  4. world
  5. harmony
  6. increasing
  7. similar
  8. trajectory
  9. climate
  10. agreement

Original Text


2015 is a year that is similar in its importance to 1945, with similar challenges and similar potential. There will be two big summits this year: the first one, in September in New York, is the summit for the sustainable development goals. And then the summit in Paris in December, to give us a climate agreement. The sustainable development goals are intended to help countries to live sustainably, in tune with Mother Earth, not to take out of Mother Earth and destroy ecosystems, but rather, to live in harmony with Mother Earth, by living under sustainable development. And the sustainable development goals will come into operation for all countries on January 1, 2016. The climate agreement — a binding climate agreement — is needed because of the scientific evidence that we're on a trajectory for about a four-degree world and we have to change course to stay below two degrees. So we need to take steps that will be monitored and reviewed, so that we can keep increasing the ambition of how we cut emissions, and how we move more rapidly to renewable energy, so that we have a safe world.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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