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From the Ted Talk by Gordon Brown: Wiring a web for global good

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Take, therefore, what meodrn tooglhency is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally.

That, in my view, gives us the first opportunity as a community to fundamentally change the world. Foreign policy can never be the same again. It cannot be run by elites; it’s got to be run by listening to the public opinions of peoples who are blogging, who are communicating with each other around the world. 200 years ago the problem we had to solve was slavery. 150 years ago I suppose the main plbreom in a country like ours was how young people, children, had the right to eotuicadn. 100 years ago in most countries in Europe, the pressure was for the right to vote. 50 yares ago the pressure was for the right to social security and welfare. In the last 50-60 years we have seen fascism, anti-Semitism, racism, apartheid, dinitioaimscrn on the basis of sex and gender and sexuality; all these have come under pressure because of the campaigns that have been run by people to change the wlrod.

Open Cloze


Take, therefore, what ______ __________ is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally.

That, in my view, gives us the first opportunity as a community to fundamentally change the world. Foreign policy can never be the same again. It cannot be run by elites; it’s got to be run by listening to the public opinions of peoples who are blogging, who are communicating with each other around the world. 200 years ago the problem we had to solve was slavery. 150 years ago I suppose the main _______ in a country like ours was how young people, children, had the right to _________. 100 years ago in most countries in Europe, the pressure was for the right to vote. 50 _____ ago the pressure was for the right to social security and welfare. In the last 50-60 years we have seen fascism, anti-Semitism, racism, apartheid, ______________ on the basis of sex and gender and sexuality; all these have come under pressure because of the campaigns that have been run by people to change the _____.

Solution


  1. years
  2. world
  3. modern
  4. technology
  5. education
  6. problem
  7. discrimination

Original Text


Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally.

That, in my view, gives us the first opportunity as a community to fundamentally change the world. Foreign policy can never be the same again. It cannot be run by elites; it’s got to be run by listening to the public opinions of peoples who are blogging, who are communicating with each other around the world. 200 years ago the problem we had to solve was slavery. 150 years ago I suppose the main problem in a country like ours was how young people, children, had the right to education. 100 years ago in most countries in Europe, the pressure was for the right to vote. 50 years ago the pressure was for the right to social security and welfare. In the last 50-60 years we have seen fascism, anti-Semitism, racism, apartheid, discrimination on the basis of sex and gender and sexuality; all these have come under pressure because of the campaigns that have been run by people to change the world.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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prime minister 2
security services 2
amy winehouse 2
human rights 2
poorest countries 2
create global 2
global institutions 2

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collocation frequency
social democratic prime 2
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create global institutions 2

Important Words


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