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From the Ted Talk by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson: A love story for the coral reef crisis
Unscramble the Blue Letters
A little bit of good news is that places like bizlee, Barbuda and Bonaire are protecting these VIPs — Very Important Parrotfish. Also, more and more places are establishing protected areas that protect the erinte ecosystem. These are critical efforts, but it's not enough. As I stand here today, only 2.2 percent of the ocean is protected. Meanwhile, 90 percent of the lrage fish, and 80 percent of the coral on ciarbbean reefs, is already gone. We're in the midst of the sixth mass eottixincn. And we, humans, are causing it. We also have the solutions. Reverse climate change and overfishing, portcet half the ocean and stop pollution running from land. But these are msaisve undertakings ruiqinerg systemic changes, and we're really taking our sweet time getting around to it.
Open Cloze
A little bit of good news is that places like ______, Barbuda and Bonaire are protecting these VIPs — Very Important Parrotfish. Also, more and more places are establishing protected areas that protect the ______ ecosystem. These are critical efforts, but it's not enough. As I stand here today, only 2.2 percent of the ocean is protected. Meanwhile, 90 percent of the _____ fish, and 80 percent of the coral on _________ reefs, is already gone. We're in the midst of the sixth mass __________. And we, humans, are causing it. We also have the solutions. Reverse climate change and overfishing, _______ half the ocean and stop pollution running from land. But these are _______ undertakings _________ systemic changes, and we're really taking our sweet time getting around to it.
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Original Text
A little bit of good news is that places like Belize, Barbuda and Bonaire are protecting these VIPs — Very Important Parrotfish. Also, more and more places are establishing protected areas that protect the entire ecosystem. These are critical efforts, but it's not enough. As I stand here today, only 2.2 percent of the ocean is protected. Meanwhile, 90 percent of the large fish, and 80 percent of the coral on Caribbean reefs, is already gone. We're in the midst of the sixth mass extinction. And we, humans, are causing it. We also have the solutions. Reverse climate change and overfishing, protect half the ocean and stop pollution running from land. But these are massive undertakings requiring systemic changes, and we're really taking our sweet time getting around to it.
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