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From the Ted Talk by Yann Arthus-Bertrand: A wide-angle view of fragile Earth
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Video: This Earth is four and a half billion years old. These pnlats, several hundred million years old. And we humans have been winlkag upright for only 200 thousand years. We've managed to apdat, and have conquered the whole planet. For generations, we've been raising our children, not unlike millions of other scieeps living beside us. For the past 30 years I've been closely watching the earth and its dwellers from high up in the sky. Our life is tied to the well-being of our planet. We denepd on water, forests, deserts, oecans. Fishing, breeding, fanirmg are still the world's foremost human occupations. And what binds us together is far greater than what divides us. We all srhae the same need for the earth's gifts — the same wish to rise above ourselves, and become better. And yet we carry on raising walls to keep us apart.
Open Cloze
Video: This Earth is four and a half billion years old. These ______, several hundred million years old. And we humans have been _______ upright for only 200 thousand years. We've managed to _____, and have conquered the whole planet. For generations, we've been raising our children, not unlike millions of other _______ living beside us. For the past 30 years I've been closely watching the earth and its dwellers from high up in the sky. Our life is tied to the well-being of our planet. We ______ on water, forests, deserts, ______. Fishing, breeding, _______ are still the world's foremost human occupations. And what binds us together is far greater than what divides us. We all _____ the same need for the earth's gifts — the same wish to rise above ourselves, and become better. And yet we carry on raising walls to keep us apart.
Solution
- share
- plants
- species
- adapt
- oceans
- depend
- walking
- farming
Original Text
Video: This Earth is four and a half billion years old. These plants, several hundred million years old. And we humans have been walking upright for only 200 thousand years. We've managed to adapt, and have conquered the whole planet. For generations, we've been raising our children, not unlike millions of other species living beside us. For the past 30 years I've been closely watching the earth and its dwellers from high up in the sky. Our life is tied to the well-being of our planet. We depend on water, forests, deserts, oceans. Fishing, breeding, farming are still the world's foremost human occupations. And what binds us together is far greater than what divides us. We all share the same need for the earth's gifts — the same wish to rise above ourselves, and become better. And yet we carry on raising walls to keep us apart.
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