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From the Ted Talk by Alastair Gray: How fake handbags fund terrorism and organized crime
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Why go through all that trouble? Well, maybe counterfeiting is a victimless crime? These big companies, they make enough money, so if anything, critoiutefneng is just a free form of advertising, right? And csnueorms believe just that — that the buying and selling of fakes is not that big a deal. But I'm here to tell you that that is just not true. What the tourist on hiadoly doesn't see about those fake handbags is they may well have been stitched together by a child who was trafficked away from her family, and what the car repair shop owner doesn't realize about those fake brake pads is they may well be lining the pockets of an oeiargznd crime gang ivlneovd in drugs and prostitution. And while those two things are hlroribe to think about, it gets much worse, because counterfeiting is even funding triroresm. Let that sink in for a moment.
Open Cloze
Why go through all that trouble? Well, maybe counterfeiting is a victimless crime? These big companies, they make enough money, so if anything, ______________ is just a free form of advertising, right? And _________ believe just that — that the buying and selling of fakes is not that big a deal. But I'm here to tell you that that is just not true. What the tourist on _______ doesn't see about those fake handbags is they may well have been stitched together by a child who was trafficked away from her family, and what the car repair shop owner doesn't realize about those fake brake pads is they may well be lining the pockets of an _________ crime gang ________ in drugs and prostitution. And while those two things are ________ to think about, it gets much worse, because counterfeiting is even funding _________. Let that sink in for a moment.
Solution
- terrorism
- organized
- holiday
- consumers
- horrible
- involved
- counterfeiting
Original Text
Why go through all that trouble? Well, maybe counterfeiting is a victimless crime? These big companies, they make enough money, so if anything, counterfeiting is just a free form of advertising, right? And consumers believe just that — that the buying and selling of fakes is not that big a deal. But I'm here to tell you that that is just not true. What the tourist on holiday doesn't see about those fake handbags is they may well have been stitched together by a child who was trafficked away from her family, and what the car repair shop owner doesn't realize about those fake brake pads is they may well be lining the pockets of an organized crime gang involved in drugs and prostitution. And while those two things are horrible to think about, it gets much worse, because counterfeiting is even funding terrorism. Let that sink in for a moment.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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selling fakes |
3 |
fake car |
3 |
polo shirts |
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organized crime |
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percent selling |
2 |
fake trainers |
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pirate music |
2 |
music cds |
2 |
love genuine |
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pirate music cds |
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Important Words
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- car
- child
- companies
- consumers
- counterfeiting
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- handbags
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- involved
- lining
- moment
- money
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- owner
- pads
- pockets
- prostitution
- realize
- repair
- selling
- shop
- sink
- stitched
- terrorism
- tourist
- trafficked
- trouble
- true
- victimless
- worse