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From the Ted Talk by Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean

Unscramble the Blue Letters

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Open Cloze

And then, of course, there's _______ change, and we all know about climate change. I guess the iconic figure of it is the melting of the ice in the Arctic Sea. Think about the thousands and thousands of people who died trying to find the Northwest Passage. Well, the Northwest Passage is already there. I think it's sort of funny; it's on the Siberian coast, maybe the Russians will charge tolls. The governments of the world are taking this really seriously. The ________ of the Arctic _______ is taking it really seriously. For all the denial of climate change by __________ _______, the CIA and the ______ of Norway and the U.S. and Canada, whatever are ______ thinking about how they will secure their territory in this inevitability from their point of view. And, of course, Arctic communities are _____.

Solution

  1. busily
  2. military
  3. toast
  4. nations
  5. climate
  6. leaders
  7. government
  8. navies

Original Text

And then, of course, there's climate change, and we all know about climate change. I guess the iconic figure of it is the melting of the ice in the Arctic Sea. Think about the thousands and thousands of people who died trying to find the Northwest Passage. Well, the Northwest Passage is already there. I think it's sort of funny; it's on the Siberian coast, maybe the Russians will charge tolls. The governments of the world are taking this really seriously. The military of the Arctic nations is taking it really seriously. For all the denial of climate change by government leaders, the CIA and the navies of Norway and the U.S. and Canada, whatever are busily thinking about how they will secure their territory in this inevitability from their point of view. And, of course, Arctic communities are toast.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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biological pollution 2
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jellyfish fishery 2
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Important Words

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