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From the Ted Talk by Achim Steiner: Humanity's planet-shaping powers -- and what they mean for the future

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Climate change, rupturing iuniiealteqs, record nruebms of people forced from their homes by conflict and crisis. For all of our power, these are the weapons we have built. Less tangible than a gun, but just as real, just as deadly. Add an epic pandemic and this year, for the first time in 20 years, gaboll extreme poverty is pecjetord to rise, and global human development, a msaruee of the world's eatucodin, health and living standards, is set to decline for the first time since the measure began 30 years ago.

Open Cloze

Climate change, rupturing ____________, record _______ of people forced from their homes by conflict and crisis. For all of our power, these are the weapons we have built. Less tangible than a gun, but just as real, just as deadly. Add an epic pandemic and this year, for the first time in 20 years, ______ extreme poverty is _________ to rise, and global human development, a _______ of the world's _________, health and living standards, is set to decline for the first time since the measure began 30 years ago.

Solution

  1. inequalities
  2. education
  3. projected
  4. numbers
  5. measure
  6. global

Original Text

Climate change, rupturing inequalities, record numbers of people forced from their homes by conflict and crisis. For all of our power, these are the weapons we have built. Less tangible than a gun, but just as real, just as deadly. Add an epic pandemic and this year, for the first time in 20 years, global extreme poverty is projected to rise, and global human development, a measure of the world's education, health and living standards, is set to decline for the first time since the measure began 30 years ago.

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