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From the Ted Talk by Parag Khanna: Mapping the future of countries

Unscramble the Blue Letters

So what is next? What is the fuutre of the European Union? Well in light blue, you see the zones or the regions that are at least two-thirds or more dependent on the European Union for trade and investment. What does that tell us? Trade and investment tell us that Europe is putting its mneoy where its mouth is. Even if these regions aren't part of the E.U., they are becoming part of its sphere of influence. Just take the Balkans. ctoaria, Serbia Bosnia, they're not mbmeres of the E.U. yet. But you can get on a German ICE train and make it almost to Albania. In Bosnia you use the Euro currency already, and that's the only cceurnry they're probably ever going to have.

Open Cloze

So what is next? What is the ______ of the European Union? Well in light blue, you see the zones or the regions that are at least two-thirds or more dependent on the European Union for trade and investment. What does that tell us? Trade and investment tell us that Europe is putting its _____ where its mouth is. Even if these regions aren't part of the E.U., they are becoming part of its sphere of influence. Just take the Balkans. _______, Serbia Bosnia, they're not _______ of the E.U. yet. But you can get on a German ICE train and make it almost to Albania. In Bosnia you use the Euro currency already, and that's the only ________ they're probably ever going to have.

Solution

  1. croatia
  2. members
  3. currency
  4. future
  5. money

Original Text

So what is next? What is the future of the European Union? Well in light blue, you see the zones or the regions that are at least two-thirds or more dependent on the European Union for trade and investment. What does that tell us? Trade and investment tell us that Europe is putting its money where its mouth is. Even if these regions aren't part of the E.U., they are becoming part of its sphere of influence. Just take the Balkans. Croatia, Serbia Bosnia, they're not members of the E.U. yet. But you can get on a German ICE train and make it almost to Albania. In Bosnia you use the Euro currency already, and that's the only currency they're probably ever going to have.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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globalization chinese 2
chinese style 2
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global hubs 2
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Important Words

  1. albania
  2. balkans
  3. blue
  4. bosnia
  5. croatia
  6. currency
  7. dependent
  8. euro
  9. europe
  10. european
  11. future
  12. german
  13. ice
  14. influence
  15. investment
  16. light
  17. members
  18. money
  19. mouth
  20. part
  21. putting
  22. regions
  23. serbia
  24. sphere
  25. trade
  26. train
  27. union
  28. zones