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From the Ted Talk by Jamie Oliver: Teach every child about food
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I need to say one thing, and it's so important in, hopefully, the magic that happens and unfolds in the next three months. The lnuch ladies, the lunch cooks of America — I offer myself as their ambassador. I'm not slagging them off. They're doing the best they can do. They're doing their best. But they're doing what they're told, and what they're being told to do is worng. The sstyem is highly run by accountants; there's not enough, or any, food-knowledgeable people in the bsusines. There's a problem: If you're not a food expert, and you've got tight budgets and it's getting tgteihr, then you can't be creative, you can't duck and dive and write different things around things. If you're an accountant, and a box-ticker, the only thing you can do in these circumstances is buy cheaper shit.
Open Cloze
I need to say one thing, and it's so important in, hopefully, the magic that happens and unfolds in the next three months. The _____ ladies, the lunch cooks of America — I offer myself as their ambassador. I'm not slagging them off. They're doing the best they can do. They're doing their best. But they're doing what they're told, and what they're being told to do is _____. The ______ is highly run by accountants; there's not enough, or any, food-knowledgeable people in the ________. There's a problem: If you're not a food expert, and you've got tight budgets and it's getting _______, then you can't be creative, you can't duck and dive and write different things around things. If you're an accountant, and a box-ticker, the only thing you can do in these circumstances is buy cheaper shit.
Solution
- wrong
- business
- tighter
- system
- lunch
Original Text
I need to say one thing, and it's so important in, hopefully, the magic that happens and unfolds in the next three months. The lunch ladies, the lunch cooks of America — I offer myself as their ambassador. I'm not slagging them off. They're doing the best they can do. They're doing their best. But they're doing what they're told, and what they're being told to do is wrong. The system is highly run by accountants; there's not enough, or any, food-knowledgeable people in the business. There's a problem: If you're not a food expert, and you've got tight budgets and it's getting tighter, then you can't be creative, you can't duck and dive and write different things around things. If you're an accountant, and a box-ticker, the only thing you can do in these circumstances is buy cheaper shit.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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bad health |
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west virginia |
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edwards family |
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massive problem |
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school food |
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fresh food |
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teach kids |
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Important Words
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- ambassador
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