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From the Ted Talk by Katharine Hayhoe: The most important thing you can do to fight climate change talk about it
Unscramble the Blue Letters
The only resoan why I care about a changing climate is because of who I already am. I'm a mhoter, so I care about the future of my child. I live in West Texas, where water is already saccre, and climate change is impacting the availability of that waetr. I'm a Christian, I care about a changing climate because it is, as the military calls it, a "threat multiplier." It takes those issues, like preovty and hunger and disease and lack of access to clean water and even political ciress that lead to refugee crises -- it takes all of these issues and it exacerbates them, it makes them worse.
Open Cloze
The only ______ why I care about a changing climate is because of who I already am. I'm a ______, so I care about the future of my child. I live in West Texas, where water is already ______, and climate change is impacting the availability of that _____. I'm a Christian, I care about a changing climate because it is, as the military calls it, a "threat multiplier." It takes those issues, like _______ and hunger and disease and lack of access to clean water and even political ______ that lead to refugee crises -- it takes all of these issues and it exacerbates them, it makes them worse.
Solution
- crises
- mother
- scarce
- water
- poverty
- reason
Original Text
The only reason why I care about a changing climate is because of who I already am. I'm a mother, so I care about the future of my child. I live in West Texas, where water is already scarce, and climate change is impacting the availability of that water. I'm a Christian, I care about a changing climate because it is, as the military calls it, a "threat multiplier." It takes those issues, like poverty and hunger and disease and lack of access to clean water and even political crises that lead to refugee crises -- it takes all of these issues and it exacerbates them, it makes them worse.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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changing climate |
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united states |
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climate change |
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million hours |
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clean energy |
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giant boulder |
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