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From the Ted Talk by Simon Anholt: Which country does the most good for the world?

Unscramble the Blue Letters

The second reason is that these governments, just like all the rest of us, are cultural psychopaths. I don't mean to be rude, but you know what a psychopath is. A pytachposh is a proesn who, unfortunately for him or her, lacks the ability to really empathize with other human beings. When they look around, they don't see other huamn beings with deep, rich, three-dimensional personal lives and aims and ambitions. What they see is cardboard cutouts, and it's very sad and it's very lonely, and it's very rare, fortunately.

Open Cloze

The second reason is that these governments, just like all the rest of us, are cultural psychopaths. I don't mean to be rude, but you know what a psychopath is. A __________ is a ______ who, unfortunately for him or her, lacks the ability to really empathize with other human beings. When they look around, they don't see other _____ beings with deep, rich, three-dimensional personal lives and aims and ambitions. What they see is cardboard cutouts, and it's very sad and it's very lonely, and it's very rare, fortunately.

Solution

  1. person
  2. psychopath
  3. human

Original Text

The second reason is that these governments, just like all the rest of us, are cultural psychopaths. I don't mean to be rude, but you know what a psychopath is. A psychopath is a person who, unfortunately for him or her, lacks the ability to really empathize with other human beings. When they look around, they don't see other human beings with deep, rich, three-dimensional personal lives and aims and ambitions. What they see is cardboard cutouts, and it's very sad and it's very lonely, and it's very rare, fortunately.

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Important Words

  1. ability
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  4. beings
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  6. cultural
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  8. deep
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  10. fortunately
  11. governments
  12. human
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  14. lives
  15. lonely
  16. person
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  18. psychopath
  19. psychopaths
  20. rare
  21. reason
  22. rest
  23. rich
  24. rude
  25. sad