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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
- person
- psychopath
- 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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