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From the Ted Talk by Anand Giridharadas: A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided

Unscramble the Blue Letters

And don't console yourself that you are the 99 percent. If you live near a Whole fdoos, if no one in your fliamy serves in the military, if you're paid by the year, not the hour, if most people you know finished college, if no one you know uses meth, if you married once and remain married, if you're not one of 65 million Americans with a crimanil record — if any or all of these things describe you, then accept the psbiilotisy that actually, you may not know what's going on and you may be part of the problem.

Open Cloze

And don't console yourself that you are the 99 percent. If you live near a Whole _____, if no one in your ______ serves in the military, if you're paid by the year, not the hour, if most people you know finished college, if no one you know uses meth, if you married once and remain married, if you're not one of 65 million Americans with a ________ record — if any or all of these things describe you, then accept the ___________ that actually, you may not know what's going on and you may be part of the problem.

Solution

  1. foods
  2. criminal
  3. possibility
  4. family

Original Text

And don't console yourself that you are the 99 percent. If you live near a Whole Foods, if no one in your family serves in the military, if you're paid by the year, not the hour, if most people you know finished college, if no one you know uses meth, if you married once and remain married, if you're not one of 65 million Americans with a criminal record — if any or all of these things describe you, then accept the possibility that actually, you may not know what's going on and you may be part of the problem.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

  1. accept
  2. americans
  3. college
  4. console
  5. criminal
  6. describe
  7. family
  8. finished
  9. foods
  10. hour
  11. live
  12. married
  13. meth
  14. military
  15. million
  16. paid
  17. part
  18. people
  19. percent
  20. possibility
  21. problem
  22. record
  23. remain
  24. serves
  25. year