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From the Ted Talk by Pankaj Ghemawat: Actually, the world isn't flat
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So the best way I've found of trying to get people to take seriously the idea that the wrlod may not be flat, may not even be close to flat, is with some data. So one of the things I've been doing over the last few years is really compiling data on things that could either happen within national borders or across national borders, and I've loeokd at the cross-border component as a peacertgne of the total. I'm not going to pserent all the data that I have here today, but let me just give you a few data points. I'm going to talk a little bit about one kind of iraiotofmnn flow, one kind of flow of people, one kind of flow of capital, and, of course, trade in pcturods and services.
Open Cloze
So the best way I've found of trying to get people to take seriously the idea that the _____ may not be flat, may not even be close to flat, is with some data. So one of the things I've been doing over the last few years is really compiling data on things that could either happen within national borders or across national borders, and I've ______ at the cross-border component as a __________ of the total. I'm not going to _______ all the data that I have here today, but let me just give you a few data points. I'm going to talk a little bit about one kind of ___________ flow, one kind of flow of people, one kind of flow of capital, and, of course, trade in ________ and services.
Solution
- percentage
- world
- information
- looked
- products
- present
Original Text
So the best way I've found of trying to get people to take seriously the idea that the world may not be flat, may not even be close to flat, is with some data. So one of the things I've been doing over the last few years is really compiling data on things that could either happen within national borders or across national borders, and I've looked at the cross-border component as a percentage of the total. I'm not going to present all the data that I have here today, but let me just give you a few data points. I'm going to talk a little bit about one kind of information flow, one kind of flow of people, one kind of flow of capital, and, of course, trade in products and services.
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