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From the Ted Talk by Pankaj Ghemawat: Actually, the world isn't flat

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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

  1. percentage
  2. world
  3. information
  4. looked
  5. products
  6. 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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Important Words

  1. bit
  2. borders
  3. capital
  4. close
  5. compiling
  6. component
  7. data
  8. flat
  9. flow
  10. give
  11. happen
  12. idea
  13. information
  14. kind
  15. looked
  16. national
  17. people
  18. percentage
  19. points
  20. present
  21. products
  22. services
  23. talk
  24. today
  25. total
  26. trade
  27. world
  28. years