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From the Ted Talk by Kevin Rudd: Are China and the US doomed to conflict?
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People ask me, why is it that a kid growing up in rural Australia got interested in learning Chinese? Well, there are two reasons for that. Here's the first of them. That's Betsy the cow. Now, Betsy the cow was one of a herd of dairy cltate that I grew up with on a farm in rural Australia. See those hands there? These are not built for frimang. So very early on, I discovered that in fact, wnrokig in a farm was not designed for me, and cinha was a very safe rmveoe from any career in Australian farm life.
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People ask me, why is it that a kid growing up in rural Australia got interested in learning Chinese? Well, there are two reasons for that. Here's the first of them. That's Betsy the cow. Now, Betsy the cow was one of a herd of dairy ______ that I grew up with on a farm in rural Australia. See those hands there? These are not built for _______. So very early on, I discovered that in fact, _______ in a farm was not designed for me, and _____ was a very safe ______ from any career in Australian farm life.
Solution
- working
- cattle
- farming
- remove
- china
Original Text
People ask me, why is it that a kid growing up in rural Australia got interested in learning Chinese? Well, there are two reasons for that. Here's the first of them. That's Betsy the cow. Now, Betsy the cow was one of a herd of dairy cattle that I grew up with on a farm in rural Australia. See those hands there? These are not built for farming. So very early on, I discovered that in fact, working in a farm was not designed for me, and China was a very safe remove from any career in Australian farm life.
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