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From the Ted Talk by Solitaire Townsend: Are ad agencies, PR firms and lobbyists destroying the climate?

Unscramble the Blue Letters

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Open Cloze

But our industry is dominated by a handful of really big consultancies and ___________ agencies, and not one of them have yet ________ to join us. And this really matters because the X ________ is hiring up many of the most inventive, ________, knowledgeable and influential minds that humanity has. And those are the exact same skills that we need to change the course of climate change. Now we need all of that X industry talent to stop serving destruction and start serving _________. And if you work in the X industry, you’re probably beginning to feel a little bit uncomfortable right now. Good.

Solution

  1. industry
  2. creative
  3. advertising
  4. promised
  5. solutions

Original Text

But our industry is dominated by a handful of really big consultancies and advertising agencies, and not one of them have yet promised to join us. And this really matters because the X industry is hiring up many of the most inventive, creative, knowledgeable and influential minds that humanity has. And those are the exact same skills that we need to change the course of climate change. Now we need all of that X industry talent to stop serving destruction and start serving solutions. And if you work in the X industry, you’re probably beginning to feel a little bit uncomfortable right now. Good.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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climate change 3
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Important Words

  1. advertising
  2. agencies
  3. beginning
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  6. change
  7. climate
  8. consultancies
  9. creative
  10. destruction
  11. dominated
  12. exact
  13. feel
  14. good
  15. handful
  16. hiring
  17. humanity
  18. industry
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  20. inventive
  21. join
  22. knowledgeable
  23. matters
  24. minds
  25. promised
  26. serving
  27. skills
  28. solutions
  29. start
  30. stop
  31. talent
  32. uncomfortable
  33. work