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From the Ted Talk by Al Gore: Averting the climate crisis
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The very next day, ciinnntuog the totally true story, I got on a G-V to fly to arifca to make a speech in Nigeria, in the city of Lagos, on the tpoic of eergny. And I began the speech by telling them the story of what had just hpneepad the day before in Nashville. And I told it pretty much the same way I've just shared it with you: Tipper and I were driving ourselves, Shoney's, low-cost family restaurant chain, what the man said — they laughed. I gave my seecph, then went back out to the airport to fly back home. I fell asleep on the plane until, during the middle of the night, we landed on the Azores Islands for rfleeniug. I woke up, they oepend the door, I went out to get some fresh air, and I looked, and there was a man ruinnng across the runway. And he was waving a piece of paper, and he was yelling, "Call Washington! Call Washington!" And I thought to myself, in the middle of the night, in the middle of the Atlantic, what in the world could be wrong in Washington? Then I rmbemreeed it could be a bunch of things.
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The very next day, __________ the totally true story, I got on a G-V to fly to ______ to make a speech in Nigeria, in the city of Lagos, on the _____ of ______. And I began the speech by telling them the story of what had just ________ the day before in Nashville. And I told it pretty much the same way I've just shared it with you: Tipper and I were driving ourselves, Shoney's, low-cost family restaurant chain, what the man said — they laughed. I gave my ______, then went back out to the airport to fly back home. I fell asleep on the plane until, during the middle of the night, we landed on the Azores Islands for _________. I woke up, they ______ the door, I went out to get some fresh air, and I looked, and there was a man _______ across the runway. And he was waving a piece of paper, and he was yelling, "Call Washington! Call Washington!" And I thought to myself, in the middle of the night, in the middle of the Atlantic, what in the world could be wrong in Washington? Then I __________ it could be a bunch of things.
Solution
- running
- energy
- continuing
- topic
- happened
- speech
- remembered
- opened
- refueling
- africa
Original Text
The very next day, continuing the totally true story, I got on a G-V to fly to Africa to make a speech in Nigeria, in the city of Lagos, on the topic of energy. And I began the speech by telling them the story of what had just happened the day before in Nashville. And I told it pretty much the same way I've just shared it with you: Tipper and I were driving ourselves, Shoney's, low-cost family restaurant chain, what the man said — they laughed. I gave my speech, then went back out to the airport to fly back home. I fell asleep on the plane until, during the middle of the night, we landed on the Azores Islands for refueling. I woke up, they opened the door, I went out to get some fresh air, and I looked, and there was a man running across the runway. And he was waving a piece of paper, and he was yelling, "Call Washington! Call Washington!" And I thought to myself, in the middle of the night, in the middle of the Atlantic, what in the world could be wrong in Washington? Then I remembered it could be a bunch of things.
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