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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

  1. running
  2. energy
  3. continuing
  4. topic
  5. happened
  6. speech
  7. remembered
  8. opened
  9. refueling
  10. 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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Important Words

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