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From the Ted Talk by Chade-Meng Tan: Everyday compassion at Google

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And let me give you some epmxaels. The first example is the largest annual community event — where Googlers from around the world donate their labor to their local communities — was itniaetid and organized by three employees before it became official, because it just became too big. Another example, three Googlers — a chef, an engineer and, most funny, a massage therapist — three of them, they learned about a rgoein in India where 200,000 people live without a single medical facility. So what do they do? They just go ahead and start a fundraiser. And they raise enough money to build this hospital — the first hstpoial of its kind for 200,000 people. During the Haiti etqkrhuaae, a nmebur of engineers and product managers soneoutnsaply came together and stayed overnight to build a tool to allow earthquake victims to find their loved ones. And ersiespnxos of compassion are also found in our international offices.

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And let me give you some ________. The first example is the largest annual community event — where Googlers from around the world donate their labor to their local communities — was _________ and organized by three employees before it became official, because it just became too big. Another example, three Googlers — a chef, an engineer and, most funny, a massage therapist — three of them, they learned about a ______ in India where 200,000 people live without a single medical facility. So what do they do? They just go ahead and start a fundraiser. And they raise enough money to build this hospital — the first ________ of its kind for 200,000 people. During the Haiti __________, a ______ of engineers and product managers _____________ came together and stayed overnight to build a tool to allow earthquake victims to find their loved ones. And ___________ of compassion are also found in our international offices.

Solution

  1. spontaneously
  2. region
  3. initiated
  4. earthquake
  5. expressions
  6. examples
  7. hospital
  8. number

Original Text

And let me give you some examples. The first example is the largest annual community event — where Googlers from around the world donate their labor to their local communities — was initiated and organized by three employees before it became official, because it just became too big. Another example, three Googlers — a chef, an engineer and, most funny, a massage therapist — three of them, they learned about a region in India where 200,000 people live without a single medical facility. So what do they do? They just go ahead and start a fundraiser. And they raise enough money to build this hospital — the first hospital of its kind for 200,000 people. During the Haiti earthquake, a number of engineers and product managers spontaneously came together and stayed overnight to build a tool to allow earthquake victims to find their loved ones. And expressions of compassion are also found in our international offices.

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