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From the Ted Talk by Lewis Pugh: How I swam the North Pole
Unscramble the Blue Letters
The second thing we need to do is we need to just look back at how far we have come in such a shrot period of time. I remember, just a few years ago, speaking about climate change, and people heckling me in the back and saying it doesn't even exist. I've just come back from gvinig a series of speeches in some of the poorest townships in South Africa to young cdhrilen as young as 10 years old. Four or five children sntiitg behind a desk, and even in those poorest conditions, they all have a very, very good grasp of climate canghe.
Open Cloze
The second thing we need to do is we need to just look back at how far we have come in such a _____ period of time. I remember, just a few years ago, speaking about climate change, and people heckling me in the back and saying it doesn't even exist. I've just come back from ______ a series of speeches in some of the poorest townships in South Africa to young ________ as young as 10 years old. Four or five children _______ behind a desk, and even in those poorest conditions, they all have a very, very good grasp of climate ______.
Solution
- children
- change
- short
- giving
- sitting
Original Text
The second thing we need to do is we need to just look back at how far we have come in such a short period of time. I remember, just a few years ago, speaking about climate change, and people heckling me in the back and saying it doesn't even exist. I've just come back from giving a series of speeches in some of the poorest townships in South Africa to young children as young as 10 years old. Four or five children sitting behind a desk, and even in those poorest conditions, they all have a very, very good grasp of climate change.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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| north pole |
9 |
| young boy |
3 |
| late father |
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| atomic bomb |
2 |
| short period |
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| polar bears |
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| sea ice |
2 |
| world leaders |
2 |
| symbolic swim |
2 |
| climate change |
2 |
| water freezes |
2 |
| swimming costume |
2 |
| hot shower |
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| ten seconds |
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Important Words
- africa
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- townships
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