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From the Ted Talk by Vicki Arroyo: Let's prepare for our new climate
Unscramble the Blue Letters
The changes in these times won't affect us all equally. There are ipmnratot dsnaitourbiitl ccneneeusqos, and they're not what you always might think. In New Orleans, the elderly and female-headed hldoshueos were among the most vulnerable. For those in vulnerable, low-lying notnais, how do you put a dollar value on losing your country where you ancestors are buried? And where will your people go? And how will they cope in a foreign land? Will there be tensions over immigration, or conflicts over competition for limited resources? It's already fueled conflicts in Chad and Darfur. Like it or not, ready or not, this is our future.
Open Cloze
The changes in these times won't affect us all equally. There are _________ ______________ ____________, and they're not what you always might think. In New Orleans, the elderly and female-headed __________ were among the most vulnerable. For those in vulnerable, low-lying _______, how do you put a dollar value on losing your country where you ancestors are buried? And where will your people go? And how will they cope in a foreign land? Will there be tensions over immigration, or conflicts over competition for limited resources? It's already fueled conflicts in Chad and Darfur. Like it or not, ready or not, this is our future.
Solution
- distributional
- important
- nations
- households
- consequences
Original Text
The changes in these times won't affect us all equally. There are important distributional consequences, and they're not what you always might think. In New Orleans, the elderly and female-headed households were among the most vulnerable. For those in vulnerable, low-lying nations, how do you put a dollar value on losing your country where you ancestors are buried? And where will your people go? And how will they cope in a foreign land? Will there be tensions over immigration, or conflicts over competition for limited resources? It's already fueled conflicts in Chad and Darfur. Like it or not, ready or not, this is our future.
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