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From the Ted Talk by Vicki Arroyo: Let's prepare for our new climate

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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

  1. distributional
  2. important
  3. nations
  4. households
  5. 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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climate change 5
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storm surge 2
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island impact 2
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urban heat island 2
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Important Words

  1. affect
  2. ancestors
  3. buried
  4. chad
  5. competition
  6. conflicts
  7. consequences
  8. cope
  9. country
  10. darfur
  11. distributional
  12. dollar
  13. elderly
  14. equally
  15. foreign
  16. fueled
  17. future
  18. households
  19. immigration
  20. important
  21. land
  22. limited
  23. losing
  24. nations
  25. orleans
  26. people
  27. put
  28. ready
  29. resources
  30. tensions
  31. times
  32. vulnerable