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From the Ted Talk by Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Martin Luther King did not say, "I have a nrmgatihe," when he iprsined the ciivl ritghs movements. He said, "I have a dream." And I have a dream. I have a dream that we can stop thinking that the future will be a nightmare, and this is going to be a challenge, because, if you think of every mjaor blockbusting film of recent times, nearly all of its visions for humanity are apocalyptic. I think this film is one of the hardest watches of modern tmeis, "The Road." It's a beautiful piece of filmmaking, but everything is desolate, everything is dead. And just a father and son trying to survive, walking along the road. And I think the environmental movement of which I am a part of has been colpimcit in creating this vision of the future.

Open Cloze

Martin Luther King did not say, "I have a _________," when he ________ the _____ ______ movements. He said, "I have a dream." And I have a dream. I have a dream that we can stop thinking that the future will be a nightmare, and this is going to be a challenge, because, if you think of every _____ blockbusting film of recent times, nearly all of its visions for humanity are apocalyptic. I think this film is one of the hardest watches of modern _____, "The Road." It's a beautiful piece of filmmaking, but everything is desolate, everything is dead. And just a father and son trying to survive, walking along the road. And I think the environmental movement of which I am a part of has been _________ in creating this vision of the future.

Solution

  1. major
  2. times
  3. nightmare
  4. rights
  5. inspired
  6. civil
  7. complicit

Original Text

Martin Luther King did not say, "I have a nightmare," when he inspired the civil rights movements. He said, "I have a dream." And I have a dream. I have a dream that we can stop thinking that the future will be a nightmare, and this is going to be a challenge, because, if you think of every major blockbusting film of recent times, nearly all of its visions for humanity are apocalyptic. I think this film is one of the hardest watches of modern times, "The Road." It's a beautiful piece of filmmaking, but everything is desolate, everything is dead. And just a father and son trying to survive, walking along the road. And I think the environmental movement of which I am a part of has been complicit in creating this vision of the future.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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national accounting system 3
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Important Words

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  5. civil
  6. complicit
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  31. son
  32. stop
  33. survive
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  35. times
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  38. walking
  39. watches