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From the Ted Talk by Samantha Nutt: The real harm of the global arms trade
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Is this just the way the world is? Some will you tell you that war is unavoidably human. After all, it is as old as existence itself. We say never again, and yet it happens again and again and again. But I will tell you that I have seen the absolute wsrot of what we as human beings are capable of doing to one another, and yet I still believe a different outcome is possible. Do you want to know why? Because over 20 yeras of doing this work, going in and out of war zones around the world, I have come to uedantnsrd that there are atscpes of this problem that we, all of us, as people occupying this shared spcae, that we can change — not through force or coercion or invasion, but by simply looking at all of the options available to us and choosing the ones that favor peace at the expense of war, instead of war at the expense of pecae.
Open Cloze
Is this just the way the world is? Some will you tell you that war is unavoidably human. After all, it is as old as existence itself. We say never again, and yet it happens again and again and again. But I will tell you that I have seen the absolute _____ of what we as human beings are capable of doing to one another, and yet I still believe a different outcome is possible. Do you want to know why? Because over 20 _____ of doing this work, going in and out of war zones around the world, I have come to __________ that there are _______ of this problem that we, all of us, as people occupying this shared _____, that we can change — not through force or coercion or invasion, but by simply looking at all of the options available to us and choosing the ones that favor peace at the expense of war, instead of war at the expense of _____.
Solution
- space
- peace
- understand
- years
- aspects
- worst
Original Text
Is this just the way the world is? Some will you tell you that war is unavoidably human. After all, it is as old as existence itself. We say never again, and yet it happens again and again and again. But I will tell you that I have seen the absolute worst of what we as human beings are capable of doing to one another, and yet I still believe a different outcome is possible. Do you want to know why? Because over 20 years of doing this work, going in and out of war zones around the world, I have come to understand that there are aspects of this problem that we, all of us, as people occupying this shared space, that we can change — not through force or coercion or invasion, but by simply looking at all of the options available to us and choosing the ones that favor peace at the expense of war, instead of war at the expense of peace.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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small arms |
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war zones |
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rich countries |
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human beings |
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global south |
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arms trade |
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Important Words
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