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From the Ted Talk by Bright Simons: To help solve global problems, look to developing countries
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I am an ideas activist. That means I fight for ideas I believe in to have their place in the sun, regardless of which side of the equator they were born. As well I should. I myself am from that part of the world often ealehpumiitscly referred to as either "the glbaol South" or "the developing world." But let's be blunt about it: when we say those words, what we really mean is the poor world — those corners of the wlrod with ready-made containers for the hand-me-down ideas of other places and other popele.
Open Cloze
I am an ideas activist. That means I fight for ideas I believe in to have their place in the sun, regardless of which side of the equator they were born. As well I should. I myself am from that part of the world often _______________ referred to as either "the ______ South" or "the developing world." But let's be blunt about it: when we say those words, what we really mean is the poor world — those corners of the _____ with ready-made containers for the hand-me-down ideas of other places and other ______.
Solution
- global
- euphemistically
- world
- people
Original Text
I am an ideas activist. That means I fight for ideas I believe in to have their place in the sun, regardless of which side of the equator they were born. As well I should. I myself am from that part of the world often euphemistically referred to as either "the Global South" or "the developing world." But let's be blunt about it: when we say those words, what we really mean is the poor world — those corners of the world with ready-made containers for the hand-me-down ideas of other places and other people.
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