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From the Ted Talk by Ernest Madu: World-class health care

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This is what's going on. In a look at the map of the U.S. — the graph here, 10 million people here, 10 million here. By the time you get to 50, it's almost no one left in Nigeria — life eptxaecncy is 47. It's not because some ppoele don't survive childhood isnlesles — they do — but they do not survive after the time that they reach about 45 years old and 50 years old. And those are the times they're most productive. Those are the teims that they should be contributing to Africa's development. But they're not there. The best way to spiral into a cycle of poverty is to kill the parents. If you cannot secrue the parents, you cannot guarantee the security of the African child.

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This is what's going on. In a look at the map of the U.S. — the graph here, 10 million people here, 10 million here. By the time you get to 50, it's almost no one left in Nigeria — life __________ is 47. It's not because some ______ don't survive childhood _________ — they do — but they do not survive after the time that they reach about 45 years old and 50 years old. And those are the times they're most productive. Those are the _____ that they should be contributing to Africa's development. But they're not there. The best way to spiral into a cycle of poverty is to kill the parents. If you cannot ______ the parents, you cannot guarantee the security of the African child.

Solution

  1. expectancy
  2. people
  3. times
  4. illnesses
  5. secure

Original Text

This is what's going on. In a look at the map of the U.S. — the graph here, 10 million people here, 10 million here. By the time you get to 50, it's almost no one left in Nigeria — life expectancy is 47. It's not because some people don't survive childhood illnesses — they do — but they do not survive after the time that they reach about 45 years old and 50 years old. And those are the times they're most productive. Those are the times that they should be contributing to Africa's development. But they're not there. The best way to spiral into a cycle of poverty is to kill the parents. If you cannot secure the parents, you cannot guarantee the security of the African child.

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Important Words

  1. african
  2. child
  3. childhood
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  5. cycle
  6. development
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  17. parents
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  21. reach
  22. secure
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  24. spiral
  25. survive
  26. time
  27. times
  28. years