Mother Earth Gap fill

Mother Earth

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Hello. My name is Xavi Martinez. I am six years old. I'm a boy and I just said a prayer in my native language. I was giving ​

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thanks to all of the elements; the water, the fire, the earth, the air.

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speech

gifts

thanks

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I was giving thanks to them to give us life; to give us energy; to give us ​

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strength

weakness

a big house

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I came to talk to you today about how sacred ​​

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is. Most kids don't even know that the world is sacred.

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the Earth

the moon

climate change

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That's because they spend most of their ​

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future in front of their TV or in front of their video games.

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time

money

future

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It's time for their parents to get them ​

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and show them that Mother Earth is a sacred thing. Show them that Mother Earth is alive. It's a beautiful living thing, and if their parents don't do this we may not have a chance.

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out of the house

out of the forest

out of the shops

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When I was five years old I wanted to go to all the ​

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fun parks and shut them down with my little brother.

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factories

forests

fun parks

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But once I turned six I realised that it was us who were ​

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the factories.

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buying from

boycotting

selling

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We're supporting them. We're buying their things. There's really good things we could do like not buy from the factories or we could support a ​

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company.

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better

worse

cheaper

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There's simple things you could do in your own home like not let the water run or ​

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from the lights when you're not using them.

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turn off

turn on

turn away from

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You could teach these things to your children. Every choice we make is for or against ​

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.

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our future

our past

our present

Save our Planet

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The earth is getting ​

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.

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warmer

colder

bigger

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Huge glacial drift is melting and causing our sea levels to ​

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. This causes flooding in coastal areas, including near my home in the west of Ireland. Climate change is a hot topic.

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rise

fall

stay the same

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Greta Thunberg has motivated thousands of young people to take a stand for

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and to stand up to politicians.

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the planet

bad government

big companies

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David Attenborough told us about plastic in the oceans wiping out many species and ​

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many more. My school is a "Green school". We learn about biodiversity and all have ideas of how to save our planet.

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threatening

protecting

saving

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I was thinking about these ideas when suddenly Covid 19 stopped us in our tracks. Everything stopped. Not only was I grounded,​

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were grounded, boats were docked and cars left in their driveways.

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planes

birds

bats

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What was happening to the planet as we stayed at home? The International Space Station has been seeing blue skies all over the world as ​

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drastically.

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air pollution

water pollution

noise pollution

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Dolphins are swimming up the canals of Venice. Ducks are happily ​

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in Rome’s Trevi Fountain.

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bathing

crowning

posing

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What an opportune time for our sick and ailing ​

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! So what will happen to our planet from now on?

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planet

solar system

universe

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I hope we will learn from this time lived through Covid 19, when the earth, water and ​

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became pure because we became still.

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air

light

oxygen

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We’ll remember how we looked after each other. We are all ​

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in the circle of life. "Humans ARE nature", Greta said.

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interconnected

injected

infected