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I just played the Free Rice game!

by Barney

This is what the Free Rice site says about itself:

FreeRice has two goals:

  1. Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.
  2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.

This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site.

Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor country, improving your vocabulary can improve your life. It is a great investment in yourself.

Perhaps even greater is the investment your donated rice makes in hungry human beings, enabling them to function and be productive. Somewhere in the world, a person is eating rice that you helped provide. Thank you.

I just played and got to vocabulary level 50. OK, I used a dictionary for some of the words. But it didn’t always help. I couldn’t find “laina” in my Chambers 20th Century Dictionary, for instance. So I took a flying guess on … Nope, I’m not going to tell you. You’ll need to try it for yourself. It’s good for you and it’s good for the world.

I managed to contribute 600 grains of rice!

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4 comments

1 Marco Oliveira { 11.16.07 at 18:20 }

Check this:
http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2007/11/iran-ruthless-i.html

2 Barney { 11.16.07 at 18:44 }

Thanks for the link, Marco.

3 Julie Page { 06.13.08 at 09:14 }

I would like to play the game, I’m addicted to it, but it keeps on timing out. So where’s the free rice that I usually provide with the game? How can I help the starving when I can’t play the game! Ever since the new and improved I haven’t been able to play more than 20 minutes if I can access the site that is!
Please please fix it already!

4 Barney { 06.13.08 at 21:54 }

Julie, I have no control over the game. It’s not my website. Please address your complaint to the Free Rice website owners.

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