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The CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Google Larry Page has told European governments they [need / needy] to be more like Silicon Valley. He said European leaders do not [supportive / support] technology companies enough. Silicon Valley is [home / house] to many of the world's largest technology corporations. Google, Apple and Facebook have their [close-quarters / headquarters] there. Mr Page [said / say] Silicon Valley is a great place for technology companies [so / because] it is easy to [do / be] business there. He told Britain's 'Financial Times' newspaper that Silicon Valley was great [from / for] investing in science and for making money [in / by] setting up new technology companies. He said Europe's politicians needed to start investing [in / on] big ideas.

Mr Page told the Financial Times he had $62 billion [what / that] he wanted to invest in new ideas. He said he wanted to use [the / a] money to benefit societies in Europe. He said: "We're trying to [figure / figures] it out. How do we use all these resources  and have [the / a] much more positive impact on the world?" Page is not the first business leader [to / for] attack Europe for being [slow / slowly] with investing in technology. Many experts say European schools do not teach [plenty / enough] technology, so children do not have the skills that kids in Silicon Valley [be / have] . Many leaders in education believe there should be a much bigger [focal / focus] on technology in schools. Some think [all / every] elementary schools should have classes on coding for children.

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