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From the Ted Talk by Sarah Jones: A one-woman global village
Unscramble the Blue Letters
And actually, I can relate to the whole like acronym thing and everything. Because, actually, I'm a soohrpmoe at college right now. At my school — actually I was part of co-founding an organization, which is like a leadership thing, you know, like you guys, you would really like it and everything. And the organization is clelad DA BOMB, A\and DA BOMB — not like what you guys can bluid and everything — it's like, DA BOMB, it means like Dominican — it's an acronym — Dominican-American Benevolent ontioazigarn for Mothers and Babies. So, I know, see, like the name is like a little bit long, but with the war on terror and everything, the Dean of Student Activities has asked us to stop saying DA BOMB and use the whole thing so nobody would get the wrong idea, whatever. So, basically like DA BOMB — what Dominican-American Benevolent Organization for Mothers and bbiaes does is, bicalasly, we try to adavotce for students who show a lot of academic promise and who also happen to be mothers like me. I am a working mother, and I also go to school full-time. And, you know, it's like — it's so important to have like role moldes out there. I mean, I know sometimes our ltyeeilsfs are very different, whatever.
Open Cloze
And actually, I can relate to the whole like acronym thing and everything. Because, actually, I'm a _________ at college right now. At my school — actually I was part of co-founding an organization, which is like a leadership thing, you know, like you guys, you would really like it and everything. And the organization is ______ DA BOMB, A\and DA BOMB — not like what you guys can _____ and everything — it's like, DA BOMB, it means like Dominican — it's an acronym — Dominican-American Benevolent ____________ for Mothers and Babies. So, I know, see, like the name is like a little bit long, but with the war on terror and everything, the Dean of Student Activities has asked us to stop saying DA BOMB and use the whole thing so nobody would get the wrong idea, whatever. So, basically like DA BOMB — what Dominican-American Benevolent Organization for Mothers and ______ does is, _________, we try to ________ for students who show a lot of academic promise and who also happen to be mothers like me. I am a working mother, and I also go to school full-time. And, you know, it's like — it's so important to have like role ______ out there. I mean, I know sometimes our __________ are very different, whatever.
Solution
- build
- advocate
- basically
- sophomore
- called
- babies
- lifestyles
- models
- organization
Original Text
And actually, I can relate to the whole like acronym thing and everything. Because, actually, I'm a sophomore at college right now. At my school — actually I was part of co-founding an organization, which is like a leadership thing, you know, like you guys, you would really like it and everything. And the organization is called DA BOMB, A\and DA BOMB — not like what you guys can build and everything — it's like, DA BOMB, it means like Dominican — it's an acronym — Dominican-American Benevolent Organization for Mothers and Babies. So, I know, see, like the name is like a little bit long, but with the war on terror and everything, the Dean of Student Activities has asked us to stop saying DA BOMB and use the whole thing so nobody would get the wrong idea, whatever. So, basically like DA BOMB — what Dominican-American Benevolent Organization for Mothers and Babies does is, basically, we try to advocate for students who show a lot of academic promise and who also happen to be mothers like me. I am a working mother, and I also go to school full-time. And, you know, it's like — it's so important to have like role models out there. I mean, I know sometimes our lifestyles are very different, whatever.
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Important Words
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