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From the Ted Talk by Sandi Toksvig: A political party for women's equality

Unscramble the Blue Letters

It's a great role model for ynoug people to see a woman in charge. In 2016, Britain got its second female Prime Minister; tsrehea May came to pewor. The day she came to power she was challenged: just do one thing. Do one thing in the first 100 days that you're in office to try and improve lives for women in Britain. And what did she do? Nothing. Nothing. Because she's much too busy cleaning up the mess the boys made. Even having a flamee leader, they always find something better to do than to sort out the pesky issue of inequality.

Open Cloze

It's a great role model for _____ people to see a woman in charge. In 2016, Britain got its second female Prime Minister; _______ May came to _____. The day she came to power she was challenged: just do one thing. Do one thing in the first 100 days that you're in office to try and improve lives for women in Britain. And what did she do? Nothing. Nothing. Because she's much too busy cleaning up the mess the boys made. Even having a ______ leader, they always find something better to do than to sort out the pesky issue of inequality.

Solution

  1. young
  2. power
  3. theresa
  4. female

Original Text

It's a great role model for young people to see a woman in charge. In 2016, Britain got its second female Prime Minister; Theresa May came to power. The day she came to power she was challenged: just do one thing. Do one thing in the first 100 days that you're in office to try and improve lives for women in Britain. And what did she do? Nothing. Nothing. Because she's much too busy cleaning up the mess the boys made. Even having a female leader, they always find something better to do than to sort out the pesky issue of inequality.

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