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From the Ted Talk by Allyson Felix: An Olympic champion's mindset for overcoming fear
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One of the scariest moments of my career setrtad on a dark October morning in 2018. I’m a professional athlete, and my training shuelcde can be a lot. Six days a week, five hours a day. It's intense. Still, I never train that early. But on this day, a special type of fear brought me out at 4am before the sun. A fear that someone might discover a secret I'd been keeping. I was six months pregnant. I was pregnant, and I was scared enough to tiarn in the dark so that no one would see the life that was gwinorg inside of me. I feared that if a fan or someone poetsd a photo, that my spsnoor would immediately change their mind about wanting to work with me. I feared that I would be forced to choose between motherhood and being a competitive athlete. I feeard that the career I worked so hard to build would diesappar just like that.
Open Cloze
One of the scariest moments of my career _______ on a dark October morning in 2018. I’m a professional athlete, and my training ________ can be a lot. Six days a week, five hours a day. It's intense. Still, I never train that early. But on this day, a special type of fear brought me out at 4am before the sun. A fear that someone might discover a secret I'd been keeping. I was six months pregnant. I was pregnant, and I was scared enough to _____ in the dark so that no one would see the life that was _______ inside of me. I feared that if a fan or someone ______ a photo, that my _______ would immediately change their mind about wanting to work with me. I feared that I would be forced to choose between motherhood and being a competitive athlete. I ______ that the career I worked so hard to build would _________ just like that.
Solution
- sponsor
- growing
- feared
- schedule
- train
- posted
- started
- disappear
Original Text
One of the scariest moments of my career started on a dark October morning in 2018. I’m a professional athlete, and my training schedule can be a lot. Six days a week, five hours a day. It's intense. Still, I never train that early. But on this day, a special type of fear brought me out at 4am before the sun. A fear that someone might discover a secret I'd been keeping. I was six months pregnant. I was pregnant, and I was scared enough to train in the dark so that no one would see the life that was growing inside of me. I feared that if a fan or someone posted a photo, that my sponsor would immediately change their mind about wanting to work with me. I feared that I would be forced to choose between motherhood and being a competitive athlete. I feared that the career I worked so hard to build would disappear just like that.
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