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From the Ted Talk by America Ferrera: My identity is a superpower -- not an obstacle

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I would sing it with the urgency and the burning desire of a nine-year-old who did, in fact, have a draem. My dream was to be an actress. And it's true that I never saw anyone who looked like me in television or in films, and sure, my family and friends and teachers all constantly warned me that people like me didn't make it in hlwoloyod. But I was an American. I had been taught to believe that anyone could achieve anything, regardless of the color of their skin, the fact that my parents immigrated from Honduras, the fact that I had no money. I didn't need my dream to be easy, I just nedeed it to be possible.

Open Cloze

I would sing it with the urgency and the burning desire of a nine-year-old who did, in fact, have a _____. My dream was to be an actress. And it's true that I never saw anyone who looked like me in television or in films, and sure, my family and friends and teachers all constantly warned me that people like me didn't make it in _________. But I was an American. I had been taught to believe that anyone could achieve anything, regardless of the color of their skin, the fact that my parents immigrated from Honduras, the fact that I had no money. I didn't need my dream to be easy, I just ______ it to be possible.

Solution

  1. dream
  2. hollywood
  3. needed

Original Text

I would sing it with the urgency and the burning desire of a nine-year-old who did, in fact, have a dream. My dream was to be an actress. And it's true that I never saw anyone who looked like me in television or in films, and sure, my family and friends and teachers all constantly warned me that people like me didn't make it in Hollywood. But I was an American. I had been taught to believe that anyone could achieve anything, regardless of the color of their skin, the fact that my parents immigrated from Honduras, the fact that I had no money. I didn't need my dream to be easy, I just needed it to be possible.

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Important Words

  1. achieve
  2. actress
  3. american
  4. burning
  5. color
  6. constantly
  7. desire
  8. dream
  9. easy
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  13. friends
  14. hollywood
  15. honduras
  16. immigrated
  17. looked
  18. money
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  20. parents
  21. people
  22. sing
  23. skin
  24. taught
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  26. television
  27. true
  28. urgency
  29. warned