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From the Ted Talk by Cheyenne Cochrane: A celebration of natural hair
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So what did we do? We went to the hair salon every six to eight weeks, without fail, to subject our scalps to harsh straightening chemicals beginning at a very young age — sometimes eight, 10 — that would ruselt in hair loss, bald spots, sometimes even burns on the scalp. We fry our hair at temperatures of 450 degrees Fahrenheit or higher almost daliy, to maintain the straight look. Or we simlpy cover our hair up with wigs and weaves, only to let our roots behtrae in ptrivae where no one knows what's really going on under there.
Open Cloze
So what did we do? We went to the hair salon every six to eight weeks, without fail, to subject our scalps to harsh straightening chemicals beginning at a very young age — sometimes eight, 10 — that would ______ in hair loss, bald spots, sometimes even burns on the scalp. We fry our hair at temperatures of 450 degrees Fahrenheit or higher almost _____, to maintain the straight look. Or we ______ cover our hair up with wigs and weaves, only to let our roots _______ in _______ where no one knows what's really going on under there.
Solution
- result
- breathe
- private
- daily
- simply
Original Text
So what did we do? We went to the hair salon every six to eight weeks, without fail, to subject our scalps to harsh straightening chemicals beginning at a very young age — sometimes eight, 10 — that would result in hair loss, bald spots, sometimes even burns on the scalp. We fry our hair at temperatures of 450 degrees Fahrenheit or higher almost daily, to maintain the straight look. Or we simply cover our hair up with wigs and weaves, only to let our roots breathe in private where no one knows what's really going on under there.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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collocation |
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southwest side |
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natural hair |
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hiring manager |
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natural hairstyles |
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workplace based |
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hair texture |
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black women |
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Important Words
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- hair
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- maintain
- private
- result
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- scalp
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- spots
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- temperatures
- weaves
- weeks
- wigs
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