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From the Ted Talk by Carol Fishman Cohen: How to get back to work after a career break

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There's one more thing I remember vividly from my own career break. And that was that I hardly kept up with the business news. My bunoakcgrd is in finance, and I hardly kept up with any news when I was home caring for my four young celrhidn. So I was afraid I'd go into an ietvirenw and start talking about a company that didn't exist amyrnoe. So I had to resubscribe to the Wall Street joaunrl and read it for a good six months cover to cover before I felt like I had a handle on what was going on in the business world again.

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There's one more thing I remember vividly from my own career break. And that was that I hardly kept up with the business news. My __________ is in finance, and I hardly kept up with any news when I was home caring for my four young ________. So I was afraid I'd go into an _________ and start talking about a company that didn't exist _______. So I had to resubscribe to the Wall Street _______ and read it for a good six months cover to cover before I felt like I had a handle on what was going on in the business world again.

Solution

  1. children
  2. background
  3. anymore
  4. journal
  5. interview

Original Text

There's one more thing I remember vividly from my own career break. And that was that I hardly kept up with the business news. My background is in finance, and I hardly kept up with any news when I was home caring for my four young children. So I was afraid I'd go into an interview and start talking about a company that didn't exist anymore. So I had to resubscribe to the Wall Street Journal and read it for a good six months cover to cover before I felt like I had a handle on what was going on in the business world again.

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Important Words

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