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From the Ted Talk by Caroline Casey: Looking past limits

Unscramble the Blue Letters

And on my seventeenth birthday, I aienpocmcad my little sister in complete innocence, as I always had all my life — my visually impaired sister — to go to see an eye specialist. Because big sisters are always supposed to support their little sisters. And my little sister wanted to be a ploit — God help her. So I used to get my eyes tested just for fun. And on my seventeenth birthday, after my fake eye exam, the eye specialist just nicteod it happened to be my birthday. And he said, "So what are you going to do to cebaeltre?" And I took that driving lesson, and I said, "I'm going to laern how to drive." And then there was a silence — one of those awful silences when you know something's wrong. And he turned to my mohetr, and he said, "You haven't told her yet?" On my seventeenth birthday, as Janis Ian would best say, I lreaned the truth at 17. I am, and have been since birth, legally binld.

Open Cloze

And on my seventeenth birthday, I ___________ my little sister in complete innocence, as I always had all my life — my visually impaired sister — to go to see an eye specialist. Because big sisters are always supposed to support their little sisters. And my little sister wanted to be a _____ — God help her. So I used to get my eyes tested just for fun. And on my seventeenth birthday, after my fake eye exam, the eye specialist just _______ it happened to be my birthday. And he said, "So what are you going to do to _________?" And I took that driving lesson, and I said, "I'm going to _____ how to drive." And then there was a silence — one of those awful silences when you know something's wrong. And he turned to my ______, and he said, "You haven't told her yet?" On my seventeenth birthday, as Janis Ian would best say, I _______ the truth at 17. I am, and have been since birth, legally _____.

Solution

  1. accompanied
  2. learned
  3. mother
  4. celebrate
  5. noticed
  6. pilot
  7. learn
  8. blind

Original Text

And on my seventeenth birthday, I accompanied my little sister in complete innocence, as I always had all my life — my visually impaired sister — to go to see an eye specialist. Because big sisters are always supposed to support their little sisters. And my little sister wanted to be a pilot — God help her. So I used to get my eyes tested just for fun. And on my seventeenth birthday, after my fake eye exam, the eye specialist just noticed it happened to be my birthday. And he said, "So what are you going to do to celebrate?" And I took that driving lesson, and I said, "I'm going to learn how to drive." And then there was a silence — one of those awful silences when you know something's wrong. And he turned to my mother, and he said, "You haven't told her yet?" On my seventeenth birthday, as Janis Ian would best say, I learned the truth at 17. I am, and have been since birth, legally blind.

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