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From the Ted Talk by Serena Williams and Gayle King: On tennis, love and motherhood
Unscramble the Blue Letters
SW: Yeah, I actually never felt prsursee to get mirared and I can't say I'm the maryrnig type of person. I really love my life. I love my freedom. I heard that kind of changes. But I love everything that I do, and I love my cerear, and I always felt like I didn't want anything to ieetrnrfe with that. I've actually been so career-oriented and in fact, when he proposed, I was almost angry. Not almost. I was angry, because it was right in the middle of my training season, and I said, "I gotta win the Australian Open. I can't fly to Rome." Because he wanted to take me to Rome, and I said, "I can't. I gotta win." But that's how focused I was.
Open Cloze
SW: Yeah, I actually never felt ________ to get _______ and I can't say I'm the ________ type of person. I really love my life. I love my freedom. I heard that kind of changes. But I love everything that I do, and I love my ______, and I always felt like I didn't want anything to _________ with that. I've actually been so career-oriented and in fact, when he proposed, I was almost angry. Not almost. I was angry, because it was right in the middle of my training season, and I said, "I gotta win the Australian Open. I can't fly to Rome." Because he wanted to take me to Rome, and I said, "I can't. I gotta win." But that's how focused I was.
Solution
- pressure
- marrying
- married
- interfere
- career
Original Text
SW: Yeah, I actually never felt pressure to get married and I can't say I'm the marrying type of person. I really love my life. I love my freedom. I heard that kind of changes. But I love everything that I do, and I love my career, and I always felt like I didn't want anything to interfere with that. I've actually been so career-oriented and in fact, when he proposed, I was almost angry. Not almost. I was angry, because it was right in the middle of my training season, and I said, "I gotta win the Australian Open. I can't fly to Rome." Because he wanted to take me to Rome, and I said, "I can't. I gotta win." But that's how focused I was.
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