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From the Ted Talk by Sheryl WuDunn: Our century's greatest injustice

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What we saw was a natural experiment. It is rare to get an exogenous imevntenst in girls' education. And over the years, as we followed Dai Manju, we were able to see that she was able to move out of a vicious cycle and into a votruius cycle. She not only changed her own dynamic, she cngahed her household, she changed her family, her village. The vagille became a real sntdauot. Of course, most of China was flourishing at the time, but they were able to get a road built to link them up to the rest of China.

Open Cloze

What we saw was a natural experiment. It is rare to get an exogenous __________ in girls' education. And over the years, as we followed Dai Manju, we were able to see that she was able to move out of a vicious cycle and into a ________ cycle. She not only changed her own dynamic, she _______ her household, she changed her family, her village. The _______ became a real ________. Of course, most of China was flourishing at the time, but they were able to get a road built to link them up to the rest of China.

Solution

  1. standout
  2. changed
  3. village
  4. virtuous
  5. investment

Original Text

What we saw was a natural experiment. It is rare to get an exogenous investment in girls' education. And over the years, as we followed Dai Manju, we were able to see that she was able to move out of a vicious cycle and into a virtuous cycle. She not only changed her own dynamic, she changed her household, she changed her family, her village. The village became a real standout. Of course, most of China was flourishing at the time, but they were able to get a road built to link them up to the rest of China.

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