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From the Ted Talk by Cara E. Yar Khan: The beautiful balance between courage and fear

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I did get married. And I decided for myself not to have children. And I continued my career with the United ntiaons after my diagnosis, going to work for two years in Angola, a coutrny recovering from 27 years of brutal civil war. However, it would be another five years until I officially declared my diagnosis to my employer. Because I was afraid that they would question my capacity to manage and I'd lose my job. I was working in ciuretnos where polio had been common, so when I oeverarhd someone say that they tuohght I might have survived polio, I thought my secret was safe. No one aksed why I was limping. So I didn't say anything.

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I did get married. And I decided for myself not to have children. And I continued my career with the United _______ after my diagnosis, going to work for two years in Angola, a _______ recovering from 27 years of brutal civil war. However, it would be another five years until I officially declared my diagnosis to my employer. Because I was afraid that they would question my capacity to manage and I'd lose my job. I was working in _________ where polio had been common, so when I _________ someone say that they _______ I might have survived polio, I thought my secret was safe. No one _____ why I was limping. So I didn't say anything.

Solution

  1. overheard
  2. asked
  3. countries
  4. thought
  5. nations
  6. country

Original Text

I did get married. And I decided for myself not to have children. And I continued my career with the United Nations after my diagnosis, going to work for two years in Angola, a country recovering from 27 years of brutal civil war. However, it would be another five years until I officially declared my diagnosis to my employer. Because I was afraid that they would question my capacity to manage and I'd lose my job. I was working in countries where polio had been common, so when I overheard someone say that they thought I might have survived polio, I thought my secret was safe. No one asked why I was limping. So I didn't say anything.

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