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From the Ted Talk by Susan Cain: The power of introverts
Unscramble the Blue Letters
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Open Cloze
But here's the thing about my ___________. Underneath this ceremonial role, he was really ______ and really ___________ — so much so that when he delivered these sermons, he had trouble making eye contact with the very same congregation that he had been speaking to for 62 years. And even away from the podium, when you called him to say hello, he would often end the conversation prematurely for fear that he was taking up too much of your time. But when he died at the age of 94, the police had to close down the streets of his neighborhood to accommodate the _____ of people who came out to _____ him. And so these days I try to learn from my grandfather's example in my own way.
Solution
- modest
- grandfather
- crowd
- mourn
- introverted
Original Text
But here's the thing about my grandfather. Underneath this ceremonial role, he was really modest and really introverted — so much so that when he delivered these sermons, he had trouble making eye contact with the very same congregation that he had been speaking to for 62 years. And even away from the podium, when you called him to say hello, he would often end the conversation prematurely for fear that he was taking up too much of your time. But when he died at the age of 94, the police had to close down the streets of his neighborhood to accommodate the crowd of people who came out to mourn him. And so these days I try to learn from my grandfather's example in my own way.
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