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From the Ted Talk by Jon M. Chu: The pride and power of representation in film

Unscramble the Blue Letters

For all these years I felt I had been given so much, and what was I gnviig back to the film business that I loved? I felt lkucy to be here, but at this moment, I realized that I was not just lucky to be here, I had the right to be here. No, I earned the right to be here. All those sleepless nights, all those parties I mssied on Fridays, every friend and girlfnried I lost because I was editing — I earned the right to be here not just to have a voice but to say something, and say something important, and I had, actually, the power — the superpower to change things if I really, really wanted to.

Open Cloze

For all these years I felt I had been given so much, and what was I ______ back to the film business that I loved? I felt _____ to be here, but at this moment, I realized that I was not just lucky to be here, I had the right to be here. No, I earned the right to be here. All those sleepless nights, all those parties I ______ on Fridays, every friend and __________ I lost because I was editing — I earned the right to be here not just to have a voice but to say something, and say something important, and I had, actually, the power — the superpower to change things if I really, really wanted to.

Solution

  1. missed
  2. giving
  3. lucky
  4. girlfriend

Original Text

For all these years I felt I had been given so much, and what was I giving back to the film business that I loved? I felt lucky to be here, but at this moment, I realized that I was not just lucky to be here, I had the right to be here. No, I earned the right to be here. All those sleepless nights, all those parties I missed on Fridays, every friend and girlfriend I lost because I was editing — I earned the right to be here not just to have a voice but to say something, and say something important, and I had, actually, the power — the superpower to change things if I really, really wanted to.

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Important Words

  1. business
  2. change
  3. earned
  4. editing
  5. felt
  6. film
  7. fridays
  8. friend
  9. girlfriend
  10. giving
  11. important
  12. lost
  13. loved
  14. lucky
  15. missed
  16. moment
  17. nights
  18. parties
  19. power
  20. realized
  21. sleepless
  22. superpower
  23. voice
  24. wanted
  25. years