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From the Ted Talk by Ipsita Dasgupta: To challenge the status quo, find a "co-conspirator"
Unscramble the Blue Letters
There wasn't a dry eye in the room. Every one of these women were grateful and proud. They were proud of who their daughters-in-law were, but they were gufartel to be included as part of the conversation. And I wondered at the time whether what we'd done was just a great touchy-feely meonmt and was cute but really wasn't going to have long-term impact. And a colpue of days later, one of my mneeets swung by my office, and she was suepr etiexcd. She said, "I went home from work yesterday, and I was bracing myself, because I was really late, and I was bracing myself for a lecture, and my mother-in-law turned to my husband and said, 'Can you please get up and make her a cup of tea? She's exhausted. She's saving lives. You work at a bank.'"
Open Cloze
There wasn't a dry eye in the room. Every one of these women were grateful and proud. They were proud of who their daughters-in-law were, but they were ________ to be included as part of the conversation. And I wondered at the time whether what we'd done was just a great touchy-feely ______ and was cute but really wasn't going to have long-term impact. And a ______ of days later, one of my _______ swung by my office, and she was _____ _______. She said, "I went home from work yesterday, and I was bracing myself, because I was really late, and I was bracing myself for a lecture, and my mother-in-law turned to my husband and said, 'Can you please get up and make her a cup of tea? She's exhausted. She's saving lives. You work at a bank.'"
Solution
- mentees
- moment
- couple
- super
- grateful
- excited
Original Text
There wasn't a dry eye in the room. Every one of these women were grateful and proud. They were proud of who their daughters-in-law were, but they were grateful to be included as part of the conversation. And I wondered at the time whether what we'd done was just a great touchy-feely moment and was cute but really wasn't going to have long-term impact. And a couple of days later, one of my mentees swung by my office, and she was super excited. She said, "I went home from work yesterday, and I was bracing myself, because I was really late, and I was bracing myself for a lecture, and my mother-in-law turned to my husband and said, 'Can you please get up and make her a cup of tea? She's exhausted. She's saving lives. You work at a bank.'"
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