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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

  1. mentees
  2. moment
  3. couple
  4. super
  5. grateful
  6. 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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Important Words

  1. bank
  2. bracing
  3. conversation
  4. couple
  5. cup
  6. cute
  7. days
  8. dry
  9. excited
  10. exhausted
  11. eye
  12. grateful
  13. great
  14. home
  15. husband
  16. impact
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  18. late
  19. lecture
  20. lives
  21. mentees
  22. moment
  23. office
  24. part
  25. proud
  26. room
  27. saving
  28. super
  29. swung
  30. tea
  31. time
  32. turned
  33. women
  34. wondered
  35. work
  36. yesterday