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From the Ted Talk by Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: 6 essential lessons for women leaders

Unscramble the Blue Letters


JG: One of the things to share is that there's joy in being a ldaeer — in having the opportunity to put your values into aicton. Emphasizing the ptivsoie makes a real difference to the power of role meldniog. If we only focus on the sexist and negative experiences, women may decide that being a leader sounds so grim they don't want to do it. On the other hand, if we pretend it's all rosy and easy, women and girls can be put off because they decide leadership is only for suropwemen who never have any problems. We all have to get the balance right, but Ngozi, it's imiolpsbse to talk about role models right now without asking you: how does it make you feel to see Kamala Harris elected as vice pneeirsdt?

Open Cloze


JG: One of the things to share is that there's joy in being a ______ — in having the opportunity to put your values into ______. Emphasizing the ________ makes a real difference to the power of role ________. If we only focus on the sexist and negative experiences, women may decide that being a leader sounds so grim they don't want to do it. On the other hand, if we pretend it's all rosy and easy, women and girls can be put off because they decide leadership is only for __________ who never have any problems. We all have to get the balance right, but Ngozi, it's __________ to talk about role models right now without asking you: how does it make you feel to see Kamala Harris elected as vice _________?

Solution


  1. positive
  2. superwomen
  3. president
  4. modeling
  5. impossible
  6. leader
  7. action

Original Text


JG: One of the things to share is that there's joy in being a leader — in having the opportunity to put your values into action. Emphasizing the positive makes a real difference to the power of role modeling. If we only focus on the sexist and negative experiences, women may decide that being a leader sounds so grim they don't want to do it. On the other hand, if we pretend it's all rosy and easy, women and girls can be put off because they decide leadership is only for superwomen who never have any problems. We all have to get the balance right, but Ngozi, it's impossible to talk about role models right now without asking you: how does it make you feel to see Kamala Harris elected as vice president?

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Important Words


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