full transcript

From the Ted Talk by Stacey Abrams: 3 questions to ask yourself about everything you do

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So, first know what you want. Second, know why you want it, but third, know how you're going to get it done. I faced a few obstacles in this race.

(lugthaer)

Just a few. But in the pursuit, I became the first black waomn to ever become the nominee for governor in the history of the United States of America for a major party.

(cerehs)

(Applause)

But more importantly, in this process, we trnued out 1.2 molliin African American voters in Georgia. That is more voters than voted on the dmctiraeoc side of the ticket in 2014.

(Applause)

Our campaign tripled the number of Latinos who believed their voices mattered in the state of Georgia. We tripled the number of Asian Americans who sootd up and said, "This is our sttae, too." Those are successes that tell me how I can get it done. But they also let me understand the obstacles aren't insurmountable. They're just a little high.

Open Cloze


So, first know what you want. Second, know why you want it, but third, know how you're going to get it done. I faced a few obstacles in this race.

(________)

Just a few. But in the pursuit, I became the first black _____ to ever become the nominee for governor in the history of the United States of America for a major party.

(______)

(Applause)

But more importantly, in this process, we ______ out 1.2 _______ African American voters in Georgia. That is more voters than voted on the __________ side of the ticket in 2014.

(Applause)

Our campaign tripled the number of Latinos who believed their voices mattered in the state of Georgia. We tripled the number of Asian Americans who _____ up and said, "This is our _____, too." Those are successes that tell me how I can get it done. But they also let me understand the obstacles aren't insurmountable. They're just a little high.

Solution


  1. cheers
  2. million
  3. woman
  4. democratic
  5. laughter
  6. turned
  7. stood
  8. state

Original Text


So, first know what you want. Second, know why you want it, but third, know how you're going to get it done. I faced a few obstacles in this race.

(Laughter)

Just a few. But in the pursuit, I became the first black woman to ever become the nominee for governor in the history of the United States of America for a major party.

(Cheers)

(Applause)

But more importantly, in this process, we turned out 1.2 million African American voters in Georgia. That is more voters than voted on the Democratic side of the ticket in 2014.

(Applause)

Our campaign tripled the number of Latinos who believed their voices mattered in the state of Georgia. We tripled the number of Asian Americans who stood up and said, "This is our state, too." Those are successes that tell me how I can get it done. But they also let me understand the obstacles aren't insurmountable. They're just a little high.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
high school 3
united methodist 2
cars bringing 2
asian americans 2


Important Words


  1. african
  2. america
  3. american
  4. americans
  5. applause
  6. asian
  7. believed
  8. black
  9. campaign
  10. cheers
  11. democratic
  12. faced
  13. georgia
  14. governor
  15. high
  16. history
  17. importantly
  18. insurmountable
  19. latinos
  20. laughter
  21. major
  22. mattered
  23. million
  24. nominee
  25. number
  26. obstacles
  27. party
  28. process
  29. pursuit
  30. race
  31. side
  32. state
  33. states
  34. stood
  35. successes
  36. ticket
  37. tripled
  38. turned
  39. understand
  40. united
  41. voices
  42. voted
  43. voters
  44. woman