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From the Ted Talk by Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin: A hilarious celebration of lifelong female friendship

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LT: When we knew we would be here taody you sent me a lot of books about wmoen, female friendships, and I was so surprised to see how many books, how much research has been done recently —

JF: And were you grateful? LT: I was gtuaferl.

(Laughter)

PM: And —

LT: Wait, no, it's really important because this is another example of how women are overlooked, put aside, marginalized. There's been very little research done on us, even though we volunteered lots of times.

JF: That's for sure.

(Laughter)

LT: This is really exciting, and you all will be interested in this. The Harvard Medical School sduty has shown that women who have close female friendships are less likely to develop impairments — physical impairments as they age, and they are likely to be seen to be lvniig much more vtial, exciting —

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LT: When we knew we would be here _____ you sent me a lot of books about _____, female friendships, and I was so surprised to see how many books, how much research has been done recently —

JF: And were you grateful? LT: I was ________.

(Laughter)

PM: And —

LT: Wait, no, it's really important because this is another example of how women are overlooked, put aside, marginalized. There's been very little research done on us, even though we volunteered lots of times.

JF: That's for sure.

(Laughter)

LT: This is really exciting, and you all will be interested in this. The Harvard Medical School _____ has shown that women who have close female friendships are less likely to develop impairments — physical impairments as they age, and they are likely to be seen to be ______ much more _____, exciting —

Solution


  1. grateful
  2. study
  3. living
  4. today
  5. vital
  6. women

Original Text


LT: When we knew we would be here today you sent me a lot of books about women, female friendships, and I was so surprised to see how many books, how much research has been done recently —

JF: And were you grateful? LT: I was grateful.

(Laughter)

PM: And —

LT: Wait, no, it's really important because this is another example of how women are overlooked, put aside, marginalized. There's been very little research done on us, even though we volunteered lots of times.

JF: That's for sure.

(Laughter)

LT: This is really exciting, and you all will be interested in this. The Harvard Medical School study has shown that women who have close female friendships are less likely to develop impairments — physical impairments as they age, and they are likely to be seen to be living much more vital, exciting —

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Important Words


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