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From the Ted Talk by WorkLife with Adam Grant: Become friends with your rivals

Unscramble the Blue Letters


OS: At the beginning, like, it was very, very hard, because I had nobody behind me, like, "Hey, go this way, go this way."

AG: Oscar had to laern quickly, because competition was htnaeig up as more and more trucks hit the streets. Just a year or so earlier, there were mostly taco trucks all over the city. Now, it seemed like these gourmet food tukrcs were everywhere, and growing fast.

OS: Every day was like a bnrad new food truck on the streets, right?

AG: OK, in this situation, imagine that you're a food truck owner. You started before Oscar. You woerkd hard to learn the ropes, used your sgnvias to build your business. You staked out a prime spot at City Hall. And now, Oscar rolls onto the sncee. How are you going to view him? As cooiettmipn, of course. But that's not how Oscar was received. He was welcomed with open arms by other vendors. His competitors actually helped him. One of those supportive rivals was Guli Essa, who stepped in early on when Oscar was about to run out of money. Guli's truck is cllaed "It's a Wrap!"

Open Cloze


OS: At the beginning, like, it was very, very hard, because I had nobody behind me, like, "Hey, go this way, go this way."

AG: Oscar had to _____ quickly, because competition was _______ up as more and more trucks hit the streets. Just a year or so earlier, there were mostly taco trucks all over the city. Now, it seemed like these gourmet food ______ were everywhere, and growing fast.

OS: Every day was like a _____ new food truck on the streets, right?

AG: OK, in this situation, imagine that you're a food truck owner. You started before Oscar. You ______ hard to learn the ropes, used your _______ to build your business. You staked out a prime spot at City Hall. And now, Oscar rolls onto the _____. How are you going to view him? As ___________, of course. But that's not how Oscar was received. He was welcomed with open arms by other vendors. His competitors actually helped him. One of those supportive rivals was Guli Essa, who stepped in early on when Oscar was about to run out of money. Guli's truck is ______ "It's a Wrap!"

Solution


  1. learn
  2. called
  3. savings
  4. scene
  5. worked
  6. trucks
  7. competition
  8. heating
  9. brand

Original Text


OS: At the beginning, like, it was very, very hard, because I had nobody behind me, like, "Hey, go this way, go this way."

AG: Oscar had to learn quickly, because competition was heating up as more and more trucks hit the streets. Just a year or so earlier, there were mostly taco trucks all over the city. Now, it seemed like these gourmet food trucks were everywhere, and growing fast.

OS: Every day was like a brand new food truck on the streets, right?

AG: OK, in this situation, imagine that you're a food truck owner. You started before Oscar. You worked hard to learn the ropes, used your savings to build your business. You staked out a prime spot at City Hall. And now, Oscar rolls onto the scene. How are you going to view him? As competition, of course. But that's not how Oscar was received. He was welcomed with open arms by other vendors. His competitors actually helped him. One of those supportive rivals was Guli Essa, who stepped in early on when Oscar was about to run out of money. Guli's truck is called "It's a Wrap!"

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Important Words


  1. arms
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  3. brand
  4. build
  5. business
  6. called
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  8. competition
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  10. day
  11. earlier
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  18. guli
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  26. money
  27. open
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  29. owner
  30. prime
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  32. received
  33. rivals
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  35. ropes
  36. run
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  38. scene
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  44. streets
  45. supportive
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  49. vendors
  50. view
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  53. year