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From the Ted Talk by RuPaul Charles: Bravery, brilliance and RuPaul Charles | On the Spot

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HW: You could also swear on this stage, it's fine.

RC: No, no, darling, there may be Christian crhiedln here, darling.

HW: There are none, I can guarantee it.

(ltuhager)

RC: But no, it was the best advice at the time. I was in 10th grade. You know, I flunked the 10th gdare. I repeated the 10th grade, and then I dropped out in the 11th grade. But of all the time I spnet in school, that was the most valuable lesson I ever learned. And as the years went on, it became more and more valuable. Because ... it's like we are actors on a stage. And it's as if the actors believe, say, "Twelfth nihgt," some srhepakesae thing. The actors actually believe they are the characters they're playing, you know. And drag and laughter and all those things shake it up to say, "Hey, kdido, you know, you're only playing a role. This show will close. And we're going to go on to another show and another show and another show, and it's going to be fabulous."

Open Cloze


HW: You could also swear on this stage, it's fine.

RC: No, no, darling, there may be Christian ________ here, darling.

HW: There are none, I can guarantee it.

(________)

RC: But no, it was the best advice at the time. I was in 10th grade. You know, I flunked the 10th _____. I repeated the 10th grade, and then I dropped out in the 11th grade. But of all the time I _____ in school, that was the most valuable lesson I ever learned. And as the years went on, it became more and more valuable. Because ... it's like we are actors on a stage. And it's as if the actors believe, say, "Twelfth _____," some ___________ thing. The actors actually believe they are the characters they're playing, you know. And drag and laughter and all those things shake it up to say, "Hey, _____, you know, you're only playing a role. This show will close. And we're going to go on to another show and another show and another show, and it's going to be fabulous."

Solution


  1. spent
  2. shakespeare
  3. kiddo
  4. grade
  5. laughter
  6. children
  7. night

Original Text


HW: You could also swear on this stage, it's fine.

RC: No, no, darling, there may be Christian children here, darling.

HW: There are none, I can guarantee it.

(Laughter)

RC: But no, it was the best advice at the time. I was in 10th grade. You know, I flunked the 10th grade. I repeated the 10th grade, and then I dropped out in the 11th grade. But of all the time I spent in school, that was the most valuable lesson I ever learned. And as the years went on, it became more and more valuable. Because ... it's like we are actors on a stage. And it's as if the actors believe, say, "Twelfth Night," some Shakespeare thing. The actors actually believe they are the characters they're playing, you know. And drag and laughter and all those things shake it up to say, "Hey, kiddo, you know, you're only playing a role. This show will close. And we're going to go on to another show and another show and another show, and it's going to be fabulous."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. actors
  2. advice
  3. characters
  4. children
  5. christian
  6. close
  7. darling
  8. drag
  9. dropped
  10. fabulous
  11. fine
  12. flunked
  13. grade
  14. guarantee
  15. kiddo
  16. laughter
  17. learned
  18. lesson
  19. night
  20. playing
  21. repeated
  22. role
  23. school
  24. shake
  25. shakespeare
  26. show
  27. spent
  28. stage
  29. swear
  30. time
  31. valuable
  32. years