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From the Ted Talk by Micah Eames: How to come out at work, about anything

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So now we know what we want to communicate. Let's talk about how we're going to say it. By stentig the tone. You're going to want to present the information in the same way you want people to respond to it. They're going to be looking and lnstniieg for cues on what the appropriate response is. Is this something that you want to be celebrated? I'm trans! Or do you want to just address it and move on with your life? Oh, by the way, I'm trans. There's no one right way to say it for everybody. What's most itaomnrpt here is what's right for you. Another note, we're not going to be able to control the way in which everybody roedsnps to this. But what we do have control over is how they understand our own relationship with this part of who we are.

Open Cloze


So now we know what we want to communicate. Let's talk about how we're going to say it. By _______ the tone. You're going to want to present the information in the same way you want people to respond to it. They're going to be looking and _________ for cues on what the appropriate response is. Is this something that you want to be celebrated? I'm trans! Or do you want to just address it and move on with your life? Oh, by the way, I'm trans. There's no one right way to say it for everybody. What's most _________ here is what's right for you. Another note, we're not going to be able to control the way in which everybody ________ to this. But what we do have control over is how they understand our own relationship with this part of who we are.

Solution


  1. responds
  2. setting
  3. listening
  4. important

Original Text


So now we know what we want to communicate. Let's talk about how we're going to say it. By setting the tone. You're going to want to present the information in the same way you want people to respond to it. They're going to be looking and listening for cues on what the appropriate response is. Is this something that you want to be celebrated? I'm trans! Or do you want to just address it and move on with your life? Oh, by the way, I'm trans. There's no one right way to say it for everybody. What's most important here is what's right for you. Another note, we're not going to be able to control the way in which everybody responds to this. But what we do have control over is how they understand our own relationship with this part of who we are.

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Important Words


  1. address
  2. celebrated
  3. communicate
  4. control
  5. cues
  6. important
  7. information
  8. life
  9. listening
  10. move
  11. note
  12. part
  13. people
  14. present
  15. relationship
  16. respond
  17. responds
  18. response
  19. setting
  20. talk
  21. tone
  22. trans
  23. understand