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From the Ted Talk by Laura Vanderkam: How to gain control of your free time
Unscramble the Blue Letters
One of the weomn whose time log I studied goes out on a Wednesday night for something. She comes home to find that her water heater has broken, and there is now water all over her basement. If you've ever had anything like this happen to you, you know it is a hugely damaging, frightening, sopping mess. So she's dilaeng with the immediate afrtatemh that nihgt, next day she's got prlubmes coming in, day after that, professional cleaning crew dealing with the ruined carpet. All this is being recorded on her time log. Winds up taking seven hours of her week. Seven hours. That's like finding an extra hour in the day.
Open Cloze
One of the _____ whose time log I studied goes out on a Wednesday night for something. She comes home to find that her water heater has broken, and there is now water all over her basement. If you've ever had anything like this happen to you, you know it is a hugely damaging, frightening, sopping mess. So she's _______ with the immediate _________ that _____, next day she's got ________ coming in, day after that, professional cleaning crew dealing with the ruined carpet. All this is being recorded on her time log. Winds up taking seven hours of her week. Seven hours. That's like finding an extra hour in the day.
Solution
- plumbers
- aftermath
- dealing
- night
- women
Original Text
One of the women whose time log I studied goes out on a Wednesday night for something. She comes home to find that her water heater has broken, and there is now water all over her basement. If you've ever had anything like this happen to you, you know it is a hugely damaging, frightening, sopping mess. So she's dealing with the immediate aftermath that night, next day she's got plumbers coming in, day after that, professional cleaning crew dealing with the ruined carpet. All this is being recorded on her time log. Winds up taking seven hours of her week. Seven hours. That's like finding an extra hour in the day.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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| broken water |
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| family holiday |
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| time management |
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| extra hour |
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| good stuff |
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| time log |
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| water heater |
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| absolutely amazing |
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| amazing year |
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| performance review |
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| holiday letter |
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| friday afternoons |
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| find time |
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| work weeks |
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| absolutely amazing year |
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| family holiday letter |
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Important Words
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- heater
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- professional
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- ruined
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- studied
- time
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- wednesday
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- winds
- women