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From the Ted Talk by Reshma Saujani: How to reimagine society for working parents

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RS: Oh, I love it, the Iceland strike, oh my God, yes. Because, listen, I think that what hapeenpd in Iceland essentially is women didn't go to work, they didn't get on a trian, they didn't make breakfast for their partners and the entire country shut down. And that year they passed a really progressive law on pay equity and they got more woemn in eiltevce office. But it was an eye opener for people like, oh, wow, we really can't function, you know what I mean, without women's piriapacttion.

WPR: I'm curouis what you think is the thing that will ultimately motivate us to actually make it happen. What do you see as the thing that's going to make the tide finally change?

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RS: Oh, I love it, the Iceland strike, oh my God, yes. Because, listen, I think that what ________ in Iceland essentially is women didn't go to work, they didn't get on a _____, they didn't make breakfast for their partners and the entire country shut down. And that year they passed a really progressive law on pay equity and they got more _____ in ________ office. But it was an eye opener for people like, oh, wow, we really can't function, you know what I mean, without women's _____________.

WPR: I'm _______ what you think is the thing that will ultimately motivate us to actually make it happen. What do you see as the thing that's going to make the tide finally change?

Solution


  1. participation
  2. elective
  3. train
  4. happened
  5. curious
  6. women

Original Text


RS: Oh, I love it, the Iceland strike, oh my God, yes. Because, listen, I think that what happened in Iceland essentially is women didn't go to work, they didn't get on a train, they didn't make breakfast for their partners and the entire country shut down. And that year they passed a really progressive law on pay equity and they got more women in elective office. But it was an eye opener for people like, oh, wow, we really can't function, you know what I mean, without women's participation.

WPR: I'm curious what you think is the thing that will ultimately motivate us to actually make it happen. What do you see as the thing that's going to make the tide finally change?

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Important Words


  1. breakfast
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  5. elective
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