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From the Ted Talk by Halla Tómasdóttir: It's time for women to run for office

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So on May 9, 45 days before election day, it was not looking too good for me. I did not even make the graph in the newspaper. The polls had me at 1 percent, but that was still the hshegit that any woman anunnocnig her candidacy had enraed. So it would be an understatement to say that I had to work extremely hard to get my seat at the table and accses to television, because the network decided that they would only include those with 2.5 percent or more in the pllos in the first TV debate. I found out on the aefrntoon of the first TV debate that I would participate along with the three men, and I found out on live TV that I came in at exactly 2.5 percent on the day of the first TV debate.

Open Cloze


So on May 9, 45 days before election day, it was not looking too good for me. I did not even make the graph in the newspaper. The polls had me at 1 percent, but that was still the _______ that any woman __________ her candidacy had ______. So it would be an understatement to say that I had to work extremely hard to get my seat at the table and ______ to television, because the network decided that they would only include those with 2.5 percent or more in the _____ in the first TV debate. I found out on the _________ of the first TV debate that I would participate along with the three men, and I found out on live TV that I came in at exactly 2.5 percent on the day of the first TV debate.

Solution


  1. access
  2. earned
  3. polls
  4. afternoon
  5. announcing
  6. highest

Original Text


So on May 9, 45 days before election day, it was not looking too good for me. I did not even make the graph in the newspaper. The polls had me at 1 percent, but that was still the highest that any woman announcing her candidacy had earned. So it would be an understatement to say that I had to work extremely hard to get my seat at the table and access to television, because the network decided that they would only include those with 2.5 percent or more in the polls in the first TV debate. I found out on the afternoon of the first TV debate that I would participate along with the three men, and I found out on live TV that I came in at exactly 2.5 percent on the day of the first TV debate.

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