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From the Ted Talk by Stanley McChrystal: Listen, learn ... then lead

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Ten years ago, on a tsueady mnronig, I conducted a parachute jump at Fort Bragg, nrtoh Carolina. It was a routine training jump, like many more I'd done since I became a paratrooper 27 years before. We went down to the alefriid early because this is the Army and you always go early. You do some rtionue rerhesfer tnirinag, and then you go to put on your parachute and a buddy helps you. And you put on the T-10 parachute. And you're very careful how you put the straps, particularly the leg stpras because they go between your legs. And then you put on your reserve, and then you put on your heavy rucksack. And then a jumpmaster comes, and he's an experienced NCO in parhcuate oarnpiteos. He checks you out, he grabs your adjusting straps and he tightens everything so that your chest is crushed, your shoulders are chruesd down, and, of course, he's tightened so your voice goes up a couple octaves as well. Then you sit down, and you wait a little while, because this is the Army. Then you load the aircraft, and then you stand up and you get on, and you kind of lumber to the aircraft like this, in a line of people, and you sit down on canvas seats on either side of the aircraft. And you wait a little bit longer, because this is the Air Force teaching the Army how to wait.

Open Cloze


Ten years ago, on a _______ _______, I conducted a parachute jump at Fort Bragg, _____ Carolina. It was a routine training jump, like many more I'd done since I became a paratrooper 27 years before. We went down to the ________ early because this is the Army and you always go early. You do some _______ _________ ________, and then you go to put on your parachute and a buddy helps you. And you put on the T-10 parachute. And you're very careful how you put the straps, particularly the leg ______ because they go between your legs. And then you put on your reserve, and then you put on your heavy rucksack. And then a jumpmaster comes, and he's an experienced NCO in _________ __________. He checks you out, he grabs your adjusting straps and he tightens everything so that your chest is crushed, your shoulders are _______ down, and, of course, he's tightened so your voice goes up a couple octaves as well. Then you sit down, and you wait a little while, because this is the Army. Then you load the aircraft, and then you stand up and you get on, and you kind of lumber to the aircraft like this, in a line of people, and you sit down on canvas seats on either side of the aircraft. And you wait a little bit longer, because this is the Air Force teaching the Army how to wait.

Solution


  1. refresher
  2. routine
  3. straps
  4. parachute
  5. tuesday
  6. airfield
  7. crushed
  8. morning
  9. training
  10. operations
  11. north

Original Text


Ten years ago, on a Tuesday morning, I conducted a parachute jump at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. It was a routine training jump, like many more I'd done since I became a paratrooper 27 years before. We went down to the airfield early because this is the Army and you always go early. You do some routine refresher training, and then you go to put on your parachute and a buddy helps you. And you put on the T-10 parachute. And you're very careful how you put the straps, particularly the leg straps because they go between your legs. And then you put on your reserve, and then you put on your heavy rucksack. And then a jumpmaster comes, and he's an experienced NCO in parachute operations. He checks you out, he grabs your adjusting straps and he tightens everything so that your chest is crushed, your shoulders are crushed down, and, of course, he's tightened so your voice goes up a couple octaves as well. Then you sit down, and you wait a little while, because this is the Army. Then you load the aircraft, and then you stand up and you get on, and you kind of lumber to the aircraft like this, in a line of people, and you sit down on canvas seats on either side of the aircraft. And you wait a little bit longer, because this is the Air Force teaching the Army how to wait.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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tuesday morning 2
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Important Words


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  59. wait
  60. years