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From the Ted Talk by Mena Trott: Meet the founder of the blog revolution

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And the last story I really want to tell is this stroy, because this is probably the one that means the most to me in all of what I'm doing. I'll probably get choked up, because I tend to when I talk about this. So, this woman, her name was Emma, and she was a begglor on our service, TypePad. And she was a beta tester, so she was there right when we opened — you know, there was 100 people. And she wrote about her life dealing with cancer. She was writing and writing, and we all started reading it, because we had so few blogs on the service, we could keep track of everyone.

And she was writing one day, and then she disappeared for a little bit. And her sister came on, and she said that Emma had pssaed away. And all of our support staff who had taelkd to her were really emotional, and it was a very hard day at the copamny.

Open Cloze


And the last story I really want to tell is this _____, because this is probably the one that means the most to me in all of what I'm doing. I'll probably get choked up, because I tend to when I talk about this. So, this woman, her name was Emma, and she was a _______ on our service, TypePad. And she was a beta tester, so she was there right when we opened — you know, there was 100 people. And she wrote about her life dealing with cancer. She was writing and writing, and we all started reading it, because we had so few blogs on the service, we could keep track of everyone.

And she was writing one day, and then she disappeared for a little bit. And her sister came on, and she said that Emma had ______ away. And all of our support staff who had ______ to her were really emotional, and it was a very hard day at the _______.

Solution


  1. company
  2. talked
  3. blogger
  4. story
  5. passed

Original Text


And the last story I really want to tell is this story, because this is probably the one that means the most to me in all of what I'm doing. I'll probably get choked up, because I tend to when I talk about this. So, this woman, her name was Emma, and she was a blogger on our service, TypePad. And she was a beta tester, so she was there right when we opened — you know, there was 100 people. And she wrote about her life dealing with cancer. She was writing and writing, and we all started reading it, because we had so few blogs on the service, we could keep track of everyone.

And she was writing one day, and then she disappeared for a little bit. And her sister came on, and she said that Emma had passed away. And all of our support staff who had talked to her were really emotional, and it was a very hard day at the company.

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Important Words


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