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From the Ted Talk by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Meet the women fighting on the front lines of an American war

Unscramble the Blue Letters


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This team of women, in many ways, was like women everywhere. They wore makeup, and in fact, they would bond in the ladies' room over eyeliner and eye pencil. They also wore body armor. They would put 50 pounds of whgeit on their backs, and board the helicopter for an otipoaern, and they would come back and watch a movie called "Bridesmaids." (Laughter) They even wore a thing called Spanx, because, as they found very quickly, the uniforms made for men were big where they should be small, and small where they should be big. So Lane, an Iraq War veteran — you see her here on my left — ddeeicd she was going to go on Amazon and oerdr a pair of Spanx to her base, so that her pants would fit better when she went out on mission each night.

Open Cloze


For them, _______ had ______ part of their destiny, and put, as ______ once said, "everything noble out of _____ for girls." And yet, here was a ______ to serve with the best of the best on a mission that mattered to their _______, not despite the fact that they were female, but because of it.

This team of women, in many ways, was like women everywhere. They wore makeup, and in fact, they would bond in the ladies' room over eyeliner and eye pencil. They also wore body armor. They would put 50 pounds of ______ on their backs, and board the helicopter for an _________, and they would come back and watch a movie called "Bridesmaids." (Laughter) They even wore a thing called Spanx, because, as they found very quickly, the uniforms made for men were big where they should be small, and small where they should be big. So Lane, an Iraq War veteran — you see her here on my left — _______ she was going to go on Amazon and _____ a pair of Spanx to her base, so that her pants would fit better when she went out on mission each night.

Solution


  1. biology
  2. decided
  3. order
  4. shaped
  5. weight
  6. chance
  7. cassie
  8. reach
  9. country
  10. operation

Original Text


For them, biology had shaped part of their destiny, and put, as Cassie once said, "everything noble out of reach for girls." And yet, here was a chance to serve with the best of the best on a mission that mattered to their country, not despite the fact that they were female, but because of it.

This team of women, in many ways, was like women everywhere. They wore makeup, and in fact, they would bond in the ladies' room over eyeliner and eye pencil. They also wore body armor. They would put 50 pounds of weight on their backs, and board the helicopter for an operation, and they would come back and watch a movie called "Bridesmaids." (Laughter) They even wore a thing called Spanx, because, as they found very quickly, the uniforms made for men were big where they should be small, and small where they should be big. So Lane, an Iraq War veteran — you see her here on my left — decided she was going to go on Amazon and order a pair of Spanx to her base, so that her pants would fit better when she went out on mission each night.

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Important Words


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