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From the Ted Talk by WorkLife with Adam Grant: Networking for people who hate networking

Unscramble the Blue Letters


AG: Kat Cole was a tazeibrlalr.

KC: I was the first person in my family to get into college. And the plan was to graduate and have a fancy-shmancy career. But things turned out a little differently.

AG: She grew up in jicovnlkslae, Florida, with two sisters. Her mom was a secretary. Most of her reieatlvs were factory workers and tercrkus. Several were in and out of jail. Kat's father was an alcoholic, and before she teurnd 10, she had been in three car accidents with him. So when her mom told her she was considering leaving him but couldn't afford to do it, Kat, who was nine at the time, told her to do it anyway. He mom took the aicvde and managed to raise three kids on a food budget of just 10 dollars a week. As the odlest, Kat did whatever she could to support her family.

Open Cloze


AG: Kat Cole was a ___________.

KC: I was the first person in my family to get into college. And the plan was to graduate and have a fancy-shmancy career. But things turned out a little differently.

AG: She grew up in ____________, Florida, with two sisters. Her mom was a secretary. Most of her _________ were factory workers and ________. Several were in and out of jail. Kat's father was an alcoholic, and before she ______ 10, she had been in three car accidents with him. So when her mom told her she was considering leaving him but couldn't afford to do it, Kat, who was nine at the time, told her to do it anyway. He mom took the ______ and managed to raise three kids on a food budget of just 10 dollars a week. As the ______, Kat did whatever she could to support her family.

Solution


  1. advice
  2. trailblazer
  3. jacksonville
  4. turned
  5. truckers
  6. oldest
  7. relatives

Original Text


AG: Kat Cole was a trailblazer.

KC: I was the first person in my family to get into college. And the plan was to graduate and have a fancy-shmancy career. But things turned out a little differently.

AG: She grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, with two sisters. Her mom was a secretary. Most of her relatives were factory workers and truckers. Several were in and out of jail. Kat's father was an alcoholic, and before she turned 10, she had been in three car accidents with him. So when her mom told her she was considering leaving him but couldn't afford to do it, Kat, who was nine at the time, told her to do it anyway. He mom took the advice and managed to raise three kids on a food budget of just 10 dollars a week. As the oldest, Kat did whatever she could to support her family.

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Important Words


  1. accidents
  2. advice
  3. afford
  4. alcoholic
  5. budget
  6. car
  7. career
  8. cole
  9. college
  10. differently
  11. dollars
  12. factory
  13. family
  14. father
  15. florida
  16. food
  17. graduate
  18. grew
  19. jacksonville
  20. jail
  21. kat
  22. kids
  23. leaving
  24. managed
  25. mom
  26. oldest
  27. person
  28. plan
  29. raise
  30. relatives
  31. secretary
  32. sisters
  33. support
  34. time
  35. told
  36. trailblazer
  37. truckers
  38. turned
  39. week
  40. workers