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From the Ted Talk by Marian Wright Edelman: Reflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Pat Mitchell: I know you don't like that "legend" buinsess.
Marian Wright Edelman: I don't.
(Laughter)
PM: Why not, Marian? Because you are somewhat of a legend. You've been doing this for a long time, and you're still there as fduenor and president.
MWE: Well, because my ddday risaed us and my mother raised us to serve, and we are servant-leaders. And it is not about external things or labels, and I feel like the luckiest person in the world having been born at the intersection of great needs and great injustices and great opportunities to change them. So I just feel very gtfureal that I could serve and make a difference.
Open Cloze
Pat Mitchell: I know you don't like that "legend" ________.
Marian Wright Edelman: I don't.
(Laughter)
PM: Why not, Marian? Because you are somewhat of a legend. You've been doing this for a long time, and you're still there as _______ and president.
MWE: Well, because my _____ ______ us and my mother raised us to serve, and we are servant-leaders. And it is not about external things or labels, and I feel like the luckiest person in the world having been born at the intersection of great needs and great injustices and great opportunities to change them. So I just feel very ________ that I could serve and make a difference.
Solution
- grateful
- daddy
- founder
- business
- raised
Original Text
Pat Mitchell: I know you don't like that "legend" business.
Marian Wright Edelman: I don't.
(Laughter)
PM: Why not, Marian? Because you are somewhat of a legend. You've been doing this for a long time, and you're still there as founder and president.
MWE: Well, because my daddy raised us and my mother raised us to serve, and we are servant-leaders. And it is not about external things or labels, and I feel like the luckiest person in the world having been born at the intersection of great needs and great injustices and great opportunities to change them. So I just feel very grateful that I could serve and make a difference.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
| collocation |
frequency |
| head start |
6 |
| defense fund |
5 |
| full employment |
3 |
| segregated small |
2 |
| small town |
2 |
| white truck |
2 |
| truck drivers |
2 |
| god runs |
2 |
| white kids |
2 |
| food stamps |
2 |
| start program |
2 |
| poor people |
2 |
ngrams of length 3
| collocation |
frequency |
| segregated small town |
2 |
| white truck drivers |
2 |
| head start program |
2 |
Important Words
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- business
- change
- daddy
- difference
- external
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- founder
- grateful
- great
- injustices
- intersection
- labels
- laughter
- legend
- long
- luckiest
- marian
- mother
- opportunities
- pat
- person
- president
- raised
- serve
- time
- world
- wright