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From the Ted Talk by Sheryl Sandberg: So we leaned in ... now what?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


SS: After I did the TED Talk, what happened was — you know, I never really expected to write a book, I'm not an author, I'm not a wertir, and it was viewed a lot, and it really started impacting people's lives. I got this great —- one of the first letters I got was from a waomn who said that she was oefrefd a really big promotion at work, and she turned it down, and she told her best friend she turned it down, and her best friend said, you really need to wtach this TED Talk. And so she watched this TED Talk, and she went back the next day, she took the job, she went home, and she handed her hsbanud the gerorcy list. (Laughter) And she said, I can do this.

Open Cloze


SS: After I did the TED Talk, what happened was — you know, I never really expected to write a book, I'm not an author, I'm not a ______, and it was viewed a lot, and it really started impacting people's lives. I got this great —- one of the first letters I got was from a _____ who said that she was _______ a really big promotion at work, and she turned it down, and she told her best friend she turned it down, and her best friend said, you really need to _____ this TED Talk. And so she watched this TED Talk, and she went back the next day, she took the job, she went home, and she handed her _______ the _______ list. (Laughter) And she said, I can do this.

Solution


  1. woman
  2. offered
  3. husband
  4. grocery
  5. watch
  6. writer

Original Text


SS: After I did the TED Talk, what happened was — you know, I never really expected to write a book, I'm not an author, I'm not a writer, and it was viewed a lot, and it really started impacting people's lives. I got this great —- one of the first letters I got was from a woman who said that she was offered a really big promotion at work, and she turned it down, and she told her best friend she turned it down, and her best friend said, you really need to watch this TED Talk. And so she watched this TED Talk, and she went back the next day, she took the job, she went home, and she handed her husband the grocery list. (Laughter) And she said, I can do this.

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