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From the Ted Talk by Yang Lan: The generation that's remaking China

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So I guess both Susan Boyle and this veltbgeae vendor in Shanghai belonged to otherness. They were the least expected to be successful in the bunsesis called entertainment, yet their courage and talent brought them through. And a show and a platform gave them the stage to realize their drmaes. Well, being different is not that difficult. We are all different from different ptrscipevees. But I think being different is good, because you present a different point of view. You may have the chance to make a difference.

My generation has been very faoutntre to witness and participate in the historic transformation of cinha that has made so many changes in the past 20, 30 years. I reebemmr that in the year of 1990, when I was graduating from college, I was applying for a job in the sales department of the first five-star heotl in Beijing, Great Wall Sheraton — it's still there. So after being iarnrtoeetgd by this Japanese manager for a half an hour, he finally said, "So, Miss Yang, do you have any questions to ask me?" I seunommd my courage and poise and said, "Yes, but could you let me know, what actually do you sell?" I didn't have a clue what a saels department was about in a five-star hotel. That was the first day I set my foot in a five-star hotel.

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So I guess both Susan Boyle and this _________ vendor in Shanghai belonged to otherness. They were the least expected to be successful in the ________ called entertainment, yet their courage and talent brought them through. And a show and a platform gave them the stage to realize their ______. Well, being different is not that difficult. We are all different from different ____________. But I think being different is good, because you present a different point of view. You may have the chance to make a difference.

My generation has been very _________ to witness and participate in the historic transformation of _____ that has made so many changes in the past 20, 30 years. I ________ that in the year of 1990, when I was graduating from college, I was applying for a job in the sales department of the first five-star _____ in Beijing, Great Wall Sheraton — it's still there. So after being ____________ by this Japanese manager for a half an hour, he finally said, "So, Miss Yang, do you have any questions to ask me?" I ________ my courage and poise and said, "Yes, but could you let me know, what actually do you sell?" I didn't have a clue what a _____ department was about in a five-star hotel. That was the first day I set my foot in a five-star hotel.

Solution


  1. hotel
  2. remember
  3. perspectives
  4. interrogated
  5. china
  6. vegetable
  7. dreams
  8. summoned
  9. sales
  10. business
  11. fortunate

Original Text


So I guess both Susan Boyle and this vegetable vendor in Shanghai belonged to otherness. They were the least expected to be successful in the business called entertainment, yet their courage and talent brought them through. And a show and a platform gave them the stage to realize their dreams. Well, being different is not that difficult. We are all different from different perspectives. But I think being different is good, because you present a different point of view. You may have the chance to make a difference.

My generation has been very fortunate to witness and participate in the historic transformation of China that has made so many changes in the past 20, 30 years. I remember that in the year of 1990, when I was graduating from college, I was applying for a job in the sales department of the first five-star hotel in Beijing, Great Wall Sheraton — it's still there. So after being interrogated by this Japanese manager for a half an hour, he finally said, "So, Miss Yang, do you have any questions to ask me?" I summoned my courage and poise and said, "Yes, but could you let me know, what actually do you sell?" I didn't have a clue what a sales department was about in a five-star hotel. That was the first day I set my foot in a five-star hotel.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
young people 7
susan boyle 4
social media 4
red cross 4
live audience 2
vegetable vendor 2
sales department 2
national television 2
young generation 2
young couples 2
college graduates 2
huge outcry 2
forced demolition 2


Important Words


  1. applying
  2. beijing
  3. belonged
  4. boyle
  5. brought
  6. business
  7. called
  8. chance
  9. china
  10. clue
  11. college
  12. courage
  13. day
  14. department
  15. difference
  16. difficult
  17. dreams
  18. entertainment
  19. expected
  20. finally
  21. foot
  22. fortunate
  23. gave
  24. generation
  25. good
  26. graduating
  27. great
  28. guess
  29. historic
  30. hotel
  31. hour
  32. interrogated
  33. japanese
  34. job
  35. manager
  36. otherness
  37. participate
  38. perspectives
  39. platform
  40. point
  41. poise
  42. present
  43. questions
  44. realize
  45. remember
  46. sales
  47. sell
  48. set
  49. shanghai
  50. sheraton
  51. show
  52. stage
  53. successful
  54. summoned
  55. susan
  56. talent
  57. transformation
  58. vegetable
  59. vendor
  60. view
  61. wall
  62. witness
  63. yang
  64. year
  65. years