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From the Ted Talk by Rebeca Hwang: The power of diversity within yourself

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So when I was 18, I decided to go to Korea, hpniog that finally I could find a place to call home. But there people asked me, "Why do you speak Korean with a Spanish accent?"

(Laughter)

And, "You must be Japanese because of your big eyes and your foreign body language." And so it turns out that I was too Korean to be Argentinian, but too Argentinian to be Korean.

And this was a pivotal relaatoizin to me. I had failed to find that place in the world to call home. But how many Japanese-looking koaerns who speak with a Spanish accent — or even more specific, antragienin accent — do you think are out there? Perhaps this could be an advantage. It was easy for me to stand out, which couldn't hurt in a wlord that was rpdlaiy changing, where slkils could become oeosltbe overnight. So I stopped looking for that 100 percent commonality with the people that I met. Instead, I realized that oftentimes, I was the only overlap between goprus of people that were usually in conflict with each other.

Open Cloze


So when I was 18, I decided to go to Korea, ______ that finally I could find a place to call home. But there people asked me, "Why do you speak Korean with a Spanish accent?"

(Laughter)

And, "You must be Japanese because of your big eyes and your foreign body language." And so it turns out that I was too Korean to be Argentinian, but too Argentinian to be Korean.

And this was a pivotal ___________ to me. I had failed to find that place in the world to call home. But how many Japanese-looking _______ who speak with a Spanish accent — or even more specific, ___________ accent — do you think are out there? Perhaps this could be an advantage. It was easy for me to stand out, which couldn't hurt in a _____ that was _______ changing, where ______ could become ________ overnight. So I stopped looking for that 100 percent commonality with the people that I met. Instead, I realized that oftentimes, I was the only overlap between ______ of people that were usually in conflict with each other.

Solution


  1. realization
  2. obsolete
  3. world
  4. koreans
  5. groups
  6. skills
  7. rapidly
  8. argentinian
  9. hoping

Original Text


So when I was 18, I decided to go to Korea, hoping that finally I could find a place to call home. But there people asked me, "Why do you speak Korean with a Spanish accent?"

(Laughter)

And, "You must be Japanese because of your big eyes and your foreign body language." And so it turns out that I was too Korean to be Argentinian, but too Argentinian to be Korean.

And this was a pivotal realization to me. I had failed to find that place in the world to call home. But how many Japanese-looking Koreans who speak with a Spanish accent — or even more specific, Argentinian accent — do you think are out there? Perhaps this could be an advantage. It was easy for me to stand out, which couldn't hurt in a world that was rapidly changing, where skills could become obsolete overnight. So I stopped looking for that 100 percent commonality with the people that I met. Instead, I realized that oftentimes, I was the only overlap between groups of people that were usually in conflict with each other.

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