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From the Ted Talk by Monica Lewinsky: The price of shame

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

Of course, life is full of surprises.

Not a day goes by that I'm not rieemndd of my mistake, and I regret that mistake deeply.

In 1998, after having been swpet up into an ibropbmlae rncaome, I was then swept up into the eye of a political, legal and media moatlersm like we had never seen before. Remember, just a few years earlier, news was consumed from just three places: riendag a nsaeweppr or magazine, listening to the radio or watching television. That was it. But that wasn't my fate. Instead, this scandal was brought to you by the digital rvoeoltuin. That meant we could access all the information we wanted, when we wanted it, anytime, anywhere. And when the sotry broke in January 1998, it broke online. It was the first time the traditional news was usurped by the internet for a major news story — a click that reverberated around the world.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

Of course, life is full of surprises.

Not a day goes by that I'm not ________ of my mistake, and I regret that mistake deeply.

In 1998, after having been _____ up into an __________ _______, I was then swept up into the eye of a political, legal and media _________ like we had never seen before. Remember, just a few years earlier, news was consumed from just three places: _______ a _________ or magazine, listening to the radio or watching television. That was it. But that wasn't my fate. Instead, this scandal was brought to you by the digital __________. That meant we could access all the information we wanted, when we wanted it, anytime, anywhere. And when the _____ broke in January 1998, it broke online. It was the first time the traditional news was usurped by the internet for a major news story — a click that reverberated around the world.

Solution


  1. maelstrom
  2. improbable
  3. revolution
  4. swept
  5. reminded
  6. newspaper
  7. reading
  8. romance
  9. story

Original Text


(Laughter)

Of course, life is full of surprises.

Not a day goes by that I'm not reminded of my mistake, and I regret that mistake deeply.

In 1998, after having been swept up into an improbable romance, I was then swept up into the eye of a political, legal and media maelstrom like we had never seen before. Remember, just a few years earlier, news was consumed from just three places: reading a newspaper or magazine, listening to the radio or watching television. That was it. But that wasn't my fate. Instead, this scandal was brought to you by the digital revolution. That meant we could access all the information we wanted, when we wanted it, anytime, anywhere. And when the story broke in January 1998, it broke online. It was the first time the traditional news was usurped by the internet for a major news story — a click that reverberated around the world.

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Important Words


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