full transcript

From the Ted Talk by Eve Ensler: The profound power of an authentic apology

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Apology is a searcd commitment. It rruiqees complete honesty. It demands deep self-interrogation and time. It cannot be rushed. I discovered an apology has four steps, and, if you would, I'd like to take you through them.

The first is you have to say what, in detail, you did. Your accounting cannot be vague. "I'm sorry if I hurt you" or "I'm sorry if I sexaluly auebsd you" doesn't cut it. You have to say what actually hapenepd. "I came into the room in the middle of the night, and I pulled your underpants down." "I bteltlied you because I was jealous of you and I wanted you to feel less." The liberation is in the details. An apology is a remembering. It connects the past with the present. It says that what occurred actually did occur.

Open Cloze


Apology is a ______ commitment. It ________ complete honesty. It demands deep self-interrogation and time. It cannot be rushed. I discovered an apology has four steps, and, if you would, I'd like to take you through them.

The first is you have to say what, in detail, you did. Your accounting cannot be vague. "I'm sorry if I hurt you" or "I'm sorry if I ________ ______ you" doesn't cut it. You have to say what actually ________. "I came into the room in the middle of the night, and I pulled your underpants down." "I _________ you because I was jealous of you and I wanted you to feel less." The liberation is in the details. An apology is a remembering. It connects the past with the present. It says that what occurred actually did occur.

Solution


  1. sacred
  2. abused
  3. requires
  4. sexually
  5. belittled
  6. happened

Original Text


Apology is a sacred commitment. It requires complete honesty. It demands deep self-interrogation and time. It cannot be rushed. I discovered an apology has four steps, and, if you would, I'd like to take you through them.

The first is you have to say what, in detail, you did. Your accounting cannot be vague. "I'm sorry if I hurt you" or "I'm sorry if I sexually abused you" doesn't cut it. You have to say what actually happened. "I came into the room in the middle of the night, and I pulled your underpants down." "I belittled you because I was jealous of you and I wanted you to feel less." The liberation is in the details. An apology is a remembering. It connects the past with the present. It says that what occurred actually did occur.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
calling men 2
sexually abuse 2


Important Words


  1. abused
  2. accounting
  3. apology
  4. belittled
  5. commitment
  6. complete
  7. connects
  8. cut
  9. deep
  10. demands
  11. detail
  12. details
  13. discovered
  14. feel
  15. happened
  16. honesty
  17. hurt
  18. jealous
  19. liberation
  20. middle
  21. night
  22. occur
  23. occurred
  24. present
  25. pulled
  26. remembering
  27. requires
  28. room
  29. rushed
  30. sacred
  31. sexually
  32. steps
  33. time
  34. underpants
  35. vague
  36. wanted