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From the Ted Talk by WorkLife with Adam Grant: The real reason you procrastinate

Unscramble the Blue Letters


RB: Well, you decide that. (Both laugh) No, I find it very hard to deinfe what work is for me.

AG: I wonder then, is there some degree of iorny that a guy who works 50 to 60 huors a week is calling for a 15-hour weweokrk?

RB: Yes, it's very ironical, I know that.

AG: I also think I work more hours than you do in a typical week. And I've also called for shorter workweeks. So at hreat, I wanted to know that I wasn't the only hicryotpe out there.

(Rutger laughs)

RB: Yeah, we're both hypocrites.

AG: Yeah, but I think maybe the difference between our lives and the policy changes we're claling for is we choose to work this nuembr of hours, right? I work as many hours as I do because I find my work enjoyable and meaningful. And what I want is for the hundreds of millions of people who hate their work or who find it extremely stressful to have the freedom to work less if they so choose.

Open Cloze


RB: Well, you decide that. (Both laugh) No, I find it very hard to ______ what work is for me.

AG: I wonder then, is there some degree of _____ that a guy who works 50 to 60 _____ a week is calling for a 15-hour ________?

RB: Yes, it's very ironical, I know that.

AG: I also think I work more hours than you do in a typical week. And I've also called for shorter workweeks. So at _____, I wanted to know that I wasn't the only _________ out there.

(Rutger laughs)

RB: Yeah, we're both hypocrites.

AG: Yeah, but I think maybe the difference between our lives and the policy changes we're _______ for is we choose to work this ______ of hours, right? I work as many hours as I do because I find my work enjoyable and meaningful. And what I want is for the hundreds of millions of people who hate their work or who find it extremely stressful to have the freedom to work less if they so choose.

Solution


  1. heart
  2. hours
  3. irony
  4. hypocrite
  5. workweek
  6. number
  7. define
  8. calling

Original Text


RB: Well, you decide that. (Both laugh) No, I find it very hard to define what work is for me.

AG: I wonder then, is there some degree of irony that a guy who works 50 to 60 hours a week is calling for a 15-hour workweek?

RB: Yes, it's very ironical, I know that.

AG: I also think I work more hours than you do in a typical week. And I've also called for shorter workweeks. So at heart, I wanted to know that I wasn't the only hypocrite out there.

(Rutger laughs)

RB: Yeah, we're both hypocrites.

AG: Yeah, but I think maybe the difference between our lives and the policy changes we're calling for is we choose to work this number of hours, right? I work as many hours as I do because I find my work enjoyable and meaningful. And what I want is for the hundreds of millions of people who hate their work or who find it extremely stressful to have the freedom to work less if they so choose.

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Important Words


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