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From the Ted Talk by Emily Pilloton-Lam: What if women built the world they want to see?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Drill whirrs)

The trades desperately need women, too. With over 300,000 jobs left unfilled, wmoen are a hugely untapped labor pool. And this is a time when the demand for infrastructure is only growing. And new building technologies will require new sklils and new perspectives to break from the way it's always been done.

(Drill whirrs)

We already uerannsdtd the value of having more women in historically male-dominated spaces, like politics, C-suites and STEM. What is it going to take for tradeswomen to take part and to take over?

We do need a few things from the industry in greater numbers. We need more aitcve rceruenmitt and more equitable hiring pecactirs. And we need leaders of all genders to step up, advocate for a better workplace culture and to brnig others along with them.

Open Cloze


(Drill whirrs)

The trades desperately need women, too. With over 300,000 jobs left unfilled, _____ are a hugely untapped labor pool. And this is a time when the demand for infrastructure is only growing. And new building technologies will require new ______ and new perspectives to break from the way it's always been done.

(Drill whirrs)

We already __________ the value of having more women in historically male-dominated spaces, like politics, C-suites and STEM. What is it going to take for tradeswomen to take part and to take over?

We do need a few things from the industry in greater numbers. We need more ______ ___________ and more equitable hiring _________. And we need leaders of all genders to step up, advocate for a better workplace culture and to _____ others along with them.

Solution


  1. understand
  2. bring
  3. active
  4. skills
  5. recruitment
  6. practices
  7. women

Original Text


(Drill whirrs)

The trades desperately need women, too. With over 300,000 jobs left unfilled, women are a hugely untapped labor pool. And this is a time when the demand for infrastructure is only growing. And new building technologies will require new skills and new perspectives to break from the way it's always been done.

(Drill whirrs)

We already understand the value of having more women in historically male-dominated spaces, like politics, C-suites and STEM. What is it going to take for tradeswomen to take part and to take over?

We do need a few things from the industry in greater numbers. We need more active recruitment and more equitable hiring practices. And we need leaders of all genders to step up, advocate for a better workplace culture and to bring others along with them.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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  28. practices
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