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From the Ted Talk by Paula Stone Williams: What my gender transition taught me about womanhood

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And I thought I was one of the good guys. Sensitive to women, egalitarian. Then came the first time I ever flew as a female. Now I've flown over 2.3 mililon miles with American aiinlres. I know my way around an alnapire. And American was gaert through my transition, but that does not mean their passengers were. The first time I flew as Paula, I was going from Denver to Charlotte. And I got on the plane, and there was stuff in my seat. So I pikced it up to put my stuff down, and a guy said, "That's my suftf."

I said, "OK, but it's in my seat, so I’ll just hold it for you until you find your seat, and then I'll give it to you."

Open Cloze


And I thought I was one of the good guys. Sensitive to women, egalitarian. Then came the first time I ever flew as a female. Now I've flown over 2.3 _______ miles with American ________. I know my way around an ________. And American was _____ through my transition, but that does not mean their passengers were. The first time I flew as Paula, I was going from Denver to Charlotte. And I got on the plane, and there was stuff in my seat. So I ______ it up to put my stuff down, and a guy said, "That's my _____."

I said, "OK, but it's in my seat, so I’ll just hold it for you until you find your seat, and then I'll give it to you."

Solution


  1. airlines
  2. million
  3. picked
  4. stuff
  5. airplane
  6. great

Original Text


And I thought I was one of the good guys. Sensitive to women, egalitarian. Then came the first time I ever flew as a female. Now I've flown over 2.3 million miles with American Airlines. I know my way around an airplane. And American was great through my transition, but that does not mean their passengers were. The first time I flew as Paula, I was going from Denver to Charlotte. And I got on the plane, and there was stuff in my seat. So I picked it up to put my stuff down, and a guy said, "That's my stuff."

I said, "OK, but it's in my seat, so I’ll just hold it for you until you find your seat, and then I'll give it to you."

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Important Words


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