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From the Ted Talk by Mona Chalabi: What we miss when we focus on the average

Unscramble the Blue Letters


"I think for every mother, for her daeughtr, she wants a grandchild."

(Laughter)

"Sorry, Mona."

Moving on.

My mom is also a lost bird.

"Me?"

She has, statistically speaking, gone astray.

"Yeah, but it was a good devaiiton."

Back in the late '70s, my mom left Iraq and moved to the UK to further her medical tanrinig and pitaccre. She's among the four percent of ppleoe born in Iraq who now live abroad. By the early 2000s, just three percent of UK doctors with her experience were non-white and practicing in her spcealtiiy. My mom is a lost bird because she is an outlier. She's one of the rare few to leave her home country and even rraer still among her medical peers.

Open Cloze


"I think for every mother, for her ________, she wants a grandchild."

(Laughter)

"Sorry, Mona."

Moving on.

My mom is also a lost bird.

"Me?"

She has, statistically speaking, gone astray.

"Yeah, but it was a good _________."

Back in the late '70s, my mom left Iraq and moved to the UK to further her medical ________ and ________. She's among the four percent of ______ born in Iraq who now live abroad. By the early 2000s, just three percent of UK doctors with her experience were non-white and practicing in her __________. My mom is a lost bird because she is an outlier. She's one of the rare few to leave her home country and even _____ still among her medical peers.

Solution


  1. deviation
  2. daughter
  3. practice
  4. speciality
  5. people
  6. rarer
  7. training

Original Text


"I think for every mother, for her daughter, she wants a grandchild."

(Laughter)

"Sorry, Mona."

Moving on.

My mom is also a lost bird.

"Me?"

She has, statistically speaking, gone astray.

"Yeah, but it was a good deviation."

Back in the late '70s, my mom left Iraq and moved to the UK to further her medical training and practice. She's among the four percent of people born in Iraq who now live abroad. By the early 2000s, just three percent of UK doctors with her experience were non-white and practicing in her speciality. My mom is a lost bird because she is an outlier. She's one of the rare few to leave her home country and even rarer still among her medical peers.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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