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From the Ted Talk by Angela Garbes: What working parents really need from workplaces

Unscramble the Blue Letters


[Be fixbelle]

For parents, the horus between 5-8pm are really crucial. It’s sometimes the only time you really have with your kids. You’re often running to pick them up somewhere or to relieve someone from doing cirlahdce. I would much rather send a few emails at 8:30pm than be on a call at 5pm. And so I think emphasizing and creating a culture of work where it’s the work that gets done, the work is what matters, the end result is what matters, as opoespd to tracking time in a traditional way, and opening up the lines of commatcniuion around that can be really beneficial. Letting a coworker know that you have their back if they want to say that 4:45 doesn’t work for them as a meeting time, that you’ll step in and say that you can’t do it either, right? Just something to show sdoiltriay.

Open Cloze


[Be ________]

For parents, the _____ between 5-8pm are really crucial. It’s sometimes the only time you really have with your kids. You’re often running to pick them up somewhere or to relieve someone from doing _________. I would much rather send a few emails at 8:30pm than be on a call at 5pm. And so I think emphasizing and creating a culture of work where it’s the work that gets done, the work is what matters, the end result is what matters, as _______ to tracking time in a traditional way, and opening up the lines of _____________ around that can be really beneficial. Letting a coworker know that you have their back if they want to say that 4:45 doesn’t work for them as a meeting time, that you’ll step in and say that you can’t do it either, right? Just something to show __________.

Solution


  1. childcare
  2. hours
  3. solidarity
  4. opposed
  5. flexible
  6. communication

Original Text


[Be flexible]

For parents, the hours between 5-8pm are really crucial. It’s sometimes the only time you really have with your kids. You’re often running to pick them up somewhere or to relieve someone from doing childcare. I would much rather send a few emails at 8:30pm than be on a call at 5pm. And so I think emphasizing and creating a culture of work where it’s the work that gets done, the work is what matters, the end result is what matters, as opposed to tracking time in a traditional way, and opening up the lines of communication around that can be really beneficial. Letting a coworker know that you have their back if they want to say that 4:45 doesn’t work for them as a meeting time, that you’ll step in and say that you can’t do it either, right? Just something to show solidarity.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. beneficial
  2. call
  3. childcare
  4. communication
  5. coworker
  6. creating
  7. crucial
  8. culture
  9. emails
  10. emphasizing
  11. flexible
  12. hours
  13. kids
  14. letting
  15. lines
  16. matters
  17. meeting
  18. opening
  19. opposed
  20. parents
  21. pick
  22. relieve
  23. result
  24. running
  25. send
  26. show
  27. solidarity
  28. step
  29. time
  30. tracking
  31. traditional
  32. work