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From the Ted Talk by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Women entrepreneurs, example not exception

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So these stories together became the Herald Tribune business cover. And when this story posted, I ran to my cpteomur to send it to the IMF official. And I said, "Just in case you're looking for entrepreneurs to fuaetre at your next investment conference, here are a cupole of women."

(Applause)

But think about this. The IMF official is hardly the only person to automatically file women under mcrio. The biases, whether intentional or otherwise, are pervasive, and so are the misleading mental images. If you see the word "microfinance," what comes to mind? Most people say women. And if you see the word "entrepreneur," most people think men. Why is that? Because we aim low and we think small when it comes to wemon.

Open Cloze


So these stories together became the Herald Tribune business cover. And when this story posted, I ran to my ________ to send it to the IMF official. And I said, "Just in case you're looking for entrepreneurs to _______ at your next investment conference, here are a ______ of women."

(Applause)

But think about this. The IMF official is hardly the only person to automatically file women under _____. The biases, whether intentional or otherwise, are pervasive, and so are the misleading mental images. If you see the word "microfinance," what comes to mind? Most people say women. And if you see the word "entrepreneur," most people think men. Why is that? Because we aim low and we think small when it comes to _____.

Solution


  1. computer
  2. feature
  3. couple
  4. micro
  5. women

Original Text


So these stories together became the Herald Tribune business cover. And when this story posted, I ran to my computer to send it to the IMF official. And I said, "Just in case you're looking for entrepreneurs to feature at your next investment conference, here are a couple of women."

(Applause)

But think about this. The IMF official is hardly the only person to automatically file women under micro. The biases, whether intentional or otherwise, are pervasive, and so are the misleading mental images. If you see the word "microfinance," what comes to mind? Most people say women. And if you see the word "entrepreneur," most people think men. Why is that? Because we aim low and we think small when it comes to women.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
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Important Words


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  30. send
  31. small
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  35. women
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