Lesson 4 Dreaming of My Future
The Hidden Figures of NASA
I watched the movie ____ Figures last weekend.
It was a movie about ____ African-American women who worked at NASA.
They began their career in the 1960s as “human ____.”
However, they dreamed of becoming space experts at NASA and tried hard to get over ____.
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson was ____ of the three “hidden figures” in this movie.
She worked hard and showed a talent in math, and her manager Al Harrison recognized her ____.
One day, he got upset when ____ was missing from her desk for too long.
Al asked where ____ had been, and she answered.
The bathroom. ____ are no COLORED bathrooms in this building.
I have to run half a mile away just to use the ____.
Hearing this, I felt ____ sorry for her.
However, I was glad that she ____ courage to talk to the manager about the problem.
This made Al Harrison break down the “____ Ladies Room” sign.
Mary Jackson
Mary Jackson was the character I liked the most of the ____.
She wanted to learn more about ____ science, but she wasn’t allowed to go to a white school.
So, she asked a ____ to give her permission.
I can‛t ____ the color of my skin.
So ... I have no choice but to be the ____.
Your Honor, of all the cases you’ll hear ____, which one will matter in a hundred years?
Which one will ____ you the “first”?
The ____ was impressed by what she said and finally gave her permission.
Mary stood up for ____ and for other African-Americans.
That was what ____ me most in the movie.
Finally, she became the first African-American woman ____ at NASA.
Dorothy Vaughan
Dorothy Vaughan was the last “____ figure.”
____ IBM computers were installed at NASA in 1961, she was worried the “human computers” would lose their jobs.
She studied a new programming ____, FORTRAN.
She ____ taught it to her team members.
Later, when she was asked to be the leader of a new IBM team, she ____ a suggestion.
I’m not accepting the ____ if I can’t bring my ladies with me.
We need a lot of people to program that ____.
I can’t do it alone. My ____ are ready.
Thanks to Dorothy, her team members could ____ programmers.
She wasn’t afraid of change and used it as a ____.
____ what I need to learn from her.
Watching this movie, I could learn how to face challenges in ____.
I ____ forget the tears and laughter of Katherine, Mary, and Dorothy.