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