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