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9. Discuss what you think about Wangari Maathai’s anecdote and if it
relates to something you have experienced. Listen to the track and TRACK 39
use it as an example.

For our anecdote

10. Brainstorm some personal experiences you could present as an anecdote.
• Organize your personal experiences into topics and add a symbol that

represents how you felt. Look at the example.

Example:
Ceremonies
Training
» When I joined the Flacãra ("The Flame") » When I won three gold medals during the

gymnastics team. I was in kindergarten. Montreal Olympics.
» The day I was doing cartwheels and Bela » The ceremony held in Bucharest, when I
Karolyi invited me to join his school. retired from competition.
» When I started coaching young gymnasts. » When I graduated from university.

Personal
Competitions

» The perfect 10 during the ’76 Olympics. » My parents’ divorce.
» The tour in the US, when I shared
» The ‘80 Olympics: when we walked into
a bus with my future husband.
the lion's den; it was the Russians' » When I escaped from Romania.

home turf.
» My wedding in Bucharest.
Medical

» When I cut my
wrist with the
metal grip buckle.
» When I had a

surgery on
the wrist.

IT

The example above is about Nadia Comaneci, a teenage gymnast who got the first perfect
score in history during the Montreal Olympics in 1976. Watch the video to listen to her
anecdote at this link: https://goo.gl/maBFmR

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