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For Breidenbach and Walker, putting their families first, 6.________their wives as partners and being 7._______ in their job skills have made it 8.____________. “Throw your pride in the trash,” 9.________ Breidenbach, 35, who moved to Dallas from Phoenix in December with his wife Gillian, a vice president at Bank of America, and their two young sons. “We live in a new world thats changing, and you need to 10.___________ it.” pick up v. — learn casually through observation and practice Examples Ive picked up some Spanish, and other languages too, during my stay in South America. Watching his operations day after day, I picked up a bit of surgery from him. feel like v. — be inclined for Examples I just felt like bursting into tears. I don’t feel like drinking just now. pack up v. — put belongings in a case or bag for leaving Examples He packed up all his belongings in a battered suitcase and left the same day. Once the term finishes we all pack up and go home. Content Awareness Read and Think (Ex. 10) Read and Complete (Ex. 11) 1. What do we know about Breidenbach and Walker from the passage? A) Neither of them is satisfied with their jobs frog. B) Both have problems of self-confidence. C) Neither of them wants to swallow the bitter pill of having to give up their jobs. D) Both changed their jobs several times because of their wives’ transfer. Ex. 10 Choose the best answer to each question with the information from the passage. 1. What do we know about Breidenbach and Walker from the passage? A) Neither of them is satisfied with their jobs frog. B) Both have problems of self-confidence. C) Neither of them wants to swallow the bitter pill of having to give up their jobs. D) Both changed their jobs several times because of their wives’ transfer. Ex. 10 Choose the best answer to each question with the information from the passage. 2. It can be inferred from the passage that the reason why some men don’t want to change thei