Simple Future Tense

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• quality time
• girls' night out
• entrepreneur
• glass ceiling

• left out
• shatter
• boss

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Devan and Marni own a business together. Historically, female business owners are more unusual than male entrepreneurs. In many places around the world, fewer women own businesses than men even though there are no laws or customs that prevent them from starting their own companies.

So what is in the way of equality in business? The glass ceiling. The glass ceiling is a limit that you can’t see and can’t get past. But like anything made of glass, it can be broken. After a business meeting got moved to the salon, Jeff felt left out. But the women of the office are happy to be out together. Watch as they discuss the glass ceiling.

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Dialog

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Ella

Marni

Devan

Ella:  I’m so glad you guys like my ideas for improving the office.

Marni:  I’m so glad we are having our meeting here. This is great! I never get my hair done. We are going to look so good!

Ella:  Yes!

Devan:  But are you guys worried that the guys feel left out?

Ella:  Who cares what the guys think.

Marni:  Yeah, you know who is usually left out of business? Women.

Devan:  What do you mean?

Marni:  I’m talking about the glass ceiling.

Devan:  What?

Ella:  Huh?

Marni:  OK, you know how there’s no law that says women can’t own businesses, but it doesn’t happen all the time? It’s a limit that you can’t really see, but it’s there.

Devan:  I guess it is kind of unusual for two women to own a business like we do.

Marni:  Totally! We are shattering the glass ceiling.

Ella:  You know what would really shatter the glass ceiling? You should make a me a boss too so that way I could be Jeff’s boss.

Devan:  But he already has two female bosses.

Ella:  No fair. You get to be your boyfriend’s boss!

Marni:  Not me.

Ella:  Well, you don’t even have a boyfriend, so that doesn’t even matter. How am I supposed to shatter the glass ceiling with Jeff in my way?

Devan:  But you’re getting quality time with your bosses, aren’t you? I think we should do more of this. We should have a girls’ night out!

Marni:  We are going to be looking really good after this.

Ella:  Plus, this new club that just opened up. I heard they have a glass floor! What? C’mon, you guys.

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