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Break the mold
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Break the mold
To be very different from what is normal or expected — in a way that inspires or changes things.
Examples:
1- Temple Grandin broke the mold by becoming a scientist when many thought she couldn’t even go to school.
2- She’s not a traditional teacher, but the kids love her. She really breaks the mold.
Hello and welcome to Daily English, As it’s the weekend, we learn English through real stories. You can find the full transcript in the description. Today’s story is about a woman who broke the mold not once, but over and over again.
What Happens? When Temple Grandin was born in 1947, she didn’t speak for the first four years of her life. Doctors told her parents she had brain damage and should be institutionalized. But her mother refused to give up. Temple was later diagnosed with autism — a condition that wasn’t well understood at the time. She struggled in school. She didn’t fit in. She thought in pictures, not words. She noticed patterns that others didn’t. But those differences turned out to be her superpower. Temple loved animals. On visits to farms, she noticed how animals reacted to stress — things other people missed. She went on to become a leading scientist in animal behavior, redesigning farms and slaughterhouses to make them more humane.
Her inventions changed the meat industry in the U.S. and beyond. And her books and talks gave people a new understanding of autism.
Temple Grandin didn’t just succeed — she broke the mold. She showed the world that being different can also be brilliant.
Phrase of the Day: Break the Mold To break the mold means: To be very different from what is normal or expected — in a way that inspires or changes things.
Examples: Temple Grandin broke the mold by becoming a scientist when many thought she couldn’t even go to school.
He broke the mold by starting a company with no money and no business background — and succeeded.
She’s not a traditional teacher, but the kids love her. She really breaks the mold.
Question for You: Do you know someone who has broken the mold — or have you ever done something others didn’t expect you could?