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  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | Angela Merkel | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | Angela Merkel |
  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | Who says a woman cannot be a leader? | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | Who says a woman cannot be a leader? |
  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | Angela Merkel was the first woman ever to lead Germany as a chancellor. | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | Angela Merkel was the first woman ever to lead Germany as a chancellor. |
  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | The daughter of a Lutheran pastor and a teacher, Angela grew up in a rural area. | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | The daughter of a Lutheran pastor and a teacher, Angela grew up in a rural area. |
  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | You do not have to be rich or to live in a big city to succeed in your career. | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | You do not have to be rich or to live in a big city to succeed in your career. |
  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | Do you have a nickname? Angela’s nickname was "Kasi" from her last name, Kasner. | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | Do you have a nickname? Angela’s nickname was "Kasi" from her last name, Kasner. |
  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | She was a good student. | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | She was a good student. |
  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | She was very good in languages. | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | She was very good in languages. |
  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | She said she would have loved to become a teacher like her mother. | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | She said she would have loved to become a teacher like her mother. |
  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | Instead, she chose to study the sciences. | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | Instead, she chose to study the sciences. |
  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | Her life was not easy. | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | Her life was not easy. |
  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | When she was a student, Angela worked as a barmaid in a discotheque. | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | When she was a student, Angela worked as a barmaid in a discotheque. |
  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | A year before earning her degree she married a fellow student, Ulrich Merkel. | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | A year before earning her degree she married a fellow student, Ulrich Merkel. |
  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | They moved to an apartment with neither toilet nor hot water. Can you even imagine? | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | They moved to an apartment with neither toilet nor hot water. Can you even imagine? |
  | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | However, she still got her doctorate in quantum chemistry at the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. | | ![sound](/images/general/playSound.png) | However, she still got her doctorate in quantum chemistry at the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. |