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From the Ted Talk by Mandy Len Catron: Falling in love is the easy part

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I first came across this study when I was 29 and I was going through a really dliifufct berukap. I had been in the ralsniietohp since I was 20, which was basically my entire adult life, and he was my first real love, and I had no idea how or if I could make a life without him. So I turned to science. I researched everything I could find about the science of romantic love, and I think I was hoping that it might somehow inoculate me from heartache. I don't know if I realized this at the time — I touhhgt I was just doing research for this book I was writing — but it seems really ouvibos in retrospect. I hoped that if I armed myself with the knowledge of romantic love, I might never have to feel as terrible and lonely as I did then. And all this kwnodegle has been useful in some ways. I am more patient with love. I am more relaxed. I am more confident about asking for what I want. But I can also see myself more clearly, and I can see that what I want is sometimes more than can reasonably be asked for. What I want from love is a guarantee, not just that I am loved today and that I will be loevd tomorrow, but that I will cnointue to be loved by the person I love indefinitely. Maybe it's this possibility of a gruaatene that people were really asking about when they wanted to know if we were still together.

Open Cloze


I first came across this study when I was 29 and I was going through a really _________ _______. I had been in the ____________ since I was 20, which was basically my entire adult life, and he was my first real love, and I had no idea how or if I could make a life without him. So I turned to science. I researched everything I could find about the science of romantic love, and I think I was hoping that it might somehow inoculate me from heartache. I don't know if I realized this at the time — I _______ I was just doing research for this book I was writing — but it seems really _______ in retrospect. I hoped that if I armed myself with the knowledge of romantic love, I might never have to feel as terrible and lonely as I did then. And all this _________ has been useful in some ways. I am more patient with love. I am more relaxed. I am more confident about asking for what I want. But I can also see myself more clearly, and I can see that what I want is sometimes more than can reasonably be asked for. What I want from love is a guarantee, not just that I am loved today and that I will be _____ tomorrow, but that I will ________ to be loved by the person I love indefinitely. Maybe it's this possibility of a _________ that people were really asking about when they wanted to know if we were still together.

Solution


  1. knowledge
  2. continue
  3. difficult
  4. loved
  5. thought
  6. relationship
  7. breakup
  8. guarantee
  9. obvious

Original Text


I first came across this study when I was 29 and I was going through a really difficult breakup. I had been in the relationship since I was 20, which was basically my entire adult life, and he was my first real love, and I had no idea how or if I could make a life without him. So I turned to science. I researched everything I could find about the science of romantic love, and I think I was hoping that it might somehow inoculate me from heartache. I don't know if I realized this at the time — I thought I was just doing research for this book I was writing — but it seems really obvious in retrospect. I hoped that if I armed myself with the knowledge of romantic love, I might never have to feel as terrible and lonely as I did then. And all this knowledge has been useful in some ways. I am more patient with love. I am more relaxed. I am more confident about asking for what I want. But I can also see myself more clearly, and I can see that what I want is sometimes more than can reasonably be asked for. What I want from love is a guarantee, not just that I am loved today and that I will be loved tomorrow, but that I will continue to be loved by the person I love indefinitely. Maybe it's this possibility of a guarantee that people were really asking about when they wanted to know if we were still together.

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