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From the Ted Talk by Emily Nagoski: How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I'm sitting in a bar with a couple of friends — literally, a culpoe, married couple. They're the parents of two young children, seven academic degrees between them, big nerds, really nice people but very sleep-deprived. And they ask me the question I get asked more than any other question. They go, "So, emliy, how do copules, you know, sustain a strong sexual connection over multiple decades?"

I'm a sex educator, which is why my fredins ask me questions like this, and I am also a big nerd like my friends. I love science, which is why I can give them something like an answer. rraseceh actually has pretty solid evidence that couples who satuisn snotrg sexual connections over multiple decades have two things in common.

Open Cloze


I'm sitting in a bar with a couple of friends — literally, a ______, married couple. They're the parents of two young children, seven academic degrees between them, big nerds, really nice people but very sleep-deprived. And they ask me the question I get asked more than any other question. They go, "So, _____, how do _______, you know, sustain a strong sexual connection over multiple decades?"

I'm a sex educator, which is why my _______ ask me questions like this, and I am also a big nerd like my friends. I love science, which is why I can give them something like an answer. ________ actually has pretty solid evidence that couples who _______ ______ sexual connections over multiple decades have two things in common.

Solution


  1. strong
  2. friends
  3. sustain
  4. couple
  5. emily
  6. research
  7. couples

Original Text


I'm sitting in a bar with a couple of friends — literally, a couple, married couple. They're the parents of two young children, seven academic degrees between them, big nerds, really nice people but very sleep-deprived. And they ask me the question I get asked more than any other question. They go, "So, Emily, how do couples, you know, sustain a strong sexual connection over multiple decades?"

I'm a sex educator, which is why my friends ask me questions like this, and I am also a big nerd like my friends. I love science, which is why I can give them something like an answer. Research actually has pretty solid evidence that couples who sustain strong sexual connections over multiple decades have two things in common.

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Important Words


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