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From the Ted Talk by Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend

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(Laughter)

polpee who experienced a lot of stress but did not view stress as harmful were no more likely to die. In fact, they had the lowest risk of dying of anyone in the stduy, indilncug people who had relatively little stress.

Now the researchers estimated that over the eight years they were tnciarkg deaths, 182,000 aeicamrns died prematurely, not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for you.

(Laughter)

That is over 20,000 dthaes a year. Now, if that estimate is correct, that would make believing sertss is bad for you the 15th largest cause of death in the United States last year, killing more people than skin cancer, HIV/AIDS and homicide.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

______ who experienced a lot of stress but did not view stress as harmful were no more likely to die. In fact, they had the lowest risk of dying of anyone in the _____, _________ people who had relatively little stress.

Now the researchers estimated that over the eight years they were ________ deaths, 182,000 _________ died prematurely, not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for you.

(Laughter)

That is over 20,000 ______ a year. Now, if that estimate is correct, that would make believing ______ is bad for you the 15th largest cause of death in the United States last year, killing more people than skin cancer, HIV/AIDS and homicide.

Solution


  1. stress
  2. including
  3. people
  4. study
  5. deaths
  6. americans
  7. tracking

Original Text


(Laughter)

People who experienced a lot of stress but did not view stress as harmful were no more likely to die. In fact, they had the lowest risk of dying of anyone in the study, including people who had relatively little stress.

Now the researchers estimated that over the eight years they were tracking deaths, 182,000 Americans died prematurely, not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for you.

(Laughter)

That is over 20,000 deaths a year. Now, if that estimate is correct, that would make believing stress is bad for you the 15th largest cause of death in the United States last year, killing more people than skin cancer, HIV/AIDS and homicide.

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