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From the Ted Talk by Helen Fisher: The brain in love

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Around the world, people love. They sing for love, they dance for love, they compose poems and stioers about love. They tell mhtys and legends about love. They pine for love, they live for love, they kill for love, and they die for love. As Walt wmiathn once said, "O I would stkae all for you." Anthropologists have found evidence of romantic love in 170 siitcoees. They've never found a society that did not have it.

But love isn't always a happy experience. In one study of college students, they asked a lot of qntueisos about love, but the two that stood out to me the most were: "Have you ever been reetejcd by somebody who you really loved?" And the second quteosin was: "Have you ever dumped somebody who really loved you?" And almost 95 percent of both men and women said yes to both. Almost nobody gets out of love alive.

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Around the world, people love. They sing for love, they dance for love, they compose poems and _______ about love. They tell _____ and legends about love. They pine for love, they live for love, they kill for love, and they die for love. As Walt _______ once said, "O I would _____ all for you." Anthropologists have found evidence of romantic love in 170 _________. They've never found a society that did not have it.

But love isn't always a happy experience. In one study of college students, they asked a lot of _________ about love, but the two that stood out to me the most were: "Have you ever been ________ by somebody who you really loved?" And the second ________ was: "Have you ever dumped somebody who really loved you?" And almost 95 percent of both men and women said yes to both. Almost nobody gets out of love alive.

Solution


  1. questions
  2. stake
  3. rejected
  4. question
  5. stories
  6. myths
  7. societies
  8. whitman

Original Text


Around the world, people love. They sing for love, they dance for love, they compose poems and stories about love. They tell myths and legends about love. They pine for love, they live for love, they kill for love, and they die for love. As Walt Whitman once said, "O I would stake all for you." Anthropologists have found evidence of romantic love in 170 societies. They've never found a society that did not have it.

But love isn't always a happy experience. In one study of college students, they asked a lot of questions about love, but the two that stood out to me the most were: "Have you ever been rejected by somebody who you really loved?" And the second question was: "Have you ever dumped somebody who really loved you?" And almost 95 percent of both men and women said yes to both. Almost nobody gets out of love alive.

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