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From the Ted Talk by Mandy Len Catron: Falling in love is the easy part
Unscramble the Blue Letters
And when people cllead or emailed, which they did every day for weeks, they always asked the same question first: are you guys still together? In fact, as I was preparing this talk, I did a quick search of my emial ionbx for the phrase "Are you still together?" and several messages popped up immediately. They were from students and journalists and friendly sertngras like this one. I did radio interviews and they aksed. I even gave a talk, and one woman shouted up to the satge, "Hey Mandy, where's your boyfriend?" And I promptly turned bright red.
Open Cloze
And when people ______ or emailed, which they did every day for weeks, they always asked the same question first: are you guys still together? In fact, as I was preparing this talk, I did a quick search of my _____ _____ for the phrase "Are you still together?" and several messages popped up immediately. They were from students and journalists and friendly _________ like this one. I did radio interviews and they _____. I even gave a talk, and one woman shouted up to the _____, "Hey Mandy, where's your boyfriend?" And I promptly turned bright red.
Solution
- asked
- stage
- email
- strangers
- called
- inbox
Original Text
And when people called or emailed, which they did every day for weeks, they always asked the same question first: are you guys still together? In fact, as I was preparing this talk, I did a quick search of my email inbox for the phrase "Are you still together?" and several messages popped up immediately. They were from students and journalists and friendly strangers like this one. I did radio interviews and they asked. I even gave a talk, and one woman shouted up to the stage, "Hey Mandy, where's your boyfriend?" And I promptly turned bright red.
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