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懂你英语Lv5Unit2

懂你英语Lv5-Unit-2

L5Unit2-1Listening

Oneofthemostimportanthumanemotionsislove.However,therearemanydifferentkindsoflove.Romanticloveiscertainlyoneofmostinterestingkindsoflove.Itcanbebeautiful,wonderfulandheartbreaking,sometimesallofthesametime.RomanticLovecanmakeourlivesfullandmeaningfulbutitcanalsobeanescapefromlonelinessandsuffering.Ifromanticlovehasapurpose,neitherphycologistnorbiologisthasdiscoveredit.however,throughouthistory,philosopherhaveofferedopinionsaboutit.TheGeekPhilosopherPlatosaidlovemakesuscomplete.Herelatesacomicstoryinwhichhumansoriginallyhad4arms,4legsand2faces.Then,whentheyangeredtheGods,theywerecutinhalf.Sincethen,everypersonhasbeensearchingfortheirsoulmate,theotherhalfofhisorherself.

Anotherphilosopherbelievedthatloveisanillusion.Inhisview,peoplefallinlovebecausetheybelievetheotherpersoncanmakethemhappy.Butinfact,thisisjustanillusiondesignedtomakeushavechildren（省略that定语从句）.Oncewehavechildren,wearerightbacktowherewewere,stillsearchingforhappiness.Fornature,thisisasuccessbecausewehavechildrentomaintainourspecies.Butitleadsusstillsearchingforsomethingmore.

InBuddhism,romanticloveisseenasanattempttosatisfytoourdesires.Thesedesiresaredefect,somethingweneedtoovercome.Thewaywefreeourselvesfromsuffering,istoremovedesires.Oncefreeofdesires,wecanreachastateofpeaceandwisdom.Thisstatesoffreeingarecalled*.

InoneofChinagreatestclassicalnovels,DreamoftheRedChamber,loveispresentedasastateoffoolishness.Ayoungmanfallsinlovewithabeautifulwoman,whotricksandmakesfoolofhim.Thisresultsintheconflictingemotionsofloveandhatewhichtearhimapart（使心碎）.Tocurehim,apriestgiveshimamagicmirror.Thepriesttellshimtolookintothereversesideofthemirrorbutneverlookatthefrontside.Whentheyoungmanlooksintothemirror,hedoesn’tlikewhathesees,sohelooksintotheforbiddenside,thefrontside.Thereheseesthelovelyimageofhislove,whoinviteshimintothemirror,tobewithher.Hedoesitseveraltimes,untilhehasfinallydraggedaway（拖走）inchains.Hedieswhilelookingintothemirror.Perhapsthepointofthestoryisthatallsuchattachmentsshouldbeavoided.

AfamousFrenchwriter,SimonedeBeauvoirhasanotherpointofview.Forher,loveisthedesiretointegratewithanother,likeinagreatfriendship.However,it’simportantthattheloversnotbecometoodependentontheotherperson.Becomingtoodependentontheotherpersoncanleadtoboredomorpowergames.Loversshouldsupporteachotherindiscoveringthemselvesanddevelopingtheirpotentials.Inthisway,romanticlovecanreachtheworld.Fallinginlovecanbeexcitingandfrightening.Maybeweloseourselvesandmaybewefindourselves.Wouldyoudaretofindout?

Otherkindsofloveincludethelovebetweenaparentandchild.

Ifsomethingisanillusion,itisn’twhatitseemstobe.

L5Unit2-1vocabulary

Forbiddenorprohibitedtobeagainstthelawornotallowed.Smokingisprohibitedonmanyairplanes.Athletesareforbiddenfromtakingcertainkindsofdrugs.Ifsomethingisallowed,itisn’tforbiddenorprohibited.

Riskytobeabigdangerousorunsafe.Ariskyinvestmentmaynotbeagoodideaforpeoplewhoworrytoomuch.Ifyoumakeariskyinvestment,theymaylosealotofmoney.Whatlevelofriskareyouwillingtotake?

Ridiculoustobefoolishornotmakeanysense.Theirproposalisridiculousbecauseitrequirestoomuchtimeandmoney.Withoutenoughqualitypractice,it’sridiculoustoexpectmuchprogress.

Innovativetocomeupwithgoodideaorwayofdoingthings.Innovativepeopleareoftencleverandcreative.Tooinnovatemeanstocomeupwithanewwayofdoingsomething.Innovativethinkingcanleadtothedevelopmentofnewproductsandservices.

Conservative,tobeconservativemeanstoavoidtakingrisks.Conservativeinvestortriestomakesafeinvestments.Aconservativeinvestorwantstominimizerisks.Aconservativeofapproachtomanagementmaydiscourageinnovation.

Todisguise,tochangesomething’sappearancesothatitcan’tberecognized.Hewasn’tgoodatdisguisinghimselfsoweknewwhohewasrightaway.Sheworeanddisguisesoitwasn’tsurewhoshewas.

Toclarify,toexplainormakesomethingclear.Weweren’tsurewhathemeantuntilheclarifiedhisideas.Everyonewasconfuseduntilsheclarifiedwhatshemeant.

Toconfuse,tomakethingsdifficulttounderstand.Theoppositeistoclarify.Everyoneisconfused,becausethepresentationissodisorganized.Heconfusespeoplebecausehekeepschanginghisideas.Theinstructionswereconfusingsonobodyknewwhattodo.

Toignore,totry