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懂你英语Lv5Unit2

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,totrynottonoticeordealwithsomething.Toactasifsomethingisn’tthere.Wetriedtoignoreherbutshefinallystoodupandtoldeveryonetoshutup.Peopledon’trespectorlikehersotheyignoreherintheoffice.

Toconfirm,toindicatethatsomethingcorrectorcompleteditassusceptive.Wewon’tsureifhe’sgoingtoaccepttheofferuntilhecalledandconfirmedit.wecan’tstarttheprojectwithoutwrittenconfirmationthatweagreeonthedetails.

Meetingsomethingontheinternetcanberisky,sobecareful.

Therewereforbiddenfromgoingtothatwebsite,becauseofitscontent.

Assesstothatpartofthefactoryisprohibitedforsecurityseasons.

Ignorant;confusion

L5Unit2-1dialogue

What’ssofunny?

whatareyouwritingabout?

I’mwritingaboutsomethingIsawearlierthismorning.

Really,doyoukeepajournal?

Yes,Ido.VeryweekendIwriteaboutthingsthathappenedduringtheweek.

Howlonghaveyoubeendoingit?

I’vebeendoingitfairlyregularlysincehighschool.

Areyougoingtoturnitintoabook?

Idon’tknow.MaybeIwillsomethingbutfornowit’sjustforme.

Sowhatwassointerestingaboutwhatyousawthismorning?

IwasinthesamecoffeeshopIusuallygotoandagroupofteenagerscamein.

Icouldn’thelpwatchingthemandtrytohearsomeoftheirconversation.

Thatmusthavebeeninteresting.

Yes,itwas.ThemoreIwatchedthem,themoreIrealizedhowgladIamthatIdon’thavetogothroughthatstateoflifeagain.

Soitbroughtbacksomememories,right?

Yes,itdid.ItwassoclearhowI’muncomfortablesomeofthemwere.Yet,theywerepretendingtohavegoodtime.Atleast,therewasseemedtome.

Whydidyouthinktheywerepretending?

Itwasjustthewaytheysmiledandlaughed.Itseemedunnaturalandoverdoneasiftheywerebadactors.

Acoupleofboyswerereallyawkwardaroundthegirlsandtwoofthegirlswerewearingtoomuchmakeup.Ihadtostopmyselfandlaughing.

Yes,Icanimagineit.IcanrememberwantingtobepopularwhenIwasinhighschool.Nowthatyoumentionedit,itwasn’tagreattime,thoughtIhadsofuntoo.

Iguesseditwasn’tsobadatthetime,exceptwhenIwaspreparingformyuniversityentranceexaminations.

Yes,thatwasawful.MyparentsputtonsofpressureonmesoIthoughtIwasgoingtogocrazy.

Whataboutgirls?

Didyouhaveanygirlfriends?

TherewasonegirlIhadacrushon,butIthoughtshewasinterestedinsomebodyelse.Ididn’tfindoutuntilmuchlaterthatshewasinterestedinmetoo.Itwasalostopportunity,oneofmany.

Really?

Youshouldbecomeawriterormakeamovie.Youhadagreatimagination.

Tobehonest,it’smucheasiertoimaginethingsthanactuallydothings.

Youcansaythatagain.

Itseemedunnaturalandoverdone,asiftheywerebadactors.

L5Unit2-2listening

Peoplehavewonderedaboutthenatureoflightandcolorsinceancienttimes.Somepeoplethoughtthatlightcamefromtheeyesratherthancomingintotheeyes.Tosee,lightwasprojected（投射）fromoureyes,toilluminate（照亮）thingsaswelookatthem.Nowweknowthatwhatweseeismostlyreflectedlight,likethelightfromthemoon,whichisreflectedsunlight.Lightcomesfromlightsourceandeitherentersoureyesdirectlyorafterreflectingoffthing.

In1666,SirIsaacNewtonshowedthatwhenlightpastthroughaprism,it’sseparatedintoalltheothercolors.Itclearlydemonstratedthatlightiscomposedofmanydifferentcolors.Thedifferencebetweencolorsisduetotheirwavelength.Aprismseparateslightintodifferentcolorsbecauseeachcolorhasdifferentwavelength.theangleinwhichacolorbendsinaprismdependsonitswavelength.Colorswithshorterwavelengthsbendmorethancolorswithlongerwavelengths.Itexplainswhyredlightbendslessthanyellowlight.Thereasonisbecauseitswavelengthislonger.Ofthevisiblelight,violetlighthastheshortestwavelength,soitbendsthemost.

Ifyouhaveeverpainted,youknewthatdifferentcolorscanbecombinedtocreatenewcolors.Forexample,ifyouaddwhitetoacolor,youlightenit.however,thethreeprimarycolors,red,blueandyellowcannotbemadebymixingothercolors.Itisn’tpossibletomixanycombinationofcolorstocreatered,blueoryellow.Mixingtwoprimarycolorscreatesasecondarycolor,suchaspurple,whichisamixingofblueandred.Mixingthreeprimarycolorscreateatertiary（第三的）colorsuchasbrownorgrey.

Colorarewonderfultolookat.Buttheyalsoaffectpeopleinwaysbesidessight.Theyhaveapowerfuleffectonwhopeoplefeelandbehave.Artistsnoticeandsodobusinesspeople,whowanttoinfluenceonhowtheyfeelabouttheirproductsandadvertisement.Forexample,researcheshaveshownthatpeoplecanbeproductiveiftheyareworkingatablueroom.Thecolorpurpleisoftenlinkedtowealthandloyaltyanditseemsasamysterious,sp