1、A famous French writer, Simone de Beauvoir has another point of view. For her, love is the desire to integrate with another, like in a great friendship. However, its important that the lovers not become too dependent on the other person. Becoming too dependent on the other person can lead to boredom
2、 or power games. Lovers should support each other in discovering themselves and developing their potentials. In this way, romantic love can reach the world. Falling in love can be exciting and frightening. Maybe we lose ourselves and maybe we find ourselves. Would you dare to find out? Other kinds o
3、f love include the love between a parent and child. If something is an illusion, it isnt what it seems to be. L5 Unit 2-1 vocabularyForbidden or prohibited to be against the law or not allowed. Smoking is prohibited on many airplanes. Athletes are forbidden from taking certain kinds of drugs. If som
4、ething is allowed, it isnt forbidden or prohibited. Risky to be a big dangerous or unsafe. A risky investment may not be a good idea for people who worry too much. If you make a risky investment, they may lose a lot of money. What level of risk are you willing to take?Ridiculous to be foolish or not
5、 make any sense. Their proposal is ridiculous because it requires too much time and money. Without enough quality practice, its ridiculous to expect much progress. Innovative to come up with good idea or way of doing things. Innovative people are often clever and creative. Too innovate means to come
6、 up with a new way of doing something. Innovative thinking can lead to the development of new products and services. Conservative, to be conservative means to avoid taking risks. Conservative investor tries to make safe investments. A conservative investor wants to minimize risks. A conservative of
7、approach to management may discourage innovation. To disguise, to change somethings appearance so that it cant be recognized. He wasnt good at disguising himself so we knew who he was right away. She wore and disguise so it wasnt sure who she was. To clarify, to explain or make something clear. We w
8、erent sure what he meant until he clarified his ideas. Everyone was confused until she clarified what she meant. To confuse, to make things difficult to understand. The opposite is to clarify. Everyone is confused, because the presentation is so disorganized. He confuses people because he keeps chan
9、ging his ideas. The instructions were confusing so nobody knew what to do. To ignore, to try not to notice or deal with something. To act as if something isnt there. We tried to ignore her but she finally stood up and told everyone to shut up. People dont respect or like her so they ignore her in th
10、e office. To confirm, to indicate that something correct or completed it as susceptive. We wont sure if hes going to accept the offer until he called and confirmed it. we cant start the project without written confirmation that we agree on the details. Meeting something on the internet can be risky,
11、 so be careful. There were forbidden from going to that website, because of its content. Assess to that part of the factory is prohibited for security seasons. Ignorant; confusion L5 Unit 2-1 dialogueWhats so funny? what are you writing about?Im writing about something I saw earlier this morning. Re
12、ally, do you keep a journal?Yes, I do. Very weekend I write about things that happened during the week. How long have you been doing it?Ive been doing it fairly regularly since high school. Are you going to turn it into a book?I dont know. Maybe I will something but for now its just for me. So what
13、was so interesting about what you saw this morning?I was in the same coffee shop I usually go to and a group of teenagers came in. I couldnt help watching them and try to hear some of their conversation. That must have been interesting. Yes, it was. The more I watched them, the more I realized how g
14、lad I am that I dont have to go through that state of life again. So it brought back some memories, right?Yes, it did. It was so clear how Im uncomfortable some of them were. Yet, they were pretending to have good time. At least, there was seemed to me. Why did you think they were pretending?It was
15、just the way they smiled and laughed. It seemed unnatural and overdone as if they were bad actors. A couple of boys were really awkward around the girls and two of the girls were wearing too much makeup. I had to stop myself and laughing. Yes, I can imagine it. I can remember wanting to be popular w
16、hen I was in high school. Now that you mentioned it, it wasnt a great time, thought I had so fun too. I guessed it wasnt so bad at the time, except when I was preparing for my university entrance examinations. Yes, that was awful. My parents put tons of pressure on me so I thought I was going to go
17、crazy. What about girls? Did you have any girlfriends?There was one girl I had a crush on, but I thought she was interested in somebody else. I didnt find out until much later that she was interested in me too. It was a lost opportunity, one of many. Really? You should become a writer or make a movi
18、e. You had a great imagination. To be honest, its much easier to imagine things than actually do things. You can say that again. It seemed unnatural and overdone, as if they were bad actors. L5 Unit 2-2 listeningPeople have wondered about the nature of light and color since ancient times. Some peopl
19、e thought that light came from the eyes rather than coming into the eyes. To see, light was projected(投射) from our eyes, to illuminate(照亮) things as we look at them. Now we know that what we see is mostly reflected light, like the light from the moon, which is reflected sunlight. Light comes from li
20、ght source and either enters our eyes directly or after reflecting off thing. In 1666, Sir Isaac Newton showed that when light past through a prism, its separated into all the other colors. It clearly demonstrated that light is composed of many different colors. The difference between colors is due
21、to their wavelength. A prism separates light into different colors because each color has different wavelength. the angle in which a color bends in a prism depends on its wavelength. Colors with shorter wavelengths bend more than colors with longer wavelengths. It explains why red light bends less t
22、han yellow light. The reason is because its wavelength is longer. Of the visible light, violet light has the shortest wavelength, so it bends the most. If you have ever painted, you knew that different colors can be combined to create new colors. For example, if you add white to a color, you lighten
23、 it. however, the three primary colors, red, blue and yellow cannot be made by mixing other colors. It isnt possible to mix any combination of colors to create red, blue or yellow. Mixing two primary colors creates a secondary color, such as purple, which is a mixing of blue and red. Mixing three pr
24、imary colors create a tertiary (第三的)color such as brown or grey. Color are wonderful to look at. But they also affect people in ways besides sight. They have a powerful effect on who people feel and behave. Artists notice and so do business people, who want to influence on how they feel about their products and advertisement. For example, researches have shown that people can be productive if they are working at a blue room. The color purple is often linked to wealth and loyalty and it seems as a mysterious, sp
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