trumpet懂你英语 Level5 Unit2 Part1

2021年1月9日发(作者：支秉彝)
L5-U2-P1 英语流利说 5-2-1 懂你英语 Level5 Unit2 Part1
L5-U2-P1-1 Listening : Psychology of Love 1
One of the most important human emotions is love.
However, there are many different kinds of love.
Romantic love is certainly one of the most interesting kinds of love.
It can be beautiful, wonderful, and heartbreaking, sometimes all at
the same time.
Romantic love can make our lives full and meaningful, but it can also
be an escape from loneliness and suffering.
Besides romantic love, another kind of love ...is between parents and
children.
If romantic love has a purpose, neither psychology nor biology has
discovered it.
However, throughout history, philosophers have offered opinions
about it.
The Greek philosopher, Plato, said love makes us complete.
He relates a comic story in which humans originally had 4 arms, 4
legs and 2 faces.
Then, when they angered the Gods, they were cut in half.
Since then every person has been searching for their soul mate, the
other half of his or her self.
If romantic love has a purpose, neither psychology nor biology has
discovered it. However, throughout history, philosophers have
offered opinions about it.
Another philosopher believed that love is an illusion.
In his view, people fall in love because they believe the other person
can make them happy.
But in fact, this is just an illusion designed to make us have children.
Once we have children, we are right back to where we were, still
searching for happiness.
For nature this is a success, because we have children to maintain our
species.
But it leaves us still searching for something more.
According to this philosopher, what is the real purpose of love? -It's
designed to maintain species.
Once we have children, we are right back to where we were,
still searching for happiness. For nature this is a success, because we
have children to maintain our species.
If something is an illusion, it isn't what it seems to be.
Once we have children, we are right back to where we were, still
searching for happiness.
Some people say love can be adisguise for our sexual desires or a
biological trick to make us have children.
Other kinds of love include the love between a parent and child.
In Buddhism, romantic love is seen as an attempt to satisfy our
desires.
These desires are a defect, something we need to overcome.
The way to free ourselves from suffering is to remove desires.
Once free of desires we can reach a state of peace and wisdom.
This state of being is called nirvana.
According Buddhism, how can we free ourselves from
suffering? - overcome our desires.
If romantic love has a purpose, neither psychology nor biology
has discovered it.
Another philosopher believed that love is an illusion.
Once free of desires we can reach a state of peace and wisdom.
Since then every person has been searching for their soulmate, the
other half of his or her self.
Romantic love can make our lives full and meaningful, but it can
also be an escape from loneliness and suffering.
In Buddhism, romantic love is seen as an attempt to satisfy our
desires. These desires are a defect, something we need to overcome.
If romantic love has a purpose, neither psychology nor biology
has discovered it.
Another philosopher believed that love is an illusion.
The way to free ourselves from suffering is to remove desires.
Since then every person has been searching for their soulmate, the
other half of his or her self.
Romantic love can make our lives full and meaningful, but it can
also be an escape from loneliness and suffering.

L5-U2-P1-2 Listening : Psychology of Love 2
In one of China's greatest classical novels, Dream of the Red Chamber,
love is presented as a state of foolishness.
A young man falls in love with a beautiful woman who tricks and
makes a fool of him.
This results in conflicting emotions of love and hate which tear him
apart.
To cure him, a priest gives him a magic mirror.
The priest tells him to look into the reverse side of the mirror, but
never to look in the front side.
What does the beautiful woman do to the young man? -She makes a
fool of him.
What side of the mirror is he supposed to look into? - the reverse side
When the young man looks into the mirror, he doesn't like what he
sees, so he looks into the forbidden side, the front side.
There he sees the lovely image of his love, who invites him into the
mirror to be with her.
He does this several times until he is finally dragged away in chains.
He dies while looking into the mirror.
Perhaps the point of the story is that all such attachments should be
avoided.
Why does the young man look into the forbidden side of the mirror? -He
doesn't like what he sees in the mirror.
What finally happens to the young man?-He is dragged away in
chains and dies.
To cure him, a priest gives him a magic mirror.
He enters the mirror to be with his love and satisfy his desires.
The way to free ourselves from suffering is to remove desires.
Once free of desires we can reach a state of peace and wisdom.
A young man falls in love with a beautiful woman who tricks and
makes a fool of him.
Perhaps the point of the story is that all such attachments should
be avoided.
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, it is important that lovers not become too dependent on the
other person.
Becoming dependent on another person can lead to boredom or
power games.
Lovers should support each other in discovering themselves and
developing their potentials.
In this way, romantic love can enrich the world.
Becoming dependent on another person can lead to boredom or
power games. Lovers should support each other
in discovering themselves and developing their potentials.
According to this writer, lovers should avoid ...becoming too
dependent on the other person.
Falling in love can be exciting and frightening.
Maybe we lose ourselves and maybe we find ourselves.
Will you dare to find out?
For her, love is the desire to integrate with another, like in a
great friendship.
Maybe we lose ourselves and maybe we find ourselves.
Becoming dependent on another person can lead to boredom or
power games.
Lovers should support each other in discovering themselves and
developing their potentials.

L5-U2-P1-3 Vocabulary : Describing Situations
Forbidden or prohibited: to be against the rules or not allowed.
Smoking is prohibited on many airplanes.
Athletes are forbidden from taking certain kinds of drugs.
If something is allowed, it isn't forbidden or prohibited.
Access to that part of the factory is forbidden for security reasons.
Tourists are forbidden from taking pictures inside the museum.
They were forbidden from going to that website because of its
content.
Weapons of any kind are prohibited inside the stadium.
Access to that part of the factory is prohibited for security reason.
Risky: to be a bit dangerous or unsafe.
A risky investment maybe not be a good idea for people who worry
too much.
If you make a risky investment, you may lose a lot of money.
What level of risk are you willing to take?
Meeting someone on the Internet can be very risky, so be careful.
Investing in that company is very risky because it has many strong
competitors.
Starting a new company can be very risky because most new
companies fail within 5 years.
Ridiculous: to be foolish or not make any sense.
Their proposal is ridiculous because it requires too much time and
money.
Without enough quality practice, it's ridiculous to expect much
progress.
He is lazy and the quality of his work is poor, so it's ridiculous for
him to expect a bonus.
At first, we though his proposal was ridiculous, but then we realized
that it made sense.
Innovative: to come up with a new idea or way of doing things.
Innovative people are usually clever and creative.
To innovate means to come up with a new way of doing something.
Innovative thinking can lead to the development of new products and
services.