1、1Unit 2 Book 3LoveI. Difficult Sentences 1. Given the busy nature of our lives, its to be appreciated that we even findthe time to indulge in matters of the heart.(1) What does “matters of the heart” mean?(=something spiritual and emotional like love.)(2) Paraphrase this sentence.(=Taking into accou
2、nt that we are all busy satisfying our material needs,we should feel grateful that we still have the time to enjoy the feeling ofloving and being loved.)2. Harmless puppy loves that are as brief as soap bubbles.(1) What are puppy loves?(=Puppy loves happen to people too young to understand true love
3、.)(2) What are the same characteristics that puppy loves and soap bubbles share according to the sentence?(=They are both short in existence and wont produce too much influence on people nor will they do harm to people.)3. nothing could be more serious an affair for me.(1) What does this sentence im
4、ply?(= To me, a love affair was the most serious thing.)(2) Analyze this sentence grammatically.(=The structure “nothing can be more (+adj.) than sth.” means sth. is the most (=adj.). When the comparative degree is used in a negative sentence, most often it means the superlative degree.More examples
5、: *Nobody can do the job better than he can.*It cant be worse.)4. Those three hours of unhesitant attention by a group of well-groomed younggentlemen provided with enough content to talk and feel excited aboutfor the next four weeks.(1) What usually would happen at the social?(=Those neatly dressed
6、boys would never hesitate to pay attention to thegirls or to attract the girls attention.)(2) What usually would happen to the girls after the social?(=They always felt excited and would keep on talking about thesocial experience for weeks.)5. And it has to be distinguished from the intense but shor
7、t-lived love or the2pleasures of the flesh.(1) Whats the difference between true love and the intense but short-lived love or the pleasures of the flesh?(=True love develops slowly but lasts long, and it needs more sharing, caring and mutual understanding than the intense but short-lived love or the
8、 pleasures of the flesh.)(2) Translate this sentence into Chinese.(=我们必须把爱情同强烈而短暂的激情或身体的愉悦区别开来。)6. An age when the distance between the sexes somehow managed to helppreserve the holiness of love and relationships.What can we infer from this sentence?(=Distance between sexes in some way contributes t
9、o the holiness of loveand relationships between men and women.)7. What we have been exposed to via the media have fast paced oursensibilities so much that taking things slow requires effort on ourparts.(1) What is the influence of media on us according to the author?(=It makes us mentally and emotio
10、nally respond to love more quickly.)(2) Translate this sentence into Chinese.(=我们从媒体中接触到的人和事，使我们的感情历程大大加速，要想慢慢体会自己的感受，确实需要付出努力。)8. There is more of closeness and less of intimacy. (1) What is the difference between closeness and intimacy?(=Closeness is meant in a physical sense, while intimacy is in
11、 the spiritual sense.)(2) What does this sentence imply?(= People in love can contact each other more easily, but they arent as spiritually close to each other as before.)9. In short, there is more of ME and less of US.What does this sentence mean?(=Today young people handle love in a more self-cent
12、ered way, onlyconcerned with their own feelings and even interests in an affair, forgettingthat love also needs sharing and giving.)10. What about trying to be self-sufficient emotionally before letting ourselvesloose?(1) What can we infer from this sentence?3(=Only when we become emotionally mature
13、 can we start a relationship and indulge in love.)(2) Translate this sentence into Chinese.(=等我们在感情上成熟起来后再尽情地追求爱情，怎么样？)11. What about channeling our energies and emotions toward building life-longbonds rather than wasting them on seasonal relationships? (1) What do “them” refer to in this sentence?
14、(=our energies and emotions)(2) What do “seasonal relationships” mean? (=Literally the expression means relationships that vary from season to season. Here it means short-lived relationships we are involved in with different people.) 12. And we should not have become so tired by our frivolous acts t
15、hat when itcomes we arent able to receive it with open arms.(1) What does “it” refer to in this sentence? (=true love)(2) Translate this sentence into Chinese.(=我们本不应任由轻佻的行为令自己身心疲惫，以致当真爱到来时，却没有能力张开双臂迎接它。) II. Words and Expressions1. hold on: continue in spite of difficulties*Despite all the hardship
16、s, he held on to his pursuit of further study abroad.在经济衰退时期我们要把业务坚持下去。(=We should hold on to our business during the recession.)2. defy: vt. (1) to make impossible or unsuccessful *This problem defied solution. 此问题无法解决。那个恐怖的场景难以描述。(=That horrible scene defied any description.)(2) to refuse to obey(
17、=They defied their parents and got married.)这些无视法律的罪犯终于得到了惩罚。(=These criminals who had defied the law were eventually punished.)Collocations:defy the authority 反抗权威defy the government 蔑视政府4defy severe cold 不畏严寒defy enumeration 不胜枚举defy laws human and divine 无法无天CF. oppose, defy gentle lasting love,
18、like that of a parent for a child*The old priest was held in great affection. (=The principal had a fatherly affection for the youngsters.)老人很疼爱他的孙女。(=The old man felt great affection for his granddaughter.)CF. affection, love love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it. Josh Billings, American
19、 humorist友谊就像陶器，破了可以修补；爱情好比镜子，一旦打破就难重圆。美国幽默作家 乔西比林斯 4. First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多好奇。英国剧作家 乔治肖伯纳5. There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love and innocence.Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French thinker人间最大的幸福莫如既有爱情又清白无瑕。法国思想家 让雅克卢梭 6. Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. Albert Einstein, American scientist 并非地球引力使人坠入爱河。美国科学家 阿尔伯特爱因斯坦
