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L5Unit2-1ListeningOneofthemostimportanthumanemotionsislove.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.L5Unit2-1vocabularyForbiddenorprohibitedtobeagainstthelawornotallowed.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;confusionL5Unit2-1dialogueWhat’ssofunny?whatareyouwritingabout?I’mwritingaboutsomethingIsawearlierthismorning.Really,doyoukeepajournal?Yes,Ido.VeryweekendIwriteaboutthingsthathappenedduringtheweek.Howlonghaveyoubeendoingit?I’vebeendoingitfairlyregularlysincehighschool.Areyougoingtoturnitintoabook?Idon’tknow.MaybeIwillsomethingbutfornowit’sjustforme.Sowhatwasso