新思维综合英语3课程辅导Unit115155.ppt

新思维综合英语(3)课程辅导Unit 11（51—55）;Language Points in the Reading;Don’t you find it upsetting to reduce an emotion like love to a chemical equation? 你不认为将爱情这种情感降低为一种化学方程式有些扫兴吗？　reduce … to …，“把……降低（贬斥）为……”。 The emperor reduced the officer to a beggar. 皇帝把这个官员贬为乞丐。　　;　　。　;　;What is love, chemically speaking? 从化学角度来谈，爱是什么？ I try to distinguish between romantic attraction and romantic attachment because I think they’re chemically distinct. 我尽量???浪漫的相互吸引和浪漫的相互爱恋区分开来，因为我认为，二者之间从化学角度来说是不同的。1. chemically speaking，“从化学角度来谈”，类似的表达：generally speaking，“通常来说”；honestly speaking，“说实话”，等。2. distinguish between A and B，“区别A和B”。;What, then, is the basis for romantic attachment? What keeps us together? 浪漫式相互吸引的基础是什么？是什么让两个人形影不离？ I believe that we’re programmed at birth to produce endorphins when we’re in close relationships. 我认为，我们的肌体在出生的时候就有这种功能，即当发生任何亲密关系就会产生内啡肽。　　1. at birth，“出生时”。如：At birth, the baby weighed 4 kilos. 出生时这个婴儿重四公斤。　 2. to be in close relationship，“保持亲密的关系”。如：Some people, usually rather lonely and unhappy ones, find it very difficult to be in close relationship with others. 有些孤独和抑郁的人觉得很难与别人保持亲密的关系。　　3. to keep sb./sth. + adj.，“使某人/某事物保持怎样的状态”，如：to keep the meat fresh，“保持肉的新鲜度”, to keep the water cool, “保持水的清凉度”。　　;Why do people grow tired of each other? 为什么两个人会逐渐相互厌倦？　　be tired of sb./sth.，“厌倦某人/某物”。　　What’s intense in a relationship is the newness. 恋爱关系中最强烈的是新鲜感。　　 Romeo and Juliet, for example, never had a chance to get used to each other. 比如说，罗密欧和朱丽叶永远不可能有机会去彼此熟悉。　;Why does being in love make everything in life seem wonderful? 为什么恋爱让生活中方方面面看起来那么美好？When we’re in love, it takes less stimulation to give us pleasure. 在我们坠入爱河的时候，我们更容易产生快乐感。　　; Do people work better when they’re in love, or are they too distracted? 热恋中的人工作效率更高还是更容易分散精力？When people’s emotional needs are being met, they work better. 人的情感需求得到满足后，工作效率更佳。;;Phrases and Expressions