英语流利说 Level5 Unit2 Part1 The Psy

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.

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 the man 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.

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China's    China's 和 Chinese 的意思都是“中国的”，用China's时，一般把国家作为众人构成的集合体看待，比如：“China's reform-中国改革”，而Chinese一般只是表达“中国的、中文的”等形容词意义，比如：“a Chinese girl-一个中国女孩”。

Chamber  n.会议厅; (议会的) 议院; (作特定用途的) 房间，室;

present  v.把…交给; 颁发; 授予; 提出; 提交; (以某种方式) 展现，显示，表现;

foolishness   n.愚蠢，愚笨;

trick v.欺骗; 欺诈;

conflicting v.(两种思想、信仰、说法等) 冲突，抵触;

tear  v.撕裂; 撕碎; 扯破; 戳破; 撕开，划成，刺出，扯开(裂口或洞); 拉掉; 撕掉; 拔掉; 扯掉;

priest n.(天主教、圣公会、东正教的) 司祭，神父，司铎; (非基督教会的) 教士，祭司，僧侣;

reverse  v.颠倒; 彻底转变; 使完全相反; 撤销，废除(决定、法律等); 使    n.相反的情况(或事物); 后面; 背面;     adj.相反的; 反面的; 反向的; 背面的; 后面的;

never to 永不

look in  ：look in用来指度去看有大小、体积和幅度的一个地方或位置。

look into：look into表示由外向里看的动作。

forbidden adj.禁止的; 不准的;

attachment n.依恋; 爱慕; 信念; 信仰; 忠诚; 拥护; (机器的) 附件，附加装置，附属物;

被动语态也可以概括为“be done”。也就是“be+过去分词”。

“when是at or during the time that，既指时间点，也可指一段时间。while是during the time that，只指一段时间，因此when引导的时间状语从句中的动词可以是终止性动词。”

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(What side of the mirror is he supposed to look into?) the reverse side

(Why does the priest give the young man a magic mirror?)  to cure him of his conflicting emotions

(Why does he enter the mirror?) to be with his love

(Why does the young man look into the forbidden side of the mirror? )he doesn't like what he sees in the mirror?

(What does he see in the forbidden side of the mirror?) he sees the image of his love

the way to free ourselves from suffering is to remove desires.

(What finally happens to the young man?) He is dragged away in chains and dies.

(He enters the mirror to be with his love and satisfy his desires.)

(The way to free ourselves from suffering is to remove desires)

(He is dragged away in chains and dies while looking into the mirror.)

(Once free of desires we can reach a state of peace and wisdom.)

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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 reach the world.

Falling in love can be exciting and frightening.

Maybe we lose ourselves and maybe we find ourselves.

Will you dare to find out?

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integrate   v.(使) 合并，成为一体; (使) 加入，融入群体;

integrate with   使与…结合

boredom n.厌烦; 厌倦; 无聊;

power games  权利游戏？？

discover v.(第一个) 发现; (出乎意料地) 发现，找到，发觉; 了解到; 认识到; 查明;

potential  n.可能性; 潜在性; 潜力; 潜质; 电位; 电势; 电压;

frighting adj.引起恐惧的; 使惊恐的; 骇人的;

(According to this writer,lovers should avoid？) becoming too dependent on the other person.