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Electronic Teaching Portfolio Book ThreeUnit Two: LovePart I Get StartedSection A Discussion Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions.1) Do you think love and marriage are important matters in our life? Why or why not?2) Dating and courtship is a common scene at college now. What do you think of it?3) What do you think are the most important factors that contribute to a stable love relationship? Give your reasons. Answers for reference:1) Yes. It is human nature to feel attraction and affection between different sexes. A life without love is often regarded as imperfect. Those who are in love would long to stay together, and families resulting from love usually lay the foundation for a stable society. 2) Its OK to start dating at college, because college students are already grown-ups in the legal sense. No one has the right to interfere in such private matters. However, students top priority at college is to study and acquire knowledge and skills for their future careers. Dating and courtship will interfere with their studies. Therefore, some students tend to hold themselves back even if there are opportunities to start a romantic relationship.3) Many factors may contribute to a stable love relationship. Wealth, social status, appearances, family background, etc. may be considered as the external factors, which may help promote a love relationship. Wisdom, knowledge, character, personalities, etc. are the internal factors. Love based on external factors alone may not last long. Love based on the internal factors will survive whatever challenges or crises it may encounter. When two persons are in love, they should respect each other and be honest and faithful to each other. In essence, trust and understanding are the key factors that contribute to a successful love relationship. Section B Quotes Study the following quotes about love. Which quote(s) do you like best? Why? The course of true love never did run smooth. William Shakespeare Interpretation:Shakespeare believes that a true relationship is not easy to establish. People have different personalities, concepts of value, preferences of life style, etc. When two persons of the opposite sex develop a love relationship, they have to try their best to understand each other and reconcile with each other. William Shakespeare About William Shakespeare:William Shakespeare (1564-616): an English writer of plays and poems, who is generally regarded as the greatest of all English writers. His many famous plays include the tragedies Romeo and Juliet (罗密欧与朱丽叶), Hamlet (哈姆雷特), Julius Caesar (裘力斯凯撒), Macbeth (麦克白), Othello (奥瑟罗), and King Lear (李尔王); the comedies A Midsummer Nights Dream (仲夏夜之梦), Twelfth Night (第十二夜), and As You Like It（皆大欢喜).To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. Bertrand Russell Interpretation:Here Russell emphasizes the importance of an active attitude towards love. We should not be afraid to fall in love just because it is not easy to find true love or just because of any possible setbacks. A life without love is as dull as a dying man because he lacks the energy and passion to enjoy life.Bertrand Russell About Bertrand Russell:Bertrand Russell (1872-970): a British philosopher and mathematician who developed new ideas connecting mathematics and logic. He is also known for being a pacifist (和平主义者). He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950.Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl no superior alternative has yet been found. Sir Winston Churchill Interpretation:The quotation emphasizes that true love is the only basis upon which a happy family is built. Only when the man and the woman love each other dearly and devotedly can they endure trials and tribulations in their common effort to build up a happy family. Sir Winston Churchill About Sir Winston Churchill:Sir Winston Churchill (1874-965): a British statesman, soldier, and author who was Prime Minister during most of World War II and again from 1951 to 1955. He is remembered and admired by most British people as a great leader who made possible Britains victory in the war. He is also famous for the many speeches he made during the war. In 1953 Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his writing and oratory (演讲术).It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving. Mother Teresa Interpretation:The quotation tells us the significant role that love plays in everything we do in life. Whatever we do, we should put adequate love into it so that others can feel our love and be affected by our love. What we can offer to others may be insignificant, but as long as there is love in it, the benefit will be significant. Here, love is understood in a broad sense. Mother Teresa About Mother Teresa:Mother Teresa (1910-997): an Albanian (阿尔巴尼亚) Roman Catholic nun (修女) who lived in India, where she worked to help the poor and the sick in the city of Calcutta (加尔各答). She won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979, and people think of her as a typical example of someone who is kind, unselfish, and morally good.Section C Watching and Discussion Hes Just Not That Into Youis a 2009 romanticcomedyfilm about how nine people in Baltimore deal with their romantic problems. Watch the following video clip extracted from this film and then complete the tasks that follow: 1. Pay attention to what the woman says in the video clip and fill in the missing words.I. See, you cant keep being nice to me and I cant keep pretending like this is something that its not. Weve been together over seven years. You know me. You know who I am. You either wanna marry me or you dont.II. for every woman that has been told by some man that he doesnt believe in marriage and then six months later, hes married to some twenty-four-year-old that he met at the gym.III. Its coming from the place that I have been hiding from you for about five years. About five years because I havent wanted to seem demanding, and I havent wanted to seem clingy or psycho or whatever. So I have never asked you.2. What can you infer from the conversation between the man and the woman in the video clip?Answers for reference: (Open.)Script：BETH：Now. I want you to stop doing anything nice.NEIL: This feels like a trick.BETH: No. No. I just, I just need you to stop being nice to me unless youre gonna marry me after. (Neil laughs.)BETH: Is that funny? Do you think thats funny?NEIL: No. I guess it is not funny.BETH: See, you cant keep being nice to me and I cant keep pretending like this is something that its not. Weve been together for over seven years. You know me. You know who I am. You either wanna marry me or you dont.NEIL: Or there is the possibility that I mean it when I say I dont believe in marriage.BETH: Bullshit! Bullshit! Come on! Bullshit for every woman that has been told by some man that he doesnt believe in marriage and then six months later, hes married to some twenty-four-year-old that he met at the gym. Its just its Bullshit. (Beth tries to hold back her tears. Neil looks stunned and goes to her.)NEIL: Where is this coming from? BETH: Its coming from the place that I have been hiding from you for about five years. About five years because I havent wanted to seem demanding, and I havent wanted to seem clingy or psycho or whatever. So I have never asked you. But I but I I have to. I mean, are you are you ever going to marry me?Part II Listen and RespondSection A Word Bank (无)Section B Task One: Focusing on the Main IdeasChoose the best answer to each of the following questions according to the information contained in the listening passage. 1) Where did the woman see the three old men?A) In front of her store.B) In her front yard.C) In her dream.D) In her doorway. 2) Who were the three old men respectively?A) Success, Hope and Wealth.B) Faith, Hope, and Love.C) Wealth, Faith and Success.D) Love, Success and Wealth.3) Whom did the family invite in?A) Wealth. B) Love.C) Success.D) All of the above.4) How many of the old men would like to go into the house?A) One.B) Two.C) Three.D) Four.5) What is the main idea of the passage?A) Where there is love, there is wealth and success.B) One cannot live without wealth, love and success.C) Love is as important as wealth and success. D) Wealth and success are what people pursue most eagerly. Answers for Reference: 1) B2) D3) B4) C5) ASection C Task Two: Zooming in on the DetailsListen to the recording again and fill in each of the blanks according to what you have heard.1) The woman thought that the three old men must be _, so she invited them to come in and have something _.2) The old men said that they did not go into a house _.3) The husband wished to invite _, but the woman did not agree and wished to have _ , while their daughter suggested: “_?”4) The woman came out and asked: “Which one of you is_? Please come in and be our_.”5) The other two old men also got up and followed, which_ the woman. 6) One old man told the woman: “If you had invited _ or _, the other two of us would _.” Answers:1) The woman thought that the three old men must be hungry, so she invited them to come in and have something to eat.2) The old men said that they did not go into a house together.3) The husband wished to invite Wealth, but the woman did not agree and wished to have Success, while their daughter suggested: “Wouldnt it be better to invite Love?”4) The woman came out and asked: “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.”5) The other two old men also got up and followed, which surprised the woman. 6) One old man told the woman: “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed out.”Script:An Invitation A woman saw three old men sitting in her front yard. She said, “I dont think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.”“We do not go into a house together,” they replied. “Why is that?” she wanted to know. One of the old men explained: “His name is Wealth, this is Success, and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”Then the woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband said, “Lets invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth.” His wife disagreed, “My dear, why dont we invite Success?” Then the daughter made a suggestion: “Wouldnt it be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love.” “Lets take our daughters advice,” said the father. So the woman went out and asked, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited Love. Why are you coming in?”The old men replied together: “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever HE goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success.”Part III Read and ExploreText A Section A Discovering the Main Ideas1. Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text A. 1) Is “love” easy to define? Why or why not? 2) How does the author describe “puppy loves”?3) What does it take for love to develop into maturity? 4) What helped preserve the holiness of love in the authors parents generation?5) What negative roles do the media play in forming the younger generations view of love?6) What do young people today tend to value in relationships? What does the author think they should value? Answers for Reference:1) No. It is because love is a feeling that can only be felt but cannot be clearly described.2) “Puppy loves” are brief, silly, adventurous but harmless.3) Love takes time to blossom and it takes a lot of understanding, caring, sharing and affection to develop into maturity.4) It was the distance between men and women that helped preserve the holiness of love in the authors parents generation. 5) The media have exposed the younger generation to things that have fast paced their sensibilities so much that taking things slow requires effort.6) They tend to value physical beauty, closeness, passion and acquiring. The author thinks that they should value inner charm, intimacy, emotion and sharing.2. Text A can be divided into four parts with the paragraph number(s) of each part provided as follows. Write down the main idea of each part.Paragraph(s)Main IdeaPart One 1-2 _Part Two 3-7_Part Three 8-12_Part Four 13-14_ Answers for Reference:Paragraph(s)Main IdeaPart One 1-2 Love is hard to define because it can only be felt but not described.Part Two 3-7 The author discusses love of different depths from her own experiences.Part Three 8-12 The two generations handle love and relationships differently. The younger generation tends to be more hasty and selfish in building relationships.Part Four 13-14 The author advises young people to learn the essence of love and find ways to develop relationships into lifelong bonds.Section B In-Depth StudyLove is an overwhelming joy that is beyond description. It is human nature to yearn for and indulge in love, but true love takes a lot of understanding, much sharing and caring, and plenty of affection. What is true love? How deep is your love? The author shares her views with the younger generation on these questions. How Deep Is Your Love?Mansi Bhatia1 Love to some is like a cloudTo some as strong as steelFor some a way of livingFor some a way to feelAnd some say love is holding onAnd some say let it goAnd some say love is everythingSome say they dont know2 At some stage or the other in our lives we experience the gnawing pangs of an emotion which defies definition. Its a feeling that can only be felt and not described. An overwhelming joy that comes together with its share of sadness. Love.3 Given the busy nature of our lives, its to be appreciated that we even find the time to indulge in matters of the heart. But at the same time I wonder if we even understand its true depth. I remember having countless crushes while in school. My math teacher, our neighbours son, my best friends brother and lots of others whom I fancied for the colour of their eyes, the shape of their moustaches or just the way they walked. Harmless puppy loves that are as brief as soap bubbles. I can laugh about all those silly and adventurous thoughts and acts now but at that time nothing could be more serious an affair for me. Then came the stage of real relationships.4 Being in an all girls school I hardly had the opportunity to interact with members of the opposite gender. Socials between our school and the boys college, therefore, would be awaited anxiously. Those three hours of unhesitant attention by a group of well-groomed young gentlemen provided us with enough content to talk and feel exhilarated about for the next four weeks.5 And even then there was no real need of having a boyfriend.6 I somehow grew up believing that love would happen when it had to. And sure enough it did. It came at an age when I had a career, a long-term plan and a more or less settled life (and now I am not yet 25!). I was mature enough to enter a relationship which demands a lot of give and not so much of take.7 Love was a magnificent building I built on the foundation of friendship. It took time to blossom. It took a lot of understanding, loads of sharing and caring, and plenty of affection to become what it is today. And it meant a meeting of minds. You might say that I belong to the traditional school of romance. But in my opinion, love needs to be nurtured. And it has to be distinguished from the intense but short-lived love or the pleasures of the flesh.8 Our parents generation was fed lavishly with ideals. It was an era of constraints, restraints, respect, admiration, and plenty of romance. The long skirts, the quiet and unpretentious looks, the curled long hair, the calmness, the shy glancethese are all so frequently remindful of a bygone era. An age when the distance between the sexes somehow managed to help preserve the holiness of love and relationships.9 The younger generation, with its openness and fading lines of proximity, has jumped on the bandwagon of love with so much haste that it is difficult for them to distinguish between physical attraction and mental compatibilities. What we have been exposed to via the media have fast paced our sensibilities so much that taking things slow requires effort on our parts.10 I am amazed when I hear stories of school kids bragging about the number of physical relationships they have had. I am horrified to learn that girls barely eighteen have already been in and out of seven to eight “hook ups”.11 I am sorry to learn about the kind of emotional baggage these kids are carrying in what are purely unemotional relationships. Some might blame the current state of affairs on peer pressure. But has anyone ever stopped to figure out where this peer pressure originates? Do any of us try and understand who is responsible for this shift? Does anyone bother to study the state of mind of the teenagers?12 The mindset of this generation is all too evident in the way it handles its personal life. There are more relationships being distorted under the pressures of lust than ever before. There is more focus on physical beauty than on inner charm. There is more of closeness and less of intimacy. There is more of passion and less of emotion. There is more of acquiring and less of sharing. There is more of opportunism and less of selflessness. In short, there is more of ME and less of US.13 We have hardened ourselves so much in this competitive age that we have forgotten the essence of relationships. Theres much more to being someones lover than gifting them red roses and fifty-cent cards. What about gifting our object of affection, our time, our company, our support, our friendship? What about setting priorities in our lives and focusing on each with sincerity? What about trying to be self-sufficient emotionally before letting ourselves loose? What about giving ourselves, and others, time and space to forge relationships? What about working towards meaningful and lasting friendships? What about honouring our commitments? What about channeling our energies and emotions towards building lifelong bonds rather than wasting them on seasonal relationships?14 We have but on
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