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Sentence Learning
Text A
4
5
6
Words & Phrases
Key to Exercises
Quit
Background Information & Cultural Notes
Aaron Ben-ze‟ev Francis Albert “Frank” Sinatra Alexandre Dumas Daniel Todd Gilbert
experience yields less pleasure; psychologists “call this habituation, economists call it declining marginal utility, and the rest of us call it marriage. (Daniel Gilbert) (Quote No.3)
UP: University Press
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Background Information & Cultural Notes
Francis Albert “Frank” Sinatra ( December 12,1915-May 14,1998) was an American singer and actor.
英国皇家学会 It is an annual award for the previous year’s best general science writing and best science writing for children. The nominees and winners are decided by the Royal Society, the UK national academy of science. It is generally considered to be the most prestigious science writing award.
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Text Structure
III. (Para.6-10) Place of love in marriage further enhanced
by the characteristics of modern society Para.6 : The increasing percentage of single households in modern society Para.7-9 : The easier access to getting out of marriage and to getting into a new marital relationship in modern society Para10 : The greater availability of love outside marriage in modern society
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Lead-in: Passage Appreciation
Love is holding hands in the street Marriage is holding arguments in the street Love is dinner for two in your favorite restaurant Marriage is Chinese take-out Love is cuddling on a sofa Marriage is deciding on a sofa Love is talking about having children Marriage is talking about getting away from children Love is going to bed early Marriage is going to sleep early Love is a romantic drive Marriage is a tarmac drive Love is losing your appetite
Home
Background Information & Cultural Notes
Aaron Ben-ze‟ev is President and Professor of Philosophy at the university of Haifa. His research focuses on theoretical issues concerning the emotions, as well as the study of particular emotions. His major books are, The Subtlety of Emotions (MIT, 2000), Love Online: Emotions on the Internet (Cambridge UP,2004), and In the Name of Love: Romantic Ideology and its Victims (Oxford UP,2008).
Home
Back
Background Information & Cultural Notes
Daniel Todd Gilbert is Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He is a social psychologist who is known for his research on affective forecasting, with a special emphasis on cognitive biases. He is the author of the international bestseller Stumbling on Happiness, which has been translated into more than 25 languages and which won the 2007 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books.
Marriage is losing your figure
Love is sweet nothings in the ear Marriage is sweet nothing‟s in the bank
Love is a flickering flame
Marriage is flickering television Love is one drink and two straws
habituation适应，习惯化
marginal utility 边际效应
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Sentence Study
1 Paraphrase: On serial occasions we get accustomed to the marriage and the experience of marriage brings about less pleasure; what we called marriage is considered as a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions by psychologists and decreasing marginal utility by economists. 在接下来的日子里，我们适应了这一事件，但婚姻的体 验带来较少的乐趣。心理学家称之为“适应，经济学家 称之为边际效用递减”，而我们其他人把它叫做婚姻。” (丹尼尔吉尔伯特)
Βιβλιοθήκη Baidu
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Lead-in
Question 2
What do you think make a happy marriage?
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Lead-in
Question 3
What‟s your idea of an ideal partner?
Home
Text Structure
I. (Para.1) The paradox associated with marriage: to pursue the package deal that one is most likely to fail to achieve.
To Be Continued
Home
Text Structure
II. (Para.2-5) The main difficulties in pursing the package deal
Para.2 : A brief introduction of three main difficulties in pursing the package deal Para.3 : The loss of traditionally unique advantages of marriage
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Background Information & Cultural Notes
Alexandre Dumas 大仲马 (July 24,1802- December 5,1870), was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monter Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.
Book 2
Unit 4
Love and Marriage
Text A: Are Love and Marriage Like a Horse and Carriage
Quit
Contents
1 2
Background Information & Cultural Notes
Lead-in
3
Text Structures
Home
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Title of Nobility
Duke 公爵， 例如：Duke of York Marquis 侯爵 ，例如 Marquis of Londonderry Count (Earl), 伯爵（Earl为英国的说法，Count 一般是除英国以外其它欧洲国家的说法） 例如： Earl of Wessex ， Count of Rosenborg Viscount ['vaikaunt]子爵, 例如：Viscount Severn Baron 男爵，(英国、欧陆国家、日本贵族等级 制度中最低的一级)例如：Baron Culloden
To Be Continued
Home
Text Structure
IV. (Para.11-13)
The possible solutions to the marital
paradox
Home
Sentence Study
1 On successive occasions we adapt to the event and the
Marriage is “Don‟t you think you‟ve had enough”
Home
Lead-in: Questions
Question 1
Is romantic love the most important condition for a long and happy marriage?
Para.4 : The lack of significant changes in long-term romantic relationships
Para.5 : The greater flexibility of romantic boundaries in modern society
To Be Continued
Text A
4
5
6
Words & Phrases
Key to Exercises
Quit
Background Information & Cultural Notes
Aaron Ben-ze‟ev Francis Albert “Frank” Sinatra Alexandre Dumas Daniel Todd Gilbert
experience yields less pleasure; psychologists “call this habituation, economists call it declining marginal utility, and the rest of us call it marriage. (Daniel Gilbert) (Quote No.3)
UP: University Press
Home
Back
Background Information & Cultural Notes
Francis Albert “Frank” Sinatra ( December 12,1915-May 14,1998) was an American singer and actor.
英国皇家学会 It is an annual award for the previous year’s best general science writing and best science writing for children. The nominees and winners are decided by the Royal Society, the UK national academy of science. It is generally considered to be the most prestigious science writing award.
Home
Text Structure
III. (Para.6-10) Place of love in marriage further enhanced
by the characteristics of modern society Para.6 : The increasing percentage of single households in modern society Para.7-9 : The easier access to getting out of marriage and to getting into a new marital relationship in modern society Para10 : The greater availability of love outside marriage in modern society
Home Back
Lead-in: Passage Appreciation
Love is holding hands in the street Marriage is holding arguments in the street Love is dinner for two in your favorite restaurant Marriage is Chinese take-out Love is cuddling on a sofa Marriage is deciding on a sofa Love is talking about having children Marriage is talking about getting away from children Love is going to bed early Marriage is going to sleep early Love is a romantic drive Marriage is a tarmac drive Love is losing your appetite
Home
Background Information & Cultural Notes
Aaron Ben-ze‟ev is President and Professor of Philosophy at the university of Haifa. His research focuses on theoretical issues concerning the emotions, as well as the study of particular emotions. His major books are, The Subtlety of Emotions (MIT, 2000), Love Online: Emotions on the Internet (Cambridge UP,2004), and In the Name of Love: Romantic Ideology and its Victims (Oxford UP,2008).
Home
Back
Background Information & Cultural Notes
Daniel Todd Gilbert is Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He is a social psychologist who is known for his research on affective forecasting, with a special emphasis on cognitive biases. He is the author of the international bestseller Stumbling on Happiness, which has been translated into more than 25 languages and which won the 2007 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books.
Marriage is losing your figure
Love is sweet nothings in the ear Marriage is sweet nothing‟s in the bank
Love is a flickering flame
Marriage is flickering television Love is one drink and two straws
habituation适应，习惯化
marginal utility 边际效应
Home
Sentence Study
1 Paraphrase: On serial occasions we get accustomed to the marriage and the experience of marriage brings about less pleasure; what we called marriage is considered as a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions by psychologists and decreasing marginal utility by economists. 在接下来的日子里，我们适应了这一事件，但婚姻的体 验带来较少的乐趣。心理学家称之为“适应，经济学家 称之为边际效用递减”，而我们其他人把它叫做婚姻。” (丹尼尔吉尔伯特)
Βιβλιοθήκη Baidu
Home
Lead-in
Question 2
What do you think make a happy marriage?
Home
Lead-in
Question 3
What‟s your idea of an ideal partner?
Home
Text Structure
I. (Para.1) The paradox associated with marriage: to pursue the package deal that one is most likely to fail to achieve.
To Be Continued
Home
Text Structure
II. (Para.2-5) The main difficulties in pursing the package deal
Para.2 : A brief introduction of three main difficulties in pursing the package deal Para.3 : The loss of traditionally unique advantages of marriage
Home
Back
Background Information & Cultural Notes
Alexandre Dumas 大仲马 (July 24,1802- December 5,1870), was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monter Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.
Book 2
Unit 4
Love and Marriage
Text A: Are Love and Marriage Like a Horse and Carriage
Quit
Contents
1 2
Background Information & Cultural Notes
Lead-in
3
Text Structures
Home
Back
Title of Nobility
Duke 公爵， 例如：Duke of York Marquis 侯爵 ，例如 Marquis of Londonderry Count (Earl), 伯爵（Earl为英国的说法，Count 一般是除英国以外其它欧洲国家的说法） 例如： Earl of Wessex ， Count of Rosenborg Viscount ['vaikaunt]子爵, 例如：Viscount Severn Baron 男爵，(英国、欧陆国家、日本贵族等级 制度中最低的一级)例如：Baron Culloden
To Be Continued
Home
Text Structure
IV. (Para.11-13)
The possible solutions to the marital
paradox
Home
Sentence Study
1 On successive occasions we adapt to the event and the
Marriage is “Don‟t you think you‟ve had enough”
Home
Lead-in: Questions
Question 1
Is romantic love the most important condition for a long and happy marriage?
Para.4 : The lack of significant changes in long-term romantic relationships
Para.5 : The greater flexibility of romantic boundaries in modern society
To Be Continued