Part I
E.___________________________________________ Social scientists describe self-love as important for self-esteem. ___________________________________________ F.___________________________________________ People who don’t like themselves may not be able to ___________________________________________ return love but may constantly seek love relationships to bolster their own poor self-images. ___________________________________________
Part I
Reading More—Global Understanding
D.___________________________________________ Love for oneself, or self-love, is also essential for our social and emotional development. ___________________________________________
Starting out—Task 1
• Work: co-worker, managers, team leaders, business talk, business lunch, team work, promotion… • Love: affection, attraction, romantic dating, candlelit dinner, hug, kiss, courtship… • Parental: unconditional love, deep care…
Starting out—Task 1
Task 1 Work in groups to list the possible relationships a normal human being will encounter in his lifetime. Also list the words and activities related to a certain relationship.
Background Information
Listen to a talk on The mathematical Marriage Predictor and answer the following questions. Script
1) What did James Murray try to do? To explore the rocky road of romance. 2) What was the first step James Murray take in his research? Videotaped hundreds of volunteer couples in discussion.
Reading More—Global Understanding Main idea: What is love? Arguments: elusive concept A. Love is an _____________________ Supporting evidence: Part II People give a variety of answers when asked a. ______________________________________ what love is. _______________________________________ Love has many dimensions. b. _______________________________________ It can be romantic, exciting, obsessive, and c. _______________________________________ irrational, platonic, calming, altruistic, and ________________________________________ sensible. ________________________________________ d. ________________________________________ It varies in degree and intensity and across ________________________________________ social contexts.
Reading Focus
Love and Loving Relationships
Reading Focus
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Background Information Global Understanding Detailed Information Critical Thinking Language Points Vocabulary in Action
Reading Focus – Global Understanding
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Love is essential for human survival.
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What brings people together?
What is love?
3) What did James Murray do with the videotapes? Break down behavioral responses to these high-pressure discussions into recognizable groups.
Background Information
Reading More—Global Understanding Discuss in groups to identify the missing information. Main idea: Love is essential for human survival. Arguments: A.___________________________________________ The family is the earliest and most important source of love and emotional support. ___________________________________________ Children deprived of love have been known to B.___________________________________________ develop a variety of problems. ___________________________________________ C.___________________________________________ Research shows the quality of care infants received affects how they later get along with friends. ___________________________________________
Starting out—Task 1
e.g. Friendship, work, peer, love, parental, marriage… Words for reference: • Friendship: care, association, esteem, empathy, friendliness, attachment, affinity, bond, harmony, intimacy, affection; going to movies, heart-to -heart talk, playing sports together
Reading More—Global Understanding B. Three elements are necessary for a love relationship: Supporting evidence: a willingness to please and accommodate the other. a. _________________________________________ b. _________________________________________ an acceptance of the other person’s faults and _________________________________________ shortcomings. Part II as much concern about the loved one’s welfare as c. _________________________________________ _________________________________________ one’s own. Love, especially longterm love, has nothing in common C. ____________________________________________ with the images of love or frenzied sex that we get from ____________________________________________ Hollywood, television, and romance novels. ____________________________________________ Supporting evidence: “Real” love is closer to what one author called ___________________________________________ “stirring-the-oatmeal love”. ___________________________________________