Unit Four Love and Marriage
Reading Focus
Love and Loving Relationships
L Language Points
1 ? a wide variety of 2. last a lifetime 3. get along with 4. react to
5. intimate relationships 6. family of origin 家庭成员 7. impersonal: indifferent & orphanage: home for orphans 9. foster homes 寄养家庭
foster: giving or receiving parental care although not of the same family
eg: foster mother/father/child 养母、养父、养子 10. underdevelopment 发育不良 11. motor skills 运动技能 12. mental health 精神健康 13. describe...as ???
14. be open to criticism 乐于接受批评 15. see...as ???
16. a prerequisite for doing sth 做某事的先决条件
17. self-image自我意象;自我形象 18. defy: refuse to obey sth 19. social context: social background 20. at the very least/at least 21. be necessary for 22. a willingness to do sth
23. as much concern about sb/sth as one's own 獴关丿C?自某事
24. commitment: loyalty; promise 25. care about
26. be inherent in 是。。。固有的;天生的 27. unfold: open out; develop
28. for one's own sake: for one's own benefit 29. for the purpose of
30. possessive dependency 具有占有欲的依赖
31. have nothing in common with 与。。。没有共同之处 32. be closer to
33. stirring-the-oatmeal 搅燕麦粥 34. mean doing
35. scrub toilet bowl 刷马桶 36. take turns doing sth
一某人、
己
37. candlelit gourmet meal 烛光美餐 38. attract...to...