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I.  Warm-up Questions

Directions: discuss and answer 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.

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II.  Quotes

Directions: Study the following quotes about love. Which quote(s) do you like best? Why?

1.    The course of true love never did run smooth.

                              —— William Shakespeare

2.    To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

                             —— Bertrand Russell

3.    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

4.    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:

1.    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.

2.    Here Russell emphasizes the importance of an active attitude towards love. We should not be afraid to fall in love just because itis 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.

3.    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.

4.    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.