20060826, Article, Voice, Picture
發表於 : 週二 8月 22, 2006 12:09 amHappy English Club 電子報 本報由EVP Team編審
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Time：第 70次例會，2006年8月26日（週六）下午2:30~5:00
Place： viewtopic.php?t=15
14:30~15:30 gossiping and chatting
15:30~15:45 Ice Breaker session
15:45~15:55 intermission
15:55~17:00 topic discussion
Host: Cathy Lin
Assistant Host: Andrew
Topic: Science Gets Serious with Love
(Source:www.nglish4u.net )
Love is a curious thing. We all crave it, and many of us think we can’t live without it. The more romantic among us even like to think that once we find it, love can last forever. Italian scientists, however, say that it just isn’t the case.
Researchers have long known that chemical changes happen in the brain when we fall in love. The breakthrough in the Italian research was to pinpoint some of the chemicals and to measure them over time. The results show that when we fall in love, our brain generates exceptional levels of nerve growth factor ( NGF ). NGF is believed to produce the intoxication we feel when we fall truly, madly, deeply in love. About a year after falling in love, however, NGF levels do an about-face and return to normal. For romantics, this news is the kiss of death, but from an evolutionary perspective, it makes a lot of sense. NGF- produced euphoria helps us to bond with a mate. However, once we’ve bonded (and possibly tied the knot and had a child), NGF levels go back to normal to let us get on with everyday life, such as making a living.
The only good news for romantics is that even when the fireworks stop, something deep and meaningful remains. And this truly is the basis of any love that will last the ages.
Vocabularies:
Breakthrough ( N) a great discovery, achievement.
Pinpoint ( V ) to select specific items
Tie the knot 締結婚約
Euphoria ( N ) 喜悅感
Questions:
1. Do you agree “love can last forever”? What are good ways to maintain the good relationship with your lover or with your family?
2. Romantics might stop just like the fireworks stop, however something deep and meaningful remains. What is it?
3. Which kind of things and situations are bad to your love? Even damage your marriage?
4. Speaking of marriage and romantics, do you think they are very different? What are the differences? (I think more duty, promise should be provided in marriage.)
5. Is your current lover different from your imagination? (For example: You hope he is rich, good temper…. Actually he isn’t.) What will you do?
6. How to build up a good and steady relationship with your lover? (If you don’t have experiences in this case, you can share this subject from your friends or relatives).
例會須知
參與例會，請自行列印當週的討論文章並帶至現場，圖示如下：
請將社團網站，加入我的最愛
http://www.happyforum.org/
台北，每週六 (2005年6月起)
Taipei, Saturday, Weekly
from June, 2005
Place：
viewtopic.php?t=15
高雄，每月最後一個週日 (2007年4月起)
Kaohsiung, Final Sunday, Monthly
from April, 2007
Place：
viewtopic.php?t=15
網站 http://www.happyforum.org/ 歡迎超連結並轉寄網址
論壇 http://www.happyforum.org/happy/ 歡迎至論壇討論
Time：第 70次例會，2006年8月26日（週六）下午2:30~5:00
Place： viewtopic.php?t=15
14:30~15:30 gossiping and chatting
15:30~15:45 Ice Breaker session
15:45~15:55 intermission
15:55~17:00 topic discussion
Host: Cathy Lin
Assistant Host: Andrew
Topic: Science Gets Serious with Love
(Source:www.nglish4u.net )
Love is a curious thing. We all crave it, and many of us think we can’t live without it. The more romantic among us even like to think that once we find it, love can last forever. Italian scientists, however, say that it just isn’t the case.
Researchers have long known that chemical changes happen in the brain when we fall in love. The breakthrough in the Italian research was to pinpoint some of the chemicals and to measure them over time. The results show that when we fall in love, our brain generates exceptional levels of nerve growth factor ( NGF ). NGF is believed to produce the intoxication we feel when we fall truly, madly, deeply in love. About a year after falling in love, however, NGF levels do an about-face and return to normal. For romantics, this news is the kiss of death, but from an evolutionary perspective, it makes a lot of sense. NGF- produced euphoria helps us to bond with a mate. However, once we’ve bonded (and possibly tied the knot and had a child), NGF levels go back to normal to let us get on with everyday life, such as making a living.
The only good news for romantics is that even when the fireworks stop, something deep and meaningful remains. And this truly is the basis of any love that will last the ages.
Vocabularies:
Breakthrough ( N) a great discovery, achievement.
Pinpoint ( V ) to select specific items
Tie the knot 締結婚約
Euphoria ( N ) 喜悅感
Questions:
1. Do you agree “love can last forever”? What are good ways to maintain the good relationship with your lover or with your family?
2. Romantics might stop just like the fireworks stop, however something deep and meaningful remains. What is it?
3. Which kind of things and situations are bad to your love? Even damage your marriage?
4. Speaking of marriage and romantics, do you think they are very different? What are the differences? (I think more duty, promise should be provided in marriage.)
5. Is your current lover different from your imagination? (For example: You hope he is rich, good temper…. Actually he isn’t.) What will you do?
6. How to build up a good and steady relationship with your lover? (If you don’t have experiences in this case, you can share this subject from your friends or relatives).
例會須知 參與例會，請自行列印當週的討論文章並帶至現場，圖示如下：
請將社團網站，加入我的最愛 http://www.happyforum.org/
台北，每週六 (2005年6月起)
Taipei, Saturday, Weekly
from June, 2005
Place：
viewtopic.php?t=15
高雄，每月最後一個週日 (2007年4月起)
Kaohsiung, Final Sunday, Monthly
from April, 2007
Place：
viewtopic.php?t=15
