Discuss in groups to identify the missing information. Reading MoreGlobal Understanding Part I Main idea: Love is essential for human survival. Arguments: A._ _ B._ _ C._ _ The family is the earliest and most important source of love and emotional support. Children deprived of love have been known to develop a variety of problems. Research shows the quality of care infants received affects how they later get along with friends. Reading MoreGlobal Understanding Part I D._ _ E._ _ F._ _ _ Love for oneself, or self-love, is also essential for our social and emotional development. Social scientists describe self-love as important for self-esteem. People who dont like themselves may not be able to return love but may constantly seek love relationships to bolster their own poor self-images. Reading MoreGlobal Understanding Part II Main idea: What is love? Arguments: A. Love is an _ Supporting evidence: a. _ _ b. _ c. _ _ _ d. _ _ elusive concept People give a variety of answers when asked what love is. Love has many dimensions. It can be romantic, exciting, obsessive, and irrational, platonic, calming, altruistic, and sensible. It varies in degree and intensity and across social contexts. Reading MoreGlobal Understanding Part II B. Three elements are necessary for a love relationship: Supporting evidence: a. _ b. _ _ c. _ _ C. _ _ _ Supporting evidence: _ _ a willingness to please and accommodate the other. an acceptance of the other persons faults and shortcomings. as much concern about the loved ones welfare as ones own. Love, especially longterm love, has nothing in common with the images of love or frenzied sex that we get from Hollywood, television, and romance novels. “Real” love is closer to what one author called “stirring-the-oatmeal love”. Reading MoreGlobal Understanding Part III Main idea: _ _ Arguments: A._ _ B._ _ C._ _ What brings people together? And is there a person out there that one is meant for? Empirical studies show that cultural norms and values, not fate, bring people together. Criticism and approval teach us what is acceptable romantic behavior and with whom. Lust and desire are different from loveespecially romantic love. Reading MoreGlobal Understanding Part III D. _ _ _ E. _ _ _ One should not conclude that desire always culminates in physical intimacy or that desire is the same as romantic love. Healthy love relationships, whether physical or not (such as love for family members), reflect a balance of caring, intimacy, and commitment. Task 2 Choose the sentence that best expresses the meaning of the sentence from the text. (P105) Key: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 B A B C D B C D C B Reading Focus Detailed Information Key 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- Task 1 Choose the answer that is closest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in the sentence. (P107) A A C B B C D C Reading Focus Vocabulary in Action A C Task 2 1. The two countries have always _ close relations. 2. When were together, all he talks about is business. I wish he were more _. 3. The museum