An old song says that "love makes the world go around." If you watch Americans on Valentine's Day, you can believe it. The whole country breaks out with little red hearts. Love-struck people give cards, flowers and candy to their sweethearts. You might call it an annual celebration of love.

有首老歌是这么唱的「爱让世界旋转」。如果你在情人节观察美国人，你就会相信，因为全国突然出现许多小红心，恋爱的人会送卡片、花和糖果给他们的情人，也许我们可以称这是个爱的节日。

Americans are romantic all year long, but especially on February 14. Valentine's Day gives people an excuse to ask someone they admire to "be their valentine."

美国人全年都是罗曼蒂克的，尤其是在二月十四日。情人节给了人们借口请他们所欣赏的人做他们的情人。

Conversation I 会话一

Stan: Hey, Angela! I've been looking all over for you!

史丹：安琪拉！我到处找妳！

Angela: Well, hi, Stan! Happy Valentine's Day!

安琪拉：嗨！史丹！情人节快乐！

Stan: Thanks! Happy Valentine's Day to you, too! Uh, Angela……

史丹：谢谢！我也祝你情人节快乐！嗯，安琪拉……

Angela: Yes?

安琪拉：什么事？

Stan: Well, I……uh……got you a little something for Valentine's Day. Would you be my valentine?

史丹：我…，嗯，我有一样小东西送给你当情人节的礼物，你愿意做我的情人吗？

Angela: How sweet! The flowers are beautiful! And you know how much I love chocolate! Sure, I'd be honored to.

安琪拉：多美啊！这花好漂亮！而且你知道我有多喜欢巧克力！我觉得很荣幸能够成为你的情人。

Stan: Would you like to go to the school party with me this Saturday?

史丹：这星期六你要和我一起参加学校的舞会吗？

Angela: Yes, I would. I'll look forward to it.

安琪拉：好啊！我会去，并且满心期待地！

World International English 1

The American concept of love and romance begins with dating. Young people date in several ways. At first they might have group dates with several boys and girls together. Later, they start going on single dates-just one boy and one girl. Sometimes a boy and a girl will go to a movie. Maybe they will go to a party at a friend's house. Or they might go out to eat.

美国人的观念认为爱情和罗曼史是从约会开始的。年轻人约会有几种情况。刚开始，他会有群体式的约会，就是几个男生几个女生一起约会出去。之后，他们才开始单独的约会，就是一男一女。有时他们会去看电影，也可能去朋友家聚餐，或者到外面吃饭。

When two couples go out together, we call it double dating. A friend might even arrange a blind date for you with someone you don't know. That doesn't mean you keep your eyes closed the whole evening! You just don't know who your partner will be until the time for the date. If someone asks you for any kind of date, and you don't want to go, you may politely say, "No, thanks."

当有两对一起出去时，我们称之为「两对式约会」，甚至朋友也会安排你不认识的人帮你相亲。所谓相亲（blind date）并不是指让你整晚都把眼睛蒙起来，而是一直要等到约会那天你才知道对象是谁。如果有人以任何一种方式约你，但你不想去，你只管礼貌地说：「谢谢你，我不去。」

Conversation II

会话二

Jeff: Hi, Tanya! Boy, it's freezing today, isn't it?

杰夫：嗨！田雅，老天！今天真冷啊！

Tanya: You're not kidding! I'm glad I'm wearing a hat and gloves!

田雅：你说得沒错，我真庆幸戴了帽子和手套！

Jeff: Yeah, you look warm all bundled up like that. Say, I was wondering, would you like to go to the Valentine's banquet with me next week?

杰夫：是啊！你裹得那样看起来很暖和。我在想你下星期要不要和我去参加情人节的宴会？

Tanya: Well, I really don't think I can. I have other plans. Thanks for asking, though.

田雅：我想我真得沒办法去，我有另外的计划，不过还是谢谢你的邀请。

Jeff: That's O.K. Maybe some other time.

杰夫：沒关系，以后还有机会！

Tanya: Yeah. Well, here comes my bus. See you later!

田雅：啊！我的車来了，再见！

Americans view dating differently from people in other cultures. American young people see a date as a time just to have fun. They don't always have a romantic interest in mind. Someone World International English 2

may go out with one person this week, and another person the next. After a while, a boy and a girl may decide they want to "go steady." This means they think of each other as "boyfriend and girlfriend." It also means they don't want to date anyone else. Romance is beginning to bloom.

美国人看「约会」的角度与其他文化不同。美国的年轻人只是把约会当做享乐的时刻，并不都是有感情牵涉在內，有的人也许这星期和这个人出去，下星期和另一个人。过一阵子之后，一男一女可能决定他们要「稳定下来」，就是他们将彼此视为男女朋友，也就是说他们不再和其他人约会。爱情之花将开始绽放。

Romantic love is very much a part of American culture. Movies, TV shows and books in America all picture people falling in love. Americans know that no romance is perfect, but still they try to find the ideal person. Actually, love is a part of every culture, not just American culture. People all over the world search for happiness in a loving relationship.

爱情是美国文化的一大部分，美国的电影、电视和书都刻划人们坠入情网的事，美国人知道沒有一个爱情是完美的，但他们仍旧试图寻找理想伴侶。事实上，爱情是每一种文化的一部分而非仅是美国文化的。我们可以看出全世界的人都想在爱情里寻求快乐。

Maybe love does make the world go around.

也许爱情确实让世界旋转吧！

World International English 3

 

第二篇：一篇爱情美文Some Meanings of Authentic Love

一篇爱情美文Some Meanings of Authentic Love（英汉版） authentic adj 真正的

inconsistency n （原则、行为方面等 ）前后不一致，首尾不一

flaw n 缺点

core n 本质，精髓

mask n. 面具，伪装

smother v 使透不过气，使窒息

possessive adj 拥有的，占有的

clinging n.依附

consequently adv. 因此，所以

roadblock n. 路障

enhance v. 提高，增强

surrender v. 放弃，交出，投降

conform v. 与。。相符合，与。。。。相一致

primarily adv. 主要地，首要地

responsive adj. 响应的，回应的

entail v. 使成为必要，需要

driectly adv. 直接地

neglect v . 忽略，忽视

stimulant n. 激励物；影响力

detract v. 减损

lovable adj 可爱的，讨人喜欢的

pretense n. 伪装，虚假

tolerate v. 宽恕，容忍

imperfection n. 缺点

boredom n. 无聊

dole v.施舍，发放

impasse n. 绝境，僵局

transform v.使改变，改善

imperfect adj 不完美的

livable adj 适合于居住的

free v. 使自由

imply v. 意味着

expanssive adj. 扩展的，广泛的

bar v.禁止，不准

exclusively adv. 仅仅，专门地

wedded(to ) adj. 献身的；执着的

pseudolove n. 虚假爱情

cement v. 黏结，胶合

interdependent adj.互相依存的

personality n. 个人；人物；品格

destiny n.命运

overly adv. 过度地

confront v 面对

empathize v. 有同感，起共鸣，表同情

closeness n. 亲密

togetherness n. 在一起，相聚

separation n. 别离，分开

bond n. 联结，纽带

rediscove n.重新发现，重新认识

emptiness n. 无知，空虚

fullness n.充实；丰富

potential n.潜力

relevant adj 有关联的，切题的

conclude v.结束

mature adj 成熟的

union n. 结合

preserve v. 保留，保存

integrity n. 完整

individuality n. 个性，个人特征

paradox n.自相矛盾的事

proper nouns

gerald correy 杰拉尔德。科里（人名）

marianne schneider correy 玛丽安娜。施奈德。科里

reverend maier 梅尔教士

casey 凯斯

vanceburg 温斯伯格

goethe 歌德

fromm 弗罗姆

useful expressions

care about sb./sth 关心，关注

be concerned about 关心，挂念

conform to /with sth 与某事一致，吻合

be involved in sth 与。。。。有关系，有牵连

detract from sth 使逊色

share in sth 分享；分担

feel like doing 想要（做某事），有。。。。有意向

with (no) strings attached （口语）带有（不带）附加条件

come to terms with sth 学会面对困境，接受不好的现实，达成协议，和解 settle for （无可奈何地）接受，将就

identify with sb 感 到能够理解某人，与，，，，有同感

sum up 总结

Some Meanings of Authentic Love

Love means that I know the person I love. I'm aware of the many sides of the other person--not just the beautiful side but also the limitations, inconsistencies and flaws.

Love means that I care about the welfare of the person I love. If I care about you, I'm concerned about your growth, and I hope you will become all that you can become.

Love means having respect for the dignity of the person I love. If I love you, I can see you as a separate person, with your own values and thoughts and feelings, and I do not insist that you surrender your identity and conform to an image of what I expect you to be for me.

Love means having a responsibility toward the person I love. If I love you, I'm responsive to most of your major needs as a person. Love means growth for both myself and the person I love. If I love you, I am growing as a result of my love. You are a stimulant for me

to become more fully what I might become, and my loving enhances your being as well.

Love means making a commitment to the person I love. This commitment does not entail surrendering our total selves to each other; nor does it imply that the relationship is necessarily

permanent. It does entail a willingness to stay with each other in times of pain, uncertainty, struggle, and despair, as well as in times of calm and enjoyment.

Love means trusting the person I love. If I love you, I trust that you will accept my caring and my love and that you won't deliberately hurt me. I trust the reciprocal nature of our love.

Love can tolerate imperfection. In a love relationship there are times of boredom, times when I may feel like giving up, times of real strain, and times I experience an impasse.

Authentic love does not imply enduring happiness. I can stay during rough times, however, because I can remember what we had

together in the past, and I can picture what we will have together in

our future if we care enough to face our problems and work them through.

Love is freeing. Love is freely given, not doled out on demand. Authentic love is not given with strings attached. There is an unconditional quality about love.

Love is expansive. If I love you, I encourage you to reach out and develop other relationships. The honest evidence of our love is our commitment to encouraging another's full development.

Love means having a want for the person I love without having a need for that person in order to be complete. If I am nothing without you, then I'm not really free to love you.

Love means identifying with the person I love. If I love you, I can empathize with you and see the world through your eyes. I can identify with you because I'm able to see myself in you and you in me. This closeness does not imply a continual "togetherness", for distance and separation are sometimes essential in a loving

relationship. Distance can intensify a loving bond, and it can help us

rediscover ourselves, so that we are able to meet each other in a new way.

Love is selfish. I can only love you if I genuinely love, value,

appreciate, and respect myself. If I am empty, the all I can give you is my emptiness. If I feel that I'm complete and worthwhile in

myself, then I'm able to give you out of my fullness. One of the best ways for me to give you love is by fully enjoying myself with you.

Love involves seeing the potential within the person we love. In my love for another, I view her or him as the person she or he can become, while still accepting who and what the person is now.

Mature love is union under the condition of preserving one's

integrity, one's individuality. In love this paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.

真爱的几点内涵

爱意味着我了解我所爱的人。我了解对方的诸多方面--不仅仅是美好的一面，而且包括不足之处，矛盾之处以及各种缺点。

爱，指的是关心我所爱的人的幸福。如果我真关心你，就会关心你的成长，并希望你在一切可能的范围内成全自己。

爱，指的是维护我所爱的人的尊严。假如我爱你，我就会把你看成一个具有自己的价值观，思想和感情的独立的人，而不会要求你为了我而改变你的个性和屈从于我对你的期待。

爱，指的是对我所爱的人有责任心。假如我爱你，我会把你看成一个有独立个性的人，对你的多数重要需求作出反应。

爱，指的是我和我所爱的人能从中共同获取成长的力量。假如我爱你，我就会因我的爱而在不断成长。你将会激励我更充分地发展我的潜能，而我对你的爱也将进一步完善你的整个人生。

爱，指的是对我所爱的人做出某种承诺。这种承诺并非指我们之间要完全屈从于对方，也不暗指我们之间的关系一定要永久不变。它实指我们必须相互依存的决心，不管是在平静和欢乐的日子还是在痛苦、迷茫、挣扎和失望的时候，都不分离。

爱，指的是信任我所爱的人。假如我爱你，我就会相信你会接受我的关怀和我的爱，也相信你不会故意伤害我。我相信我们之间的爱有一种天然的互补性。

爱，须能容忍不完美。在相爱的过程中，肯定会出现厌烦的时候，有我想放弃的时候，有十分紧张的时候，亦有我感到无望的时候。真爱并不一定会有持久的幸福。然而，在厄境中我会坚持下去，因为我能记起我们在过去共同拥有的美好时光，也能预见，假如我们对自己的问题给予足够的重视并加以解决，我们会有光明的前景。

爱，是自愿的。爱只能是无偿地献出，而不是在需要时赊与。真爱的付出绝对没有任何附加条件，无条件才是它的品质。

爱，是敞开的。假如我爱你，我会鼓励你向外发展并建立其他人际关系。鼓励对方去充分发展自己才是两人相爱的真实证明。

爱，指的是渴望得到我所爱的人，而不是因为缺了对方自己就会不完整。假如缺少你我就无法生存，那么我就不会真有能力去爱你。 爱，指的是理解我所爱的人。假如我爱你，我会与你产生情感共鸣并能通过你的眼睛看世界。我之所以能理解你是因为你中有我，我中有你。此种亲密并不意味着两人一刻不能分离，因为离别和距离有时候在两人爱的关系中是必要的。距离能加强爱的纽带，能帮助我们重新发现自己，因此我们能以某种新的方式认识对方。

爱是自我的。只有当我真正地爱自己、珍惜自己、欣赏并尊重自己，我才能爱你。假如我空虚，那么我能给予你的也只能是空虚。假如我觉得自己充实完整并活得有价值，那么我也能给予你的就是充实完整。我爱你地最佳方式之一就是与你一起分享我的一切。

爱，指的是能看清我们所爱的人内在的潜力。爱一个人时，我会一面接受对方的现状，一面把对方看成将来能成为的那种人。

成熟的爱指的是在保持个人完整独立性的前提下所形成的统一。合而为一，却又一分为二，这就是爱中似是而非的矛盾现象。