1、An Advanced Course in Interpretation高级口译教程(Unit 2)What is love ? Love is the salt of life (生活的必需品 ). Love is sweet torment (甜蜜的折磨 ). Love is a great teacher. Love is a transitive verb (及物动词 ). Love is a romantic poem (浪漫诗 ). Love is a beautiful dream. Love is a sugar-coated drug (糖衣药品 ). Love is per
2、manent expectation (永久的期待 ). Love is giving without thought of taking. (不考虑索取的付出 )What is love ? Love is the touchstone of virtues (美德的试金石 ). Love is a mixture of happiness and sadness (悲与喜的融合 ). Love is tacit agreement and noisy disagreement (默契加吵闹 ). Love is an attempt to change dreamland into rea
3、lity (把梦境化为现实的努力 ). Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination (本性画布上的想象绣图 ).What is love ? Love is loyalty and understanding （ 忠诚与理解） . Love is a union of beauty and truth (美与真的结合） . Love is great fondness mingled with hatred （ 夹杂着一点恨的爱慕） . Love is magical power coming from
4、 within （ 发自内心的神奇力量） . Love is the sweetest joy and the saddest sorrow. Love is a conflict between reflexes and reflections （本能与理性的冲突） .What is love ? Love is the conquest of reason by feeling （ 感情对理智的征服） . Love is a dark cave with sunlight at its end （ 尽头充满阳光的黑暗洞穴） . Love is extremely selfish and u
5、tterly selfless（ 极其自私而又绝对无私） . Love is a beautiful melody made from an elegant poem （ 为高雅的诗句所谱写的优美旋律） . Love is a God-given privilege and a self-laid obligation （ 上帝赐予的特权及自我约束的义务） . Love is the closing of the eyes and the opening of the heart （ 紧闭的双目和开启的心灵） .What is love ? Love is the child of illus
6、ion and the parent of disillusion （ 幼稚的幻想和成熟的幻灭） . Love is life in its fullness like the cup with wine to its brim. （ 充实的人生，犹如斟满的酒杯） Love is the depression of separation and delight of reunion （ 分别的沮丧和重逢的喜悦） . Love is the pursuit of delight in the process of agony （ 追求喜悦的痛苦历程） . Love is not two peop
7、le gazing into each others eyes, but two people looking outward in the same direction （ 不是两个人凝目对视，而是两个人同向远眺） .Test your memory: Reading Aloud and RecitingQuotations from CelebritiesOn LoveQuotations from Celebrities人生是花朵，爱情则是花蜜。 雨果Life is a flower of which love is the honey. Victor Hugo友谊可能而且常常发展成爱情
8、，但爱情却永远不会退化为友谊。 拜伦Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship. George ByronQuotations from Celebrities年轻人在生活中常犯大错误；其中之一是他们把爱情过于理想化了。 乔伊特Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much. Benjamin Jowett追求到的爱情是美好的，但自然而然获得的爱情则
9、更美好。 莎士比亚Love sought is good, but love given unsought is better. William ShakespeareQuotations from Celebrities爱情能把茅舍变为金色宫殿。 德国谚语Love can turn a cottage into a golden palace. German Proverb什么是爱情？两颗心灵一个躯体；什么是友谊？两个躯体一颗心灵。 约瑟夫 鲁What is love? Two souls and one flesh. What is friendship? Two bodies and one soul. Joseph Roux
