–Consider the four sentences below. Does the word love have the same meaning in all of them?
Try to write appropriate definitions for each of the meanings.
There are a great deal of a great many kinds of love. [Lytton Strachey, 1917]
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Definitions from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
a. What these kids need is love and support.
b. I think I'm falling in love with Tom.
c. He was her first love.
d. He had a great love of music.
–Apart from its numerous meanings, love also combines with other words. Complete the expressions below (the pictures will help you). Then, match them with their definitions.
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. [ _____________________ ]
· love s________
· love l________
· love n________
· p________ love
love at first __ __ __ __ __
to be/fall __ __ __ __ over
__ __ __ __ __ in love
not for __ __ __ __ nor __ __ __ __ __
· to love or suddenly start to love sb very much
· a place where two people who are having a romantic relationship live or meet each other – used humorously
· informal when it is impossible to obtain or to do sth; not by any means
· since the first time they saw each other
· a book, film etc about romantic love
· a song about romantic love
· a young person's romantic love for sb, which other people do not think is serious
· a letter that sb writes to tell sb else how much they love them
–Read the quotes on the second page and try to divide them into 4 groups.
Task
· a strong feeling of liking someone a lot combined with sexual attraction
· a strong feeling of caring about someone, especially a member of your family or a close friend
· a strong feeling of pleasure and enjoyment that something gives you
· someone that you feel a strong romantic and sexual attraction to
A
When you met your husband, was it _______________?
After months of waiting, it was hardly _______________, he admits.
B
The dingy flat in Cleghorn Street had been transformed into a cosy little _______________.
Only last week he bought a £550,000 _______________ in Henley-on-Thames, Oxon.
C
Romances are _______________, and they take the subject of love and give it a fictional treatment.
It is a devastating, tragic _______________ about mature people.
D
It'd be much nicer if we were in the position where we could write _______________.
But mainly I sing _______________.
E
Sam was _______________ with his new bride.
It wasn't just the usual liaison: the two of them fell _______________.
F
I can get a hold of that book _______________.
And you still can't get a good daily woman now to clean, _______________.
G
I must have been about fifteen when I received my first _______________.
In the glove compartment of his car was another _______________, this time written by her husband.
A. Love is a madness; if thwarted it develops fast.
[Mark Twain]
H. It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.
[Thomas Mann]
B. An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
[John Wesley]
I. Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
[Franklin Jones]
C. All the ill that is in us comes from fear, and all the good from love.
[Eleanor Farjeon]
J. True love is the only heart disease that is best left to run on.
D. When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will finally know peace.
[Jimi Hendrix]
K. When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
E. A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
[Mohandas Gandhi]
L. A mind might ponder it through ages, and not gain so much self-knowledge as the passion of love shall teach in a day.
[Ralph Waldo Emerson]
F. Love is an art – like music.
[Pierre Louys 1870-1925]
M. At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.
[Plato]
G. He is not a lover who does not love forever.
[Euripides]
N. Death cannot stop true love. It can only delay it for a while.
[movie The Princess Bride (1987)]
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