文章大意：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了作者妻子十几岁时对爱情的幻想，以及现在成熟后对长久稳定的关系和需求的认知。作者提出了对于真爱的理解，强调了在寻找伴侣时重要的因素，并提醒了读者不要被共同兴趣蒙蔽。他谈到了作为父母的责任和夫妻间的团队合作，以及真正的爱不一定是浪漫的方式表现出来，而是体现在日常生活中的互相支持和陪伴中。
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Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Do note that there is one word more than you need in each passage.What My Wife and I Talk about When We Talk about Love
A. company B. weather C. desirable D. restore E. readily F. considering
G. sharpen H. hesitation I. peacefully J. access K. inconvenience |
My wife used to believe that romantic love is the most important and exciting thing in the entire world when she was a teenager. And the mark of true love is when two good-looking boys get in a physical fight over her. It’s even 1 that they both get injured but don’t end up going to hospital, not because she is worried about them but because it may cause her a lot of 2 and indirect responsibility. One day this will certainly happen to her, if she’s lucky. So you might understand her anger and frustration when I told her that if the other male competitor I have to “fight” with weighs more than 100 kilograms, I will simply hand her over to him without 3 , wish them a happy marriage and walk away with the feeling that tomorrow is another day.
Fortunately, we’ve both grown a lot older and grown out of expecting our life partner to “die” for us 4 . The older we get, the more honest, open and vulnerable we allow each other to be. One of the hardest things about getting older and being in love is knowing when something is just reality and when it’s too much hard work. Identifying what the calm, joyful but often challenging sensation of long-term love is and identifying what has just become totally intolerable is where we all have to really 5 our instincts.
Shared interests are one of the most overrated 6 factors when it comes to choosing a partner. Deciding that someone is a good person, or your soulmate, or made of exactly the same stuff as you just because you both love the music of Faye Wong is ridiculous. Having the same Agatha Christie collection or enjoying most of the movies directed by Richard Linklater will not help you 7 the various unexpected storms of life together.
A much more crucial factor in terms of finding a partner is how much you love their 8 . Since my son was born, I have experienced firsthand how overwhelming it is to be a working parent of a newborn. It has become even more apparent to me that the most important thing in a relationship is how well married couples work as a team. Couples need to be really, really good friends.
When you’re looking for love, and it seems like you might not ever find it, remember you probably have 9 to plenty of love already, just not the romantic kind. This kind of love might not kiss you in the rain or propose marriage. But it will listen to you, inspire and 10 you. It will hold you when you cry and celebrate when you smile. You can carry it with you and keep it as close to you as you can.
