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TED爱情应有的样子

题?：Abetterwaytotalkaboutlove

作者:MandyLenCatron

OK,sotodayIwanttotalkabouthowwetalkaboutlove.And specifically,Iwanttotalkaboutwhatswrongwithhowwetalkaboutlove.

今天，我想讨论?下我们谈论爱情的?法。说得更明确?些，就是讨论?下我们谈论爱情时犯的错误。

Mostofuswillprobablyfallinloveafewtimesoverthecourseofourlives,andintheEnglishlanguage,thismetaphor,falling,isreallythemainwaythatwetalkaboutthatexperience.Idontknowaboutyou,butwhenIconceptualizethismetaphor,whatIpictureisstraightoutofacartoon--liketheresaman,heswalkingdownthesidewalk,withoutrealizingit,hecrossesoveranopenmanhole,andhejustplummetsintothesewerbelow.AndIpictureitthiswaybecausefallingisnotjumping.Fallingisaccidental,itsuncontrollable.Itssomethingthathappenstouswithoutourconsent.Andthis--thisisthemainwaywetalkaboutstartinganewrelationship.

我们?多数?在??中会不??次坠?爱河，?在语?中，我们使?“坠?”?词，很?程度上也形容了恋爱的体验。我不知道你们怎么想的，但我脑海中所浮现的画?完全和卡通??样：有?个?，他?在??道上，不经意间?过?个井?，然后“扑通”?声跌进了下?道。我这样想象是因为“坠?”与“跳?”不同。“坠?”是意外的，是不可控制的。它的发?是未经??允许的。?这就是我们讨论?段新恋情时

的描述?式。

IamawriterandImalsoanEnglishteacher,whichmeansIthinkaboutwordsforaliving.YoucouldsaythatIgetpaidtoarguethatthelanguageweusematters,andIwouldliketoarguethatmanyofthemetaphorsweusetotalkaboutlove--maybeevenmostofthem--areaproblem.

我是作家也是英语?师，这意味着我靠咬?嚼字为?。你可以说我的?作就是告诉别??常?语是很要紧的，?我想指出的是，有很多?来形容爱情的?喻，甚?可能是?多数，都是有问题的。

specifically

adv.明确地；专?地

metaphor

n.暗喻

conceptualize

v.将…概念化；构思

ma

manhole

n.井?

plummet

plummetinto

跌?

sewe

sewer

n.下?道

So,inlove,wefall.Werestruck.Wearecrushed.Weswoon.Weburnwithpassion.Lovemakesuscrazy,anditmakesussick.Ourheartsache,andthentheybreak.Soourmetaphorsequatetheexperienceoflovingsomeonetoextremeviolenceo