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Lesson 4

Love

What is love? According to the scientist, love is nothing
but a physiological reaction that occurs when the

hypothalamus is stimulated. It’s nothing but a case of
hormones. To the poet, love is the greatest thing in the

world. It makes the flowers bloom and the sunset seem
redder and more romantic. For the person in love, its

means sleepless nights, “butterflies in the stomach”, daydreams, knights in
shining armor, damsels in distress, and so on. For others, love doesn’t exist at

all. They think that love never lasts, and even if it exists, it never lasts long. It

just turns to “attachment”.

Comprehension

1. What is love to a poet & what is love to a scientist?
2. Why do some people think love doesn’t exit?

Questions

1. What is love to you?
2. What makes you love someone?

Vocabulary & Expressions

physiological: being in accord with or characteristic of the normal functioning
of a living organism
stimulated: to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure
daydream: a visionary creation of the imagination experienced while awake
attachment: liking or affection
hypothalamus: the part of the brain that lies below the thalamus, forming
the major portion of the ventral region of the diencephalon and functioning to
regulate bodily temperature, certain metabolic processes, and other autonomic
activities
butterflies in stomach: a queasy feeling, as from nervousness, excitement, etc

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