(1) Music lesson: The Rose by Westlife/Bette Midler
P.S. Liu Yufan, may I ask you to bring your sound system to class, please?!
(2) Enjoy English: The Adoption
P.S. Oh, and don't forget to listen to Tara's News bulletin!
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Wang Jiajia, do you really think the biological parents would tell Tiffany the truth about abandoning her? The passage says they intend to start a relationship with her, but if the reason for abandoning her was a bad reason and it'll put them in a negative light, I'm sure they would not tell her the truth. So, would she ever know the truth about them? Is there really any valid reason for parents to abandon their children, their own flesh and blood? That's the one question I would like to ask the class tomorrow. The second question I am interested in, I'll ask tomorrow; it'll also be the last question for the day. I hope I would get at least one positive answer ...
Thank you my sweetest class monitor!
I don't think love can hurt people; I would say it is rather the rejection of another's love that can cause that person pain and grief. But love as such is a healing entity and people with hearts full of love, live longer than people with hearts full of hatred. And if there was more sacrificial love in today's world, there would not have been so many orphans and abandoned children. Now they are there because people's love is restrictive and mostly only includes love toward lovers, family, parents and siblings. That is selfish love. And of course, sadly, the world is full of that.
Tian Jing, you are such a clever girl! You are the first one who knows who wrote that song! Yes, it was indeed Amanda McBroom and the song formed in her mind when driving in her car in 1977 while listening to music on the car radio. So, then "The Rose" was born! I agree totally with you about Tiffany not meeting her biological parents as it would be so unfair to her adoptive parents who already gave fourteen years of their lives to raise her and love her. You are right too about the first question she would want to ask them (should she decide to meet them), but what is the point of doing that? Do you really think the parents would tell her the truth if thee wasn't a valid reason for abandoning her? No, they surely wouldn't so that they can look good in her eyes, I am sure. But besides that, is there really any valid reason in the world today to abandon one's child? I would like to hear what your classmates answer to this question tomorrow. ;-)
Kelly, you shouldn't only 'read' the news, you should actually 'listen' to it as that is the main purpose of the exercise! But about the abandoning of children ... do you really, really believe there is any valid reason for abandoning one's child, your own flesh and blood ...? So, parents can't be cruel-hearted? I'm not sure about the validity of that saying! Even if the Chinese traditional culture says something is truth, it still doesn't convince me that it is the 'real' truth (maybe only in Chinese eyes). Too many Chinese parents are abandoning their children for a variety of reasons (all invalid, if you ask me) to make that Chinese traditional saying true ... What does a parent's heart look like who abandons their own flesh and blood ...?
Oh, and about the "duty to pay back" ... That is another false belief among many people, as far as I am concerned, Kelly. Is that also due to a traditional Chinese cultural belief? True love never expects anything back. True love is unconditional even if one doesn't get anything in return? Do parents really love their children unconditionally when they expect them to "give back" one day? I am not convinced, Kelly. ;-)
Ann, why did you do your comment four times? I understood that even after the first time; so, one time is okay with me! Did you listen to the song I have uploaded here? Are you sure that was by Westlife?! Now that you know about the deeper love the lyrics of "the Rose" are talking about, do you think that the girl would have had such a problem of deciding between her adoptive parents and her biological parents who'd abandoned her before, if this love was in the hearts of her real parents? Okay, if you don't have time to reply, you can tell me tomorrow.
You are right that love is not only about romance, Han Qing. Love - and also the love this song is referring to, I believe - is much deeper than romantic love. Love really is to give unconditionally of oneself so that the other one will be in a better position than oneself. But of course, the world doesn't see much of that kind of love. Most of the love we see in this world is selfish and most people only love when they know they can get something, or benefit by that love. That is not true love, or real love. And when there is more real love, there wouldn't any longer be orphans without adoptive parents, and no more abandoned children ...
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