No word is more romantic than love.
Love means everything to many people.
People become happy when they are in love,and feel lonely and depressed when they have no one to love. Love is usually regarded as a good thing and seems immune from criticism.
But problems arise when people identify love with selfishness and jealousy. Some try to "own" their partners like property, simply because they are in love, and this attitude easily jeopardizes the relationship between the two people.
Love means understanding, and we must admit our lover as he is or she is, not as an object of ownership.

Love between parents and children is usually considered endless and unconditional. But many people say there is a difference between maternal love and paternal love.

1. According to the article, what is love?

2. What is the difference between maternal and paternal love?

3. Is paternal love conditional and maternal love not?

4. In your own opinion, what is love?

5. How do you show your love to you family? (parents, wife, children)

selfish: concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself : seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others

ex. She is selfish because she's not concerned with others feeling.

depress: to make sad

ex. The test depressed me because I was failed.

jealousy: a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too.

ex. Her jealousy over her sister's singing career drove the two of them apart.

unconditional: having no exceptions or restrictions; no condition or no limited

ex Her love to her husband is unconditional.

criticism: an essay evaluating or analyzing something

ex. Every criticism of the movie has noted that there are major holes in its plot.

jeoprdize: to place in danger

ex. Don't do anything that will jeopardize your place on the ski team.