crave for 渴求
crave comfort and pleasure
neuroscience 神经科学
nerve system
neurotransmitter 神经递质
point to 指向，指的是
Love acts on the brain in the same way addiction does, much like how people crave alcohol and nicotine.
nicotine
Come again? 什么？（再说一遍，没听清,something is confusing to you）=pardon=sorry=what?
dopamine 多巴胺
the same brain region that produces dopamine lights up.
light up激活=stimulate
Not to mention all that obsessive thinking and separation anxiety.
obsessive 过度的
be obsessed with= out of control
repetitive 重复的/ do something repetitively
bodily reactions, like butterflies in your stomach, weak knees = really nervous/ not settled
I've got butterflies in my stomach before my interview.
too afraid to make those decisions, he is just too weak knees
evolutionary roots 进化的根源
dopamine fix 多巴胺满足
What makes a relationship last?
passion stage 激情阶段
sex drive 性冲动/ impulse
romantic love is about focusing your mating energy on one person at a time
thought experiment
mating season 交配季
I'm not sure we can reduce something as complex and rich as love to brain systems.
reductionist 简化的= reduce it too far
love is many splendored things 美妙的事情= pretty wonderful and difficult to understand
share with someone something
procreate 生育
fix 一剂让人满足的东西= a dose of something (chemical or drug)
chocolate fix/ coffee fix (for guilty pleasure to the thing we love)
academia 学术界
trolley problem 电车难题
bonding with one partner
mindless show 无聊的show= dull= boring
it does not make love any less enjoyable
chemical reaction happened as the result of them
we should say it up front 提前说
be linked with something
so many variables 很多变量
he drops the big question/ he does not waste any time
Even if the tickets were free, I still could not go to such a mindless show.
If our ancestors did not get that dopamine fix, then we might not be around today.
