Super 2
We see
heart shapes symbolizing
love everywhere. Yet/Still/However (然而) , this familiar shape doesn’t look much like the real human
heart. Where did this shape come from? How did the heart become associated with (與…聯想一起) love? By
the seventh century BC,
the ancient Greeks thought (that) the heart was the seat (坐落處) of
emotions. The oldest known example of a heart shape is on an ancient Roman coin (硬幣; 銅板) from 510-490
BC. However, it’s
not a human heart. It’s the seed (種子)of a plant that
was used for birth control. A French picture
from 1344 shows a woman receiving
(: who received) a heart-shaped object (物品) from her lover. Soon, love-related heart images (圖像) became popular across Europe on cards and jewelry. In 1977, the
heart became a verb on “I ❤ New York” T-shirts. Now,
we include (將…包括入…) hearts in our text messages (簡訊). The heart as
(介係詞; 當作) a symbol (n. 象徵) of love is
surely here to stay (當然永流傳).
