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新视野大学英语第三版第二册课文语法讲解-Unit4
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College sweethearts
1 I smile at my two lovely daughters and they seem so much more mature than we, their parents, when we were col ege sweethearts. Linda, who's 21, had a boyfriend in her freshman year she thought she would marry, but they're not together anymore. Melissa, who's 19, hasn't had a steady boyfriend yet. My daughters wonder when they wil meet \their father and I had a classic fairy-tale romance heading for marriage from the outset. Perhaps, they're right but it didn't seem so at the time. In a way, love just happens when you least expect it. Who would have thought
that Butch and I would end up getting married to each other? He became my boyfriend because of my shal ow agenda: I wanted a cute boyfriend!
2 We met through my col ege roommate at the university cafeteria. That fateful night, I was merely curious, but for him I think it was love at first sight. \have beautiful eyes\night long. I real y wasn't that interested for two reasons. First, he looked like he was a real y wild boy, maybe even dangerous. Second, although he was very cute, he seemed a little weird.
3 Riding on his bicycle, he'd ride past my dorm as if \to be surprised to see me. I liked the attention but was cautious about his wild, dynamic personality. He had a charming way with words which
would charm any girl. Fear came over me when I started to fal in love. His exciting \attracted me? I always had an excel ent reputation. My concentration was solely on my studies to get superior grades. But for what? Col ege is supposed to be a time of great learning and also some fun. I had nearly achieved a great education, and graduation was just one semester away. But I hadn't had any fun; my life was stale with no component of fun! I needed a boyfriend.Not just any boyfriend.He had to be cute. My goal that semester became: Be ambitious and grab the cutest boyfriend I can find.
4 I worried what he'd think of me. True, we lived in a time when a dramatic shift in sexual attitudes was taking place, but I was a traditional girl who wasn't ready for the new ways that seemed common on campus. Butch
looked superb! I was not immune to his personality, but I was scared. The night when he announced to the world that I was his girlfriend, I went along
with him. And then I suddenly thought: \did that happen?\going to marry you one day and I wil be a lawyer. You wil see.\
5 I was laughing inside and said to myself, \rebel without a good future. He's my boyfriend because I hate my boring student life. I just want to have fun.\*6 Sure enough, the fol owing month, I found out he had failed al his
courses. Consequently, he was going to be expel ed from the university. To my disgust, he seemed resigned to his fate. I knew there was hope, so I led him to the col ege secretary for reconsideration.
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from UPenn and proceed to the Col ege of Law,\on his behalf, which was approved. Butch was granted reconsideration. And, once we became steadies, he coordinated his studies and social life, passing al of his classes. He eventual y studied law.
8 Despite Butch's somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a perfect gentleman and deserves a lot of credit for that.True, he'd sometimes take
the liberty of displaying his love by planting a kiss on my lips right in front of my astonished friends who watched and disapproved. But the truth is we had a pure and responsible relationship for seven ful years. Sitting by the palm trees, hand in hand, we would listen to romantic songs, watch the sunset, and weave dreams of being together with children of our own, forever. 9 Two years passed in a blur. One day, Butch took me by surprise as
he knelt down and proposed marriage holding a dozen red roses! Fil ed with deep emotion, I confessed my love for him, \brain woke up from fantasy land. I cried out, \young to tie the knot. We haven't even graduated from col ege yet!\loved him but was pessimistic about our chances for success. 10 We married five years later.
11 Our faithful journey of love and learning took us down rocky roads of hardship and on smooth easy-going highways. It is a long, romantic,
sometimes crazy, love story that sums up a 29-year long honeymoon together *as a couple who are stil madly in love with each other. Our
love commenced with a casual attraction but bloomed into a mature love and rich life.
Language Points:
1 I smile at my two lovely daughters and they seem so much more mature than we, their parents, when we were college sweethearts. (Para. 1)
Meaning beyond words: Married to her col ege sweetheart, the author now is happy with
her family and two grown daughters.
Note: College sweethearts refer to someone with whom one is in love and by whom one
is loved at col ege; sweetheart is equivalent to lover,darling, beloved, or dear. For example:
*Wel done, sweetheart, we are all so proud of you. 做得好，宝贝，我们以你为荣。 *My husband is the greatest guy in the world; he was my col ege sweetheart. 我丈夫是世
界上最棒的，大学时他就是我的恋人。
He tries to locate his former sweetheart Melina from whom he has heard nothing for a very
*long time. 他在努力寻找他以前的恋人梅利娜，他已经很久没有她的消息了。
2 Linda, who’s 21, had a boyfriend in her freshman year she thought she would marry, but they’re not together anymore. Melissa, who’s 19, hasn’t had a steady boyfriend yet. My daughters wonder when they will meet “The One”, their great love.(Para. 1)
Meaning beyond words: Her two daughters are at the age of just dating, but they seem
to be very mature wondering when they will meet their true love.
3 They think their father and I had a classic fairy tale romance heading for marriage from the outset. (Para. 1)
Meaning beyond words: Her daughters consider their parents’ marriage a typical conventional romance because they think it aimed at marriage from the very beginning.
Usage note: classic, classical
1 classic 用作形容词表示“经典的；精彩的；一流的”。例如： *Death on the Nile is one of the classic works of Agatha Christie. 《尼罗河上的惨案》是阿
加莎?克里斯蒂的经典作品之一。
*口语中也会用到 classic 这个词。当你看到一场精彩的演出时，就可以说“That’s classic!”来 表达赞美。