1、/新 视 野三版 读 写 B2 U4 Text ACollege sweethearts1 I smile at my two lovely daughters and they seem so much more mature than we, their parents, when we were college sweethearts. Linda, whos 21, had a boyfriend in her freshman year she thought she would marry, but theyre not together anymore. Melissa, who
2、s 19, hasnt had a steady boyfriend yet. My daughters wonder when they will meet “The One“, their great love. They think their father and I had a classic fairy-tale romance heading for marriage from the outset. Perhaps, theyre right but it didnt seem so at the time. In a way, love just happens when y
3、ou 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 shallow agenda: I wanted a cute boyfriend!2 We met through my college roommate at the university cafeteria. That fatefulnight, I was merely curious, but for hi
4、m I think it was love at first sight. “You have beautiful eyes“, he said as he gazed at my face. He kept staring at me all night long. I really wasnt that interested for two reasons. First, he looked like he was a really wild boy, maybe even dangerous. Second, although he was very cute, he seemed a
5、little weird.3 Riding on his bicycle, hed ride past my dorm as if “by accident“ and pretendto 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 fall in l
6、ove. His exciting “bad boy image“ was just too tempting to resist. What was it that attracted me? I always had an excellent reputation. My concentration was solely on my studies to get superior grades. But for what? College is supposedto be a time of great learning and also some fun. I had nearly ac
7、hieved a greateducation, and graduation was just one semester away. But I hadnt 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
8、 hed think of me. True, we lived in a time when a dramatic shiftin sexual attitudes was taking place, but I was a traditional girl who wasnt ready for the new ways that seemedcommon on campus. Butch looked superb! I was not immune to his personality, but I was scared. The night when he /announced to
9、 the world that I was his girlfriend, I went along/with him. And then I suddenly thought: “Oh my gosh! Am I his girlfriend? How did that happen?“ Then he whispered sweet words in my ear and said, “Im going to marry you one day and I will be a lawyer. You will see.“5 I was laughing inside and said to
10、 myself, “Id never marry this guy. Hes a rebel without a good future. Hes my boyfriend because I hate my boring student life. I just want to have fun.“6 Sure enough, the following month, I found out he had failed all hiscourses. Consequently, he was going to be expelled from the university. To my di
11、sgust, he seemed resigned to his fate. I knew there was hope, so I led him to the college secretary for reconsideration.7 “You are going to graduate with a BA in political sciencefrom UPenn and proceed to the College of Law,“ I told him, lodging an appeal on his behalf, which was approved. Butch was
12、 granted reconsideration. And, once we became steadies, he coordinated his studies and social life, passingall of his classes. He eventually studied law.8 Despite Butchs somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a perfect gentleman and deserves a lot of credit for that.True, hed sometimes t
13、ake 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 full years. Sitting by the palm trees, hand in hand, we would listen to romantic songs, watc
14、h 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 ashe knelt down and proposed marriage holding a dozen red roses! Filled with deep emotion, I confessed my love for him, “How roooomaaaantic!“ Then my br
15、ain woke up from fantasy land. I cried out, “Good heavens. No! Were too young to tie the knot. We havent even graduated from college yet!“ I really 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 roc
16、ky 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 togetheras a couple who are still madly in love with each other. Our love commenced with a casual attraction but bloomed into a mature love and rich life.
17、/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 college sweetheart, the author now is happy with her family and two grown daughters.Note: College sweetheart
18、s refer to someone with whom one is in love and by whom oneis loved at college; sweetheart is equivalent to lover,darling, beloved, or dear. For example:Well 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 college sweeth
19、eart. 我 丈 夫 是 世 界 上 最 棒 ， 大 学 时 他 就 是 我 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 恋 人 梅 利 娜 ， 他 已 经 很 久 没 有 她 消 息 了 。2 Linda, whos 21, had a boyfriend in her freshman year she thought she would marry, but theyre not to
20、gether anymore. Melissa, whos 19, hasnt 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 seemto be very mature wondering when they will meet their true love.3 They
21、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, classical1
22、classic 用 作 形 容 词 表 示 “经 典 ； 精 彩 ； 一 流 ”。 例 如 ：Death on the Nile is one of the classic works of Agatha Christie. 尼 罗 河 上 惨 案 是 阿 加 莎 克 里 斯 蒂 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 演 出 时 ， 就 可 以 说 “Thats classic!”来 表达 赞 美 。classic 用 作 形 容 词 也 表 示 “典 型 ； 标 准 ”。 例 如 ：London is the c
23、lassic example of the scattered city. 伦 敦 是 标 准 分 散 型 城 市 。This statement was a classic illustration of British politeness. 这 项 陈 述 是 对 英 国 礼 貌 一 个典 型 说 明 。classic 也 可 用 作 名 词 ， 表 示 “文 学 名 著 ； 经 典 作 品 ； 杰 作 ”。 例 如 ：We have all the standard classics of Hayao Miyazaki at home. 我 们 家 有 宫 崎 骏 所 有 /经 典 作
24、 品 。2 classical 不 能 用 作 名 词 ， 只 能 用 作 形 容 词 ， 表 示 “古 典 ； 经 典 ”。 例 如 ：I spend a lot of time reading and listening to classical music. 我 花 了 很 多 时 间 阅 读 和 聆听 古典 音 乐 。Classical music is music written by composers such as Mozart and Beethoven. 像 莫 扎特 和 贝 多 芬 所 创 作 音 乐 称 为 古 典 音 乐 。莫 扎 特 和 贝 多 芬 所 创 作 音
25、乐 属 于 古 典 音 乐 (classical music), 但 这 些 古 典 音 乐 经 久 不 衰 ， 有永 久 意 义 和 价 值 ， 所 以 这 些 音 乐 也 可 称 为 经 典 音 乐 （ classic music） 。 反 之 ， 在 前 面 有 一例 中 说 可 口 可 乐 瓶 子 设 计 是 精 彩 ， 一 流 ， 所 以 是 经 典 （ classic） 之 作 ， 但 很 明 显可 口 可 乐 瓶 子 设 计 不 是 古 典 （ classical） 设 计 。 所 以 ， 经 典 （ classic） 作 品 不 一定 就是 古 典 （ classical） 作
26、 品 。Note: Classic fairy-tale romance is used to describe a romance blessed with unusual happiness. Colloquially, a fairy tale can also refer to any story extremely unlikely to be true.4 Perhaps, theyre right but it didnt seem so at the time. (Para. 1)Meaning: My daughters perception may be right, ye
27、t our romance back then was actually not like what they have assumed.5 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 shallow agenda: I wanted a cute boyfriend! (Para. 1) M
28、eaning: Love comes your way when you dont really expect it. No one thought thatButch and I would finally get married. He became my boyfriend simply because I would like to fulfill my shallow wish: to have an attractive boyfriend in college.Meaning beyond words: Here is the suspense of the story the
29、author gives a broadhint that she will tell us how she and her husband got married at last.6 We met through my college roommate at the university cafeteria. That fateful night, I was merely curious, but for him I think it was love at first sight. (Para. 2)Meaning: At the school dining hall that impo
30、rtant night, we were introduced to each other through my roommate. I met Butch just out of curiosity, but he seemed to fall in love withme as soon as he saw me.7 “You have beautiful eyes,” he said as he gazed at my face. (Para. 2)Meaning beyond words: The author was obviously attractive to Butch sin
31、ce he tried to please her by praising her eyes./8 He kept staring at me all night long. (Para. 2)Note: Both gaze at and stare at mean “looking at something fixedly for a long timebecause of being attracted, surprised, or thinking, etc.”. Stare at usually has the additional meaning of “with eyes wide
32、ly open”. Also, it usually implies “with great attention”; gazeat usually implies “in a dreamy and unaware state of mind”.9 I really wasnt that interested for two reasons. First, he looked like he was a really wild boy, maybe even dangerous. Second, although he was very cute, he seemed a little weir
33、d. (Para. 2)Meaning beyond words: She wasnt interested in him because she got the impressionthat he was wild and strange, which illustrates that she didnt know much about him at the beginning. Therefore, its not true that their romance was heading for marriage from the start.10 Riding on his bicycle
34、, hed ride past my dorm as if “by accident” and pretend tobe surprised to see me. I liked the attention but was cautious about his wild, dynamic personality. (Para. 3)Meaning beyond words: She understood his little trick: trying to see her bymanufacturing excuses. Though she was happy to be the focu
35、s of his attention, she was also very alert to his wild and dynamic personality.11 He had a charming way with words which would charm any girl. (Para. 3) Meaning: He knew how to please and attract girls because what he said was always pleasant to their ears.12 Fear came over me when I started to fal
36、l in love. His exciting “bad boy image”was just too tempting to resist. What was it that attracted me?(Para. 3)Meaning: I was in an awkward position: I started to fall in love with him, but I was also afraid of that. His bad boy image was too attractive to resist, but at the same time it was somewha
37、t fearful. So, what exactly was it in him that attracted me?Note: Tempting is a present participle of the verb tempt, used as an adjective to describethe effect that something has on someones feelings. For example, if you find something tempting/charming/disgusting/frightening, it means it tempts/ch
38、arms/disgusts/frightensyou. In English there are a group of words describing an effect that something has on your feelings and ideas. For example:a tempting job offer 一 个 诱 人 工 作 机 会an alarming increase in racial hostility 种 族 仇 视 惊 人 增 长/a welcoming smile 热 情 微 笑a surprising number of 数 量 惊 人 13 I
39、always had an excellent reputation. My concentration was solely on my studiesto get superior grades. But for what? (Para. 3)Meaning: I was an outstanding student who only concentrated on studies in order to get excellent grades. But so what? Shouldnt a good student also have fun?14 College is suppos
40、ed to be a time of great learning and also some fun. I hadnearly achieved a great education, and graduation was just one semester away. ButI hadnt had any fun; my life was stale with no component of fun! I needed a boyfriend. (Para. 3)Meaning: College is definitely a nice place for education but sho
41、uld have some fun as well. Throughout my years at college, I had devoted all my time to study but hadnt hadany fun yet. Now that I was graduating, I wanted to have a boyfriend to enrich my college life.15 Not just any boyfriend. He had to be cute. My goal that semester became: Be ambitious and grab
42、the cutest boyfriend I can find. (Para. 3)Meaning: The one I wanted to date was not just an ordinary boy; he had to be handsome, pleasant and attractive. My ambition for that semester, therefore, was to find the cutest boyfriend at college.16 I worried what hed think of me. (Para. 4)Meaning beyond w
43、ords: Her concern about how Butch would look at her shows that she was becoming more interested in him and cared about his real thinking.17 True, we lived in a time when a dramatic shift in sexual attitudes was taking place, but I was a traditional girl who wasnt ready for the new ways that seemed c
44、ommon on campus. (Para. 4)Meaning: It is true that we lived in an era when sexual attitudes were changing dramatically, but since I was traditional, I wasnt ready for the new sexual practice seemingly common on campus.18 Butch looked superb! I was not immune to his personality, but I was scared.(Par
45、a. 4)Meaning: Butch looked extremely wonderful. I was surely influenced by his personality, but I felt scared./19 The night when he announced to the world that I was his girlfriend, I went alongwith him. (Para. 4)Meaning: That night when my boyfriend announced publicly I was his girlfriend, I did no
46、t have any objection.Meaning beyond words: She has apparently changed her perception of Butch, frombeing merely curious about him at first to becoming cautious about his wild, dynamic personality later; from being fearful of failing to resist his “bad boy image” to approving of being his girlfriend.
47、20 And then I suddenly thought: “Oh my gosh! Am I his girlfriend? How did that happen?” (Para. 4)Meaning beyond words: All of a sudden, she realized that she had made a mistake because she was not really ready to have a boyfriend yet.Note: “Gosh”, as an interjection, is used to express surprise. For
48、 example:Gosh, I didnt expect to see you here! 天 哪 ， 我 没 想 到 在 这 里 见 到 你 ！Gosh, its so cold. 天 哪 ， 太 冷 了 ！Gosh, theres a lot of noise. 天 哪 ， 这 儿 真 吵 。21 Then he whispered sweet words in my ear and said, “Im going to marry you one day and I will be a lawyer. You will see.” (Para. 4)Meaning: Then he q
49、uietly said sweet words in my ear and said that he would marry me and I could eventually see him become a lawyer.22 I was laughing inside and said to myself, “Id never marry this guy. Hes a rebel without a good future. Hes my boyfriend because I hate my boring student life. Ijust want to have fun.” (Para. 5)Meaning: Though I agreed to be his girlfriend, from my heart, he was just a rebellious boy without a bright future. Therefore, I w
