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1、-新视野大学英语第三版第二册课文语法讲解_Unit4-第 13 页新视野三版 读写 B2 U4 Text ACollege sweethearts1 I smile at my two lovely daughters and they seem so much more mature thanwe, their parents, when we were col ege sweethearts. Linda, whos 21, had aboyfriend in her freshman year she thought she would marry, but theyre nottoge

2、ther anymore. Melissa, whos 19, hasnt had a steady boyfriend yet. Mydaughters wonder when they wil meet The One, their great love. They thinktheir father and I had a classic fairy-tale romance heading for marriage fromthe outset. Perhaps, theyre right but it didnt seem so at the time. In a way,love

3、just happens when you least expect it. Who would have thoughtthat Butch and I would end up getting married to each other? He became myboyfriend because of my shal ow agenda: I wanted a cute boyfriend!2 We met through my col ege roommate at the university cafeteria. That fatefulnight, I was merely cu

4、rious, but for him I think it was love at first sight. Youhave beautiful eyes, he said as he gazed at my face. He kept staring at me alnight long. I real y wasnt that interested for two reasons. First, he looked likehe was a real y wild boy, maybe even dangerous. Second, although he wasvery cute, he

5、 seemed a 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 hiswild, dynamic personality. He had a charming way with words whichwould charm any girl. Fear came over me when I started to fal

6、 in love. Hisexciting bad boy image was just too tempting to resist. What was it thatattracted me? I always had an excel ent reputation. My concentration wassolely on my studies to get superior grades. But for what? Col ege 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 anyfun; my life was stale with no component of fun! I needed a boyfriend.Not justany 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

8、d 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 wasntready for the new ways that seemed common on campus. Butchlooked superb! I was not immune to his personality, but I was scared. Thenight when he announced to the w

9、orld that I was his girlfriend, I went alongwith him. And then I suddenly thought: Oh my gosh! Am I his girlfriend? Howdid that happen? Then he whispered sweet words in my ear and said, Imgoing to marry you one day and I wil be a lawyer. You wil see.5 I was laughing inside and said to myself, Id nev

10、er marry this guy. Hes arebel without a good future. Hes my boyfriend because I hate my boringstudent life. I just want to have fun.*6Sure enough, the fol owing month, I found out he had failed al hiscourses. Consequently, he was going to be expel ed from the university. Tomy disgust, he seemed resi

11、gned to his fate. I knew there was hope, so I ledhim to the col ege secretary for reconsideration.*7You are going to graduate with a BA in political sciencefrom UPenn and proceed to the Col ege of Law, I told him, lodging an appealon his behalf, which was approved. Butch was granted reconsideration.

12、 And,once we became steadies, he coordinated his studies and social life, passingal of his classes. He eventual y studied law.8 Despite Butchs somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a perfectgentleman and deserves a lot of credit for that.True, hed sometimes takethe liberty of displaying

13、 his love by planting a kiss on my lips right in front of myastonished friends who watched and disapproved. But the truth is we had apure 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

14、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! Fil ed withdeep emotion, I confessed my love for him, How roooomaaaantic! Then mybrain woke up from fantasy land. I cried

15、 out, Good heavens. No! Were tooyoung to tie the knot. We havent even graduated from col ege yet! I real yloved 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 ofhardship and on smooth easy-goi

16、ng highways. It is a long, romantic,sometimes crazy, love story that sums up a 29-year long honeymoon together*as a couple who are stilmadly in love with each other. Ourlove commenced with a casual attraction but bloomed into a mature love andrich life.Language Points:1 I smile at my two lovely daug

17、hters 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 withher family and two grown daughters.Note: College sweethearts refer to someone with whom one is in love and by

18、 whom oneis loved at col ege; sweetheart is equivalent to lover,darling, beloved, or dear. Forexample:*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 sweethe

19、art 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, whos 21, had a boyfriend in her freshman year she thought she wouldmarry, but theyre not together anymore. Melissa, whos 19, hasnt had a steadyboyfriend yet. My daughters wonder when they will meet “

20、The One”, their greatlove.(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 think their father and I had a classic fairy tale romance heading for marriagefrom the outset. (Para. 1)Meanin

21、g beyond words: Her daughters consider their parents marriage a typicalconventional romance because they think it aimed at marriage from the very beginning.Usage note: classic, classical1 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

22、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“Thats classic!”来表达赞美。classic 用作形容词也表示“典型的；标准的”。例如：*London is the classic example of the scattered city.伦敦是标准分散型的城市。*This statement was a classic il ustration of British politeness.这项陈述是对英国礼貌的一个典型说明。classic 也可用作名词，表示“文学名著；经典作品；杰作”。例如：*We have al the sta

23、ndard classics of Hayao Miyazaki at home.我们家有宫崎骏的所有的经典作品。2 classical 不能用作名词，只能用作形容词，表示“古典的；经典的”。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的音乐称为古典音乐。*莫扎特和贝多芬所创作的音乐属于古典音乐(cl

24、assical music),但这些古典音乐经久不衰，有永久的意义和价值，所以这些音乐也可称为经典的音乐（classic music）。反之，在前面有一例中说可口可乐瓶子的设计是精彩的，一流的，所以是经典（classic）之作，但很明显可口可乐瓶子的设计不是古典的 （classical）设计。所以，经典的（classic）作品不一定就是古典的（classical）作品。Note: Classic fairy-tale romance is used to describe a romance blessed with unusualhappiness. Colloquially, a fair

25、y tale can also refer to any story extremely unlikely to betrue.4 Perhaps, theyre right but it didnt seem so at the time. (Para. 1)Meaning: My daughters perception may be right, yet our romance back then was actuallynot like what they have assumed.5 In a way, love just happens when you least expect

26、it. Who would have thoughtthat Butch and I would end up getting married to each other? He became myboyfriend because of my shallow agenda: I wanted a cute boyfriend! (Para. 1)Meaning: Love comes your way when you dont real y expect it. No one thought thatButch and I would finally get married. He bec

27、ame my boyfriend simply because I wouldlike to fulfil my shallow wish: to have an attractive boyfriend in col ege.Meaning beyond words: Here is the suspense of the story the author gives a broadhint that she wil tell us how she and her husband got married at last.6 We met through my college roommate

28、 at the university cafeteria. That fatefulnight, I was merely curious, but for him I think it was love at first sight. (Para. 2)Meaning: At the school dining hal that important night, we were introduced to each otherthrough my roommate. I met Butch just out of curiosity, but he seemed to fal in love

29、 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 since he tried toplease her by praising her eyes.8 He kept staring at me all night long. (Para. 2)Note: Both gaze at and stare at mean

30、 “looking at something fixedly for a long timebecause of being attracted, surprised, or thinking, etc.”. Stare at usually has the additionalmeaning of “with eyes widely open”. Also, it usually implies “with great attention”; gazeat usually implies “in a dreamy and unaware state of mind”.9 I really w

31、asnt that interested for two reasons. First, he looked like he was a reallywild boy, maybe even dangerous. Second, although he was very cute, he seemed alittle weird. (Para. 2)Meaning beyond words: She wasnt interested in him because she got the impressionthat he was wild and strange, which il ustra

32、tes that she didnt know much about him at thebeginning. Therefore, its not true that their romance was heading for marriage from thestart.10 Riding on his bicycle, 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,dy

33、namic personality. (Para. 3)Meaning beyond words: She understood his little trick: trying to see her bymanufacturing excuses. Though she was happy to be the focus of his attention, she wasalso very alert to his wild and dynamic personality.11 He had a charming way with words which would charm any gi

34、rl. (Para. 3)Meaning: He knew how to please and attract girls because what he said was alwayspleasant to their ears.12 Fear came over me when I started to fall 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 po

35、sition: I started to fal in love with him, but I was alsoafraid of that. His bad boy image was too attractive to resist, but at the same time it wassomewhat 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 des

36、cribethe effect that something has on someones feelings. For example, if you find somethingtempting/charming/disgusting/frightening, it means it tempts/charms/disgusts/frightensyou. In English there are a group of words describing an effect that something has on yourfeelings and ideas. For example:*

37、a tempting job offer一个诱人的工作机会an alarming increase in racial hostility 种族仇视的惊人增长*a welcoming smile热情的微笑*a surprising number of数量惊人的13 I 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

38、 only concentrated on studies in order to getexcellent grades. But so what? Shouldnt a good student also have fun?14 College is supposed 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 lif

39、e was stale with no component of fun! I needed aboyfriend. (Para. 3)Meaning: College is definitely a nice place for education but should have some fun aswell. Throughout my years at col ege, I had devoted all my time to study but hadnt hadany fun yet. Now that I was graduating, I wanted to have a bo

40、yfriend to enrich my col egelife.15 Not just any boyfriend. He had to be cute. My goal that semester became: Beambitious and grab 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 t

41、hat semester, therefore, was to find the cutestboyfriend at col ege.16 I worried what hed think of me. (Para. 4)Meaning beyond words: Her concern about how Butch would look at her shows that shewas becoming more interested in him and cared about his real thinking.17 True, we lived in a time when a d

42、ramatic shift in sexual attitudes was takingplace, but I was a traditional girl who wasnt ready for the new ways that seemedcommon on campus. (Para. 4)Meaning: It is true that we lived in an era when sexual attitudes were changingdramatical y, but since I was traditional, I wasnt ready for the new s

43、exual practiceseemingly common on campus.18 Butch looked superb! I was not immune to his personality, but I was scared.(Para. 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 girlfrien

44、d, I went alongwith him. (Para. 4)Meaning: That night when my boyfriend announced publicly I was his girlfriend, I did nothave 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, dyna

45、micpersonality later; from being fearful of failing to resist his “bad boy image” to approving ofbeing his girlfriend.20 And then I suddenly thought: “Oh my gosh! Am I his girlfriend? How did thathappen?” (Para. 4)Meaning beyond words: Al of a sudden, she realized that she had made a mistakebecause

46、she was not real y ready to have a boyfriend yet.Note: “Gosh”, as an interjection, is used to express surprise. For 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 goin

47、g to marry you oneday and I will be a lawyer. You will see.” (Para. 4)Meaning: Then he quietly said sweet words in my ear and said that he would marry meand I could eventual y see him become a lawyer.22 I was laughing inside and said to myself, “Id never marry this guy. Hes a rebelwithout 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 boywithout a bright future. Therefore, I was not very serious about our relationship. T