新视野大学英语第三版第二册课文语法讲解_Unit4

新视野三版 读写 B2 U4 Text A

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。

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 standard 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(classical 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 unusual happiness. Colloquially, a fairy tale can also refer to any story extremely unlikely to be true.

4 Perhaps, they’re right but it didn’t seem so at the time. (Para. 1)

Meaning: My daughters’ perception may be right, yet 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) Meaning: Love comes your way when you don’t real y expect it. No one thought that Butch and I would finally get married. He became my boyfriend simply because I would like 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 broad hint that she wil 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 hal that important night, we were introduced to each other

through my roommate. I met Butch just out of curiosity, but he seemed to fal in love

24 Consequently, he was going to be expelled from the university. (Para. 6)

Meaning: As a consequence, the university was going to dismiss him from the school.

25 To my disgust, he seemed resigned to his fate. I knew there was hope, so I led him to the college secretary for reconsideration. (Para. 6)

Meaning: What upset me was that he seemed to accept his fate. As I knew there was stil a hope, I took him to the col ege secretary to see whether the decision could be changed.

26 “You are going to graduate with a BA in political science from UPenn and

proceed to the College of Law,” I told him, lodging an appeal on his behalf, which was approved. (Para. 7)

Meaning beyond words: What she did for her boyfriend indicated their relationship had

come to a new stage. Besides encouraging him to consult with the col ege secretary and submitting the appeal on his behalf, she also planned for his future career. She told him he had to continue his studies at law school.

Note: Besides a noun, “proceed to” can also be fol owed by a verb phrase. For example: Having said how much she liked my idea, she then proceeded to make critical comments *about it. 说完她是多么喜欢我的点子，她接着就提出了批评性的意见。

27 Butch was granted reconsideration. And, once we became steadies, he coordinated his studies and social life, passing all of his classes. He eventually studied law. (Para. 7)

Meaning beyond words: Here we see the turning point of the relationship between the two. Her suggestions did work well with Butch since he was granted reconsideration. As soon as they became steady lovers, Butch balanced his studies and social life and passed every course. Final y, he studied law as had been planned.

Note: Steady can also be used as a noun, as is in the text. It’s an old-fashioned American way to describe a boyfriend or girlfriend that someone has been having a romantic relationship with.

28 Despite Butch’s somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a perfect gentleman and deserves a lot of credit for that. (Para. 8)

Meaning: In spite of Butch’s a little wild character, he was always a perfect gentleman in

essence, for which he should be given recognition.

29 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. (Para. 8)

Meaning: Without my permission, sometimes he would press a kiss on my lips to show his love in front of my friends, who were astonished and resented what he did.

Note: “Plant a kiss” is a figurative use of the word plant, which means an intimate and publicly demonstrative kiss showing his love to all who are watching.

30 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, watch the sunset, and weave dreams of being together with children of our own, forever. (Para. 8)

Meaning beyond words: Butch showed much respect for her conservative perception of

love. For seven years, they just enjoyed their romance in a traditional way.

31 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! (Para. 9)

Meaning: Two years passed so quickly that I didn’t real y remember everything clearly. One day, I was startled when Butch, holding a dozen red roses, knelt down to propose marriage.

Note: propose to sb. = propose marriage to sb.

32 Filled with deep emotion, I confessed my love for him, “How roooomaaaantic!!” (Para. 9)

Meaning: I admitted my love for him with deep affection. It was super romantic! Meaning beyond words: She was so happy and thril ed to accept Butch’s marriage proposal that she said the word romantic in a slow and exaggerated way.

Note: In informal writing, people would emphasize something in a similar way. For example:

*Thank you soooooo much! 真是太太太感谢您了！

33 Then my brain woke up from fantasy land. I cried out, “Good heavens. No! We’re

too young to tie the knot. We haven’t even graduated from college yet!” I really loved him but was pessimistic about our chances for success.(Para. 9)

Meaning beyond words: Al of a sudden, she woke up from the romantic scene. Though she already accepted love from Butch and confessed her love for him, she was not sure whether they would get married and have a happy ending as they were stil col ege students.

Note: It isn’t clear whether this expression tie the knot derives from an actual knot used in

marriage ceremonies or whether the knot is merely symbolic of a lasting unity. Knots have

a place in many cultures and usually symbolize unbreakable pledges. Actual knots have

certainly been used in marriage ceremonies for some time. The word knot, although not in

the phrase tie the knot, has been associated with marriage since at least the 13th century.

34 We married five years later. (Para 10)

Meaning beyond words: Though she was pessimistic about their chance for success of love, she accepted Butch’s proposal. They got married five years later, which il ustrates their deep and true love for each other.

35 Our faithful journey of love and learning took us down rocky roads of hardship and on smooth easy-going highways. (Para. 11)

Meaning: Our devoted and faithful love guided us both in times of happiness and also in

times of hardship.

Note: The word rocky comes from the noun rock combining with -y. A rocky road refers to

a road ful of rocks, uneven or not flat. Words of this group include: muddy, stony, grassy, snowy, rainy, etc.

36 It is a long, romantic, sometimes crazy, love story that sums up a 29-year long honeymoon together as a couple who are still madly in love with each other. (Para. 11)

Meaning beyond words: She felt very proud of her long-lasting romantic, sometimes even crazy love, which was just like a 29-year long honeymoon for her and her husband.

37 Our love commenced with a casual attraction but bloomed into a mature love and rich life. (Para. 11)

Meaning beyond words: Completely beyond her expectation, love came to her as she started with a casual date but ended up growing into a mature love and rich life.

Note: We usually use commence doing sth. or commence with sth. Also, in the US, the official col ege/university graduation ceremony is cal ed “commencement”. The word refers to the completion of one’s education and the beginning of one’s new adult life. Note: The phrase “bloomed into a mature love and rich life” in the text is used figuratively,

meaning their love was just like blossoms on a tree.

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