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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 "The One", their great love. They think
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. "You
have beautiful eyes", he said as he gazed at my face. He kept staring at me al
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 "by accident" and pretend
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 "bad boy image" was just too tempting to resist. What was it that
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: "Oh my gosh! Am I his girlfriend How
did that happen" Then he whispered sweet words in my ear and said, "I'm going to marry you one day and I wil be a lawyer. You wil see."
5 I was laughing inside and said to myself, "I'd never marry this guy. He's a
rebel without a good future. He's my boyfriend because I hate my boring student life. I just want to have fun."
*6 S ure 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.
*7 "You are going to graduate with a BA in political science
from UPenn and proceed to the Col ege of Law," I told him, lodging an appeal
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, "How roooomaaaantic!!" 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 col ege yet!" I
real y
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, w ho’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“文学名着；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 with
me 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 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 time
because of being attracted, surprised, or thinking, etc.”. Stare at usually has the additional
meaning of “with eyes widely open”. Also, it usually implies “with great attention”; gaze
at usually implies “in a dreamy and unaware state of mind”.
9 I really wasn’t 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 weird. (Para. 2)
Meaning beyond words:She wasn’t interested in him because she got
the impression
that he was wild and strange, which il ustrates that she didn’t know much about him at the
beginning. Therefore, it’s not true that their romance was heading for marriage from the
start.
10 Riding on his bicycle, he’d ride past my dorm as if “by
accident” and pretend to
be 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 by
manufacturing excuses. Though she was happy to be the focus 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 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 position: I started to fal 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
somewhat 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 describe
the effect that something has on someone’s feelings. For example, if you find something
tempting/charming/disgusting/frightening, it means it
tempts/charms/disgusts/frightens
you. 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 studies
to 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 Shouldn’t a good student also have fun
14 College 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. (Para. 3)
Meaning: College is definitely a nice place for education but should have some fun as
well. Throughout my years at col ege, I had devoted all my time to study but hadn’t had
any fun yet. Now that I was graduating, I wanted to have a boyfriend to enrich my col ege
life.
15 Not just any boyfriend. He had to be cute. My goal that semester became: Be
ambitious 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 that semester, therefore, was to find the cutest
boyfriend at col ege.
16 I worried what he’d think of me. (Para. 4)
Meaning beyond words: 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 wasn’t ready for the new ways that seemed
common on campus. (Para. 4)
Meaning: It is true that we lived in an era when sexual attitudes were changing
dramatical y, but since I was traditional, I wasn’t 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.
(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 girlfriend,
I went along
with him. (Para. 4)
Meaning: That night when my boyfriend announced publicly I was his girlfriend, I did not
have any objection.
Meaning beyond words: She has apparently changed her perception of Butch, from
being 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.
20 And then I suddenly thought: “Oh my gosh! Am I his girlfriend How did that
happen” (Para. 4)
Meaning beyond words: Al of a sudden, she realized that she had made a mistake
because 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 didn’t expect to see you here!天哪，我没想到在这里见到你！
*Gosh, it’s so cold.天哪，太冷了！
*Gosh, there’s a lot of noise.天哪，这儿真吵。
21 Then he whispered sweet words in my ear and said, “I’m going to marry you one
day 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 me
and I could eventual y see him become a lawyer.
22 I was laughing inside and said to myself, “I’d never marry this guy. He’s a rebel
without a good future. He’s my boyfriend because I hate my boring student life. I
just 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 was not very serious about our relationship. To me, the
only purpose to date him was to get away from my boring student life. 23 Sure enough, the following month, I found out he had failed all his courses. (Para.
6)
Meaning:Just as I had expected, he didn’t pass any of his courses.
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 educ ation 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,