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Coll ege sweethearts

1 I smile at my two lovely daughters and they seem so much more

mature than

we, their parents, when we were college sweethearts. Linda, who's 21,

had a

boyfriend

thought she

marry, but

in

her freshman year she

would

they're

not

together anymore. Melissa, who's 19,

hasn't

had a steady

boyfriend

yet. My

daughters wonder when they will meet

think

a classic fairy-

heading for

their father and I had

tale

romance

marriage

from

outset. Perhaps,

right but

the

they're

it

didn't

s

eem so at the time. In a way,

jus

leas

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t

happens

when

you

t

expect

it.

Who

would

thought that Butch and I would end up getting married to each

have

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 fateful

night, I

merely curious, but for

I think it was

at first sight.

was

him

love

have beautiful eyes

me all

night long. I really wasn't that interested for two reasons. First, he

looked like

he was a really wild boy, maybe even

Second

dangerous.

,

although

he was

very cute, he seemed a little

weird.

3 Riding on his bicycle, he'd ride past my dorm as if

pretend

like

to be

surprised

to

see

me.

I

d

the

attention

but

was

cautious

personalit

charmin

abou t

his

wild,

dynamic

y.

He

had

a

g

way

wit

word

would

an

h

s

which

charm

y

girl.

Fear came over me when I

started to fall in love. His exciting

boy image

--

--

t

tempting

o

tha

it

t

attracted

me?

I always

had

concentratio

an

excellent

reputation.

My

n

was solely on my studies to

get superior grades. But for what? 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

just

M

any

had

to

be

cute.

y

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

tradition

in

sexual

attitudes

was

taking

place,

but

I

was

a

al

girl

wh

o

wasn't ready

for

the

new

ways

that seemed

commo

campus

n

on

.

Butch

looked

superb!

I

was

not

bu

immune to

his

personality,

t

I

was

scared.

The

night

when he

announce

that I was his girlfriend, I

d

to the

world

went

along

Wha

resist.

t

was

--

--

with him. And then I suddenly thought:

girlfriend? How

di

tha

h

words in

ea

d

t

happen?

e

whispered

sweet

my

r

and

said,

going to marry you one day and I will be a lawyer. You

will see.

to myself,

5 I was

l

aughing

inside and said

never

marry this guy. He's a

rebe

future

l

without

a

good

.

He's

my

boyfriend

because

I

hate

boring student life. I just want to have

my

fun.

6

Sure

enough,

faile

al

d

l

his

the

following

month,

I

found

out

he

had

from the

courses. Consequently,

he

was going to be expelled

university.

To

my disgust, he seemed resigned to his fate. I knew there was hope,

so I led

him to the college secretary for

reconsideration.

politica

7

are

going

to

graduate

with

a

BA

in

l

science

from UPenn and proceed to the College of Law,

appeal

on his behalf, which was approved. 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.

8 Despite Butch's somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a

perfect

gentlema

he'

n

and

deserves a lot

of

credit

for

t

,

d

sometime

take the liberty of displaying his love by planting a kiss on my

s

lips

right in front of my

friends who watched and

Bu

astonished

disapproved.

t

the

trut

a pure and responsible relationship for seven full years.

h

is

we had

Sitting

i

hand

romanti

by

the

palm

trees,

hand

n

,

we

would

listen

to

c

songs,

watch

the

sunset,

and

w

eave

dreams

of being

togethe

wit

--

--

r

h

children of our own,

forever.

passe

9

Two

years

d

in

a

blur.

One

day,

Butch

took

m

e

by

surpris

e

as

he knelt

and proposed

down

marriage

holding a dozen

red roses! Filled with

deep emotion, I confessed my love for him,

Then my

brain woke up from

fantasy

land. I cried

o

ut,

No! We're

too

even

young

to

tie

t

he

knot.

We

haven't

graduated

from college

yet!

really loved him but was pessimistic about our chances for

success.

10 We married five years

later.

too

u

11

Our

faithful

journey

of

love

and learning

k

s

down

rock

road

y

s

of hardship

and

on

smooth

easy-going

highways.

romantic, sometimes crazy, love story that sums up a

It

is

a

long,

29-

year long honeymoon

together

as

a

couple

who are

still

madly

in

love

with

each

other.

love commenced with a casual attraction but bloomed into a mature

love and

rich

life.

Our

--

--

Langu ag e P oints :

1 I s m il e a t m y tw o lovely d augh ters and they s eem so m u ch m o re

m atu re than w e, their par en ts, w hen w e w er e coll ege s w ee th ear

ts . (Pa r a. 1)

Mea ni ng b eyond wo r ds : Married to her college 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 college; sweetheart

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 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 Li nd a, w ho

’

s 21, had a bo yfriend

though t sh e

in her fr es hm an

yea r sh e

is equivalent

to lover ,darling , beloved , or

w ou ld m arr y, bu t they

’

re no t tog eth er an ym ore. Me li ss a, w

ho

’

s 19, hasn

’

t had a stead y bo yfr iend yet. M y daugh ter s w

ond er w h en th ey w ill m ee t

“

Th e One

”

, th eir gr eat lo ve.(Pa r a.

1)

Mea ni ng b eyond w or ds : 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 T h ey thi nk t heir father and I had a class ic fair y tale rom an ce h ead ing fo r m arr

iage

Mea ni ng b eyond

from the ou ts et . (Pa r a. 1)

--

--

conventional

romance

because they think it

aimed at marriage

’

marriage a

Us ag e no te: classic, classical

typical from the

very beginning.

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

’

sclas

”来

表

sic!

以说

“

Tha t

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

。

个

This statement was a classic illustration

of

British

politeness.

这项陈述是对英国礼貌的一

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：

我们家有宫崎骏的所有的

We

all the

classi

of

Miyaz

at

have

standard

cs

Hayao

aki

home.

--

--

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

musi

我花了很多时间阅读和聆听

to classical

c.

古

典音乐

。

Classical music is music

by composers

as Mozart and

written

such

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

但这些古典音乐经久不衰

，

music),

有

永久的意义和价值

，所以这些音乐也 可称为经典

（

class

music

）。反之，在前面

ic

有一

的音乐

例中说可口可乐瓶子的设计是

，一流的，所以是经典（