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一、视听说教程
Unit 1 Life
is a learning curve
1
、
Long
conversation
M: Miranda, let's speak
about your performance in class. You're not
participating; you're careless with
your assignments and often hand
them in
late. You don't want to be here, do you?
W: I'm sorry Dr. Smith.
It's just ... I've got lots of things to do. I'm
studying Web design and I'm a first-
class player on our golf team.
It's
hard to see why I need to take a Spanish language
class!
M: Well, I'm sorry
you feel that way, but learning another language
can
improve your performance in all of
your efforts. And it can be very
useful
sometimes,
for
instance,
when
you
visit
your
father
in
Mexico.
W:
Gosh!
What
do
you
mean,
professor?
Just
because
my
father
does
business
in
Mexico
I'm
supposed to
learn Spanish
—
on
top of everything else
I
have
to
learn?
It's
just
too
much!
And
if
I
don't
spend
enough
time
on
the golf course, I won't remain a first-class
player on the golf
team. I still don't
see why I should learn a language that's so hard
for
me.
There
are
no
verb
tenses
on
the
golf
course
or
in
Web
design!
M: Listen Miranda, I've
known your father since we were students at
university
20
years
ago
—
and
have
known
you
since
you
were
a
little
girl. Of
course, there are no verb tenses in golf or Web
design. But
I am giving you good
advice. Please listen.
W:
Yes, of course, you're like my favorite uncle.
M: Your brain isn't like a
cup that has water flowing over its edge when
it is full. Instead, it's like a
muscle. Learning Spanish exercises
your
brain in new ways, making it stronger. It will
strengthen your
critical thinking
skills and creativity.
W:
Really?! Then I guess I can give it a try.
Question
：
1
、
How is the
woman doing in the man's class?
2
、
What does the
woman think of learning Spanish?
3
、
What do we know
from this conversation about the man?
4
、
What is the
woman most likely to do after talking with the
man?
2
、
passage 2
Have
you
ever
heard
of
homeschooling?
It
is
a
legal
choice
for
parents
in most countries to
provide their children with a learning environment
as
an
alternative
to
public
or
private
schools
outside
the
home.
Parents
cite
numerous
reasons
for
homeschooling
their
children.
The
three
reasons
that
are
selected
by
the
majority
of
parents
in
the
United
States
are the concern about the
traditional
school
environment, the lack of
religious
or
moral
instruction,
and
the
dissatisfaction
with
the
academic
instruction at public and private
schools.
Homeschooling may
also be
a factor in the
choice of
parenting
style. Homeschooling can
be
a choice
for
families
living
in
isolated
countryside
or
living
briefly
abroad.
Also
many
young
athletes
and actors
are taught at home.
Homeschoolers often
take
advantage of
educational opportunities
at
museums,
libraries,
community
centers,
athletic
clubs,
after-school
programs,
churches,
parks,
and
other
community
resources.
Secondary
school level
students may take classes at community colleges,
which
typically have open admission
policies.
Groups of
homeschooling families often join up together to
create
homeschool co-ops. These groups
typically meet once a week and provide
a classroom environment. These are
family-centered support groups whose
members seek to pool their talents and
resources
in a collective
effort
to
broaden
the
scope
of
their
children's
education.
They
provide
a
classroom environment where students
can do hands-on and group learning
such
as performing, science experiments, art projects,
foreign language
study, spelling
contests, discussions, etc. Parents whose children
take
the classes
serve
as
volunteers to keep costs low and
make the program
a success.
Unit 3 Time Out
1
、
Long
conversation
W: Hello?
M: Hi Amy, it's Ryan. I'm calling
because I want to invite you and your
sister
Ashley
to
a
dinner
party
this
Saturday.
My
roommate
Erick
and
I are hosting a 1960s
theme party with a few other friends.
W: A theme party? Is that like a dress-
up party?
M: Sort of ...
You're certainly encouraged to dress in 1960s
fashions!
Short skirts, bright colors,
and bell-bottom jeans! Or go to the
beginning
of
the
1960s
and
come
as
one
of
your
favorite
actresses
...
But
it's
not
just
cool
clothes;
we'll
have
food,
games,
and
entertainment inspired by the 1960s. In
fact, we'll start our meal
with alien
noodles
in honor
of
all those space and alien
TV shows.
W: Wait! Wait!
What
are
noodles
Why not have
regular noodles in
honor of
the movie
The Godfather?
M: No way!
The Godfather
is from the 1970s. Anyway, alien
noodles are
bright green noodles with
purple sauce!
W: What?!
That's crazy!
M: Yeah!
Anyway, there'll be lots of other things. I don't
want to spoil
the surprises. But just
for you, we'll end with light desserts and
coffee from one of your favorite 1960s
movies.
W: I can't wait!
Ooooooh, I have an idea. We can have a special bar
and
make fancy mixed drinks. They're
always drinking in old TV shows!
M:
Perfect!
And
start
reviewing
1960s
music!
We're
having
a
dance
contest
and
a singing contest.
W:
This
sounds
like
a
lot
of
fun.
Can
I
invite
my
roommate?
She
loves
all
of the
classic movies from that time!
M: Of course
—
the more, the merrier! Anyway, it starts at 7:00
p.m.
—
my
apartment.
Questions
：
1
、
What do we know
about those people who are invited to the party?
2
、
What is
particular about alien noodles?
3
、
Why won't they
have regular noodles at the party?
4
、
What other
arrangements do they have for the party?
2
、
passage 2
Rock
climbing
is
an
activity
in
which
participants
climb
up,
down
or
across
natural
rock
formations
or
artificial
rock
walls.
The
goal
of
rock
climbing
is
to
reach
the
top
of
a
formation
or
the
endpoint
of
a
predefined
route without falling. Rock climbing
competitions have
objectives
of
completing
the
route
in
the
quickest
possible
time
or
reaching
the
farthest
point along an ever increasingly harder route.
While not an
Olympic event, rock
climbing is
recognized
by
the International Olympic
Committee as
a sport.
Rock climbing has
been
separated into
several
different styles and
subdisciplines.
At
its
most
basic,
rock
climbing
involves
climbing
a
route
with
one's
own
hands
and
feet
and
little
more
than
a
cushioned
bouldering
pad
for
protection.
This
style
of
climbing
is
referred
to
as
bouldering,
since the relevant routes are usually
found on boulders no more than 10
to 15
feet tall. As routes get higher off the ground,
the increased risk
of
life-
threatening
injuries
makes
additional
safety
measures
necessary.
Climbers
will
usually
work
in
pairs
and
use
a
system
of
ropes
and
anchors
designed
to catch fallers.
Rock
climbing
is
a
physically
and
mentally
demanding
sport
that
tests
a climber's strength,
endurance
, and balance along
with their mental
control.
It
can
be
a
dangerous
sport
and
climbers
are
putting
themselves
at
risk
when
they
go
climbing.
However,
the
risk
can
be
reduced
by
having
the
knowledge
of
proper
climbing
techniques
and
using
specialized
climbing equipment.
Unit 5 Urban pulse
1
、
Long
conversation
M: Hi Emily! Something
troubling you?
W:
Not
sleeping
well.
My
husband's
got
a
new
job
in
Santa
Fe,
New
Mexico!
I'm a girl born and
raised in big cities. I'm a little worried ...
M: What about?
W:
Well,
my
hometown
has
about
4.5
million
people!
You
know
how
many
people
live in Santa Fe?
M: Not exactly, but, listen!
W:
Well,
I
looked
up
the
population
and
it's
like
70,000!
Tiny!
It
really
is a great job for
John
—
my husband, but in a
small town! I'm sure
there
will
be
no
good
restaurants,
or
nice
places
to
walk,
no
nightlife ...
M:
Whoa! Wait a minute Emily! Did you do anything
besides looking at the
population of
Santa Fe?
W: Uh, no ...
M:
You're
jumping
to
conclusions
—
and
they're
all
wrong!
I'm
from
Santa
Fe! It does
have a
small population
—
but it's
an
amazing place!
The
history
and
architecture
is
unique.
The
city
center
was
built in
the
1600s by the Spanish. It's full of
beautiful shops, restaurants,
coffee
shops,
and
art
galleries.
It
has
amazing
nightlife
—
full
of
wonderful
people.
That's
why
famous
writers
and
movie
stars
love
Santa
Fe, too!
W: Wow,
sounds great ... What about outdoor life?
M: It's wonderful! The
colors of the sky and mountains are so beautiful
that
artists
come
from
around
the
world
to
paint!
And
the
sky
at
night
is so
full of stars that you feel like you can reach out
and touch
them.
It's
a
magical
place,
Emily.
Soon
you'll
realize
how
lucky
you
are. You'll have a long line of family
and friends waiting to come
and visit
you in Santa Fe!
Question
：
1
、
What is Emily
going to do?
2
、
What did Emily
think life in Santa Fe would be like?
3
、
What is unique
in Santa Fe according to the man?
4
、
What attracts
artists around the world to Santa Fe?
2
、
passage 2
Around
the
world
smart
cities
are
being
built
while
those
we
have
lived
in
for
centuries
are
being
upgraded
for
the
future.
A
smart
city
may
mean
one
that
uses
data
on
traffic
to
ease
congestion
or
one
that
aims
to
join
up
services to provide
better information for citizens. For many it is
about making cities greener and more
efficient. It is partly a
reaction
to
overcrowding and pollution and partly because in
an ever-connected
world
it
makes
increasing
sense
to
hook
entire
cities
up
to
the
network.
Masdar
is
a
city
that
stands
in
the
middle
of
the
desert
of
Abu
Dhabi
in
the
United
Arab
Emirates.
It
is
designed
to
be
one
of
the
most
sustainable
cities
on
the
planet.
With
a
solar
power
station
at
its
heart
and
wind
farms
providing
energy
for
it,
it
aims
to
be
carbon
free.
Everything
in
the
city,
from
water
to
rubbish,
is
measured
and
monitored
,
becoming a source of information.
The
city is
built
on a
raised platform
to
allow its “digital plumbers” easy
access to
the system of
advanced
technologies
that
run
it.
It
is
pedestrian-friendly
and
entirely
car
free.
The
city
is
experimenting
with
a
network
of
electric
driverless
podcars.
The
PRT
—
personal
rapid
transit
—
will
run
six
meters
under
street
level
across the city. The
buildings in the city have been designed by Norman
Foster’s architecture firm, which
designed a number of
eye-
catching
buildings including
The City Hall in London.
It
is
hoped
that
40,000
people
will
eventually
live
in
the
city,
with
up to
50,000
commuting
there each
day.
Unit 7
Time of technology
：
A
blessing or a curse
？
1
、
Long
conversation
M: Oh! Another call from
my grandmother!
W: What's
wrong? I love talking to my grandmother! She's an
artist and
tells really funny stories!
M:
Oh,
I
love
talking
to
my
grandmother,
too,
usually!
She
just
moved
from
New
York City down here to Washington D.C. And I'm
happy to have her
here in Washington
D.C. I love my grandmother! She's a wonderful
person. My problem is I spent six hours
on Saturday and five hours
on Sunday at
her apartment trying to teach her how to use her
new
electronic gadgets. I set up her
telephone, Internet, TV, and DVD
player.
But
she
refuses
to
try
and
learn
and
she
gets
really
confused.
She just has no
idea how to make any of them work.
W: Oh, I see. My Aunt Patricia was the
same. She didn't really want to
learn
—
so it took six lessons
plus nine phone calls to learn basic
email!
—
how
to
open
and
close
an
email,
how
to
attach
a
document!
M:
Yes,
my
grandmother
is
like
that,
too.
She
refuses
to
learn.
My
grandfather
always
took
care
of
all
the
electronic
items
–
and
since
he passed away two
years ago, she has to handle them by herself.
W:
OK,
I
have
an
idea!
You
need
to
get
her
liking
electronic
gadgets.
Why
not
get her one of those video games made for families
and kids. I
bought my grandfather a
Wii. He loves it. I got it all set up. The
games
are
easy
and
fun!
These
days,
he
spends
hours
playing
Wii
golf.
M: My
grandmother used to love tennis. Wii tennis. Um
... Great idea!
Question
：
1
、
What did the
man do for his grandmother?
2
、
What problem
does the man's grandmother have?
3
、
What do the
man's grandmother and the woman's aunt have in
common?
4
、
What will the
man do to help his grandmother?
2
、
passage 2
The New York Police Department (NYPD)
announced it will form a new
unit to
search social media as part of the combined
efforts against
criminals.
This
is
an
official
response
to
criminals'
growing
use
of
some
websites to plan and
celebrate
illegal
achievements.
A Police
Chief,
Kevin O'Connor, is
in
charge of
an NYPD
unit
created
specifically
to
comb
social
media
sites
like
Facebook,
Twitter
and
BlackBerry
Messenger
for
information
on
planned
crimes
and
their
offenders.
The
efforts
against
criminals
have
linked
social
media
to
increasing
incidents of
robberies in the United States and the recent
rioting in
London.
Public
safety
agencies
are
consequently
looking
to
step
up
their
efforts
in order to better protect citizens against these
trends.
In the London riots
in particular, the police suspect the rioters
relied
heavily
on
BlackBerry
Messenger
to
coordinate
and
plan
their
riots.
Police there are working with
BlackBerry Messenger to identify those
messages that are
linked
to
burning and robbing London stores.
BlackBerry
Messenger
and
other
smartphone
messaging
services
make
it
hard for
the police to
anticipate
criminal activity, especially if they
aren't
as
familiar
with
the
technology
as
the
offenders
are.
The
NYPD
unit
intends
to
educate
officers
about
such
technology
to
remedy
this
defect.
For
social media providers and smartphone makers, the
criminals'
preference for their
products is putting them in the sticky position of
determining
how
to
assist
police
efforts
without
betraying
lawful
customers' privacy.
二、读写教程
（一）课文翻译（英译中）
Unit
2 College-The ladder to success
The
humanities: Out of date?
人文学科：过时了吗？
When
the going gets tough, the tough take accounting.
When the job
market worsens, many
students calculate they can't major in English or
history. They have to study something
that boosts their prospects of
landing
a job.
当形势变得困难时，
强者会去选学会计。
当就业市场恶化时，
许多学生估算着他
们不能再主修英语或历史。他们得学一些能改善他们就业前景的东西。
The data show that as students have
increasingly shouldered the
ever-rising
cost of tuition, they have defected from the study
of the
humanities and toward applied
science and
will
lead
to
employment.
In
other
words,
a
college
education
is
more
and
more
seen
as
a
means
for
economic
betterment
rather
than
a
means
for
human
betterment.
This
is
a
trend
that
is
likely
to
persist
and
even
accelerate.
数据显示，
随着学生肩负的学费不断增加，
他们已从学习人文学
科转向他们相信
有益于将来就业的应用科学和“硬”技能。换言之，大学教育越来越被看
成是改
善经济而不是提升人类自身的手段。这种趋势可能会持续，甚至有加快之势。
Over the next few years, as
labor markets struggle, the humanities
will
probably
continue
their
long
slide
in
succession.
There
already
has
been
a nearly 50 percent decline in the portion of
liberal arts majors
over the past
generation, and it is logical to think that the
trend is
bound
to
continue
or
even
accelerate.
Once
the
dominant
pillars
of
university
life,
the
humanities
now
play
little
roles
when
students
take
their
college
tours.
These
days,
labs
are
more
vivid
and
compelling
than
libraries.
在未来几年
内，
由于劳动力市场的不景气，
人文学科可能会继续其长期低迷
的态
势。在上一代大学生中，主修文科的学生数跌幅已近
50%
。这种趋势会持续、甚
至加速的想法是合情合理的。
人文学科曾是大学生活的重要支柱，
而今在学生们
的大学游中却只是一个小点缀。
现在，
实验室要比图书馆更栩栩
如生、
受人青睐。
Here,
please
allow
me
to
stand
up
for
and
promote
the
true
value
that
the humanities add to
people's lives. Since ancient times, people have
speculated
about
the
mystery
of
those
inner
forces
that
drive
some
people
to
greatness and others to self-destruction. This
inner drive has been
called
many
things
over
the
centuries.
The
famous psychologist,
Sigmund
Freud,
called
it
the
mind
or,
more
familiarly,
在这儿，请允许我为人文学科给人们的生活所增添的真实价值进行支持和宣传。
自古以来，人们一直在思索人类自身具有什么神奇的内力使一些人变得崇高伟
大，而使另一些人走向自我毁灭。几个世纪以来，这股内力被称作很多东西。著
名的
心理学家西格蒙德·弗洛伊德称之为“潜意识”
，或更为人熟知的“本能”
。
From
the
beginning
of
time,
this
inner
aspect
of
our
being,
this
drive
that can be constructive or
destructive, has captured our imagination.
The stories of this amazing struggle
have formed the basis of cultures
the
world
over.
Historians,
architects,
authors,
philosophers
and
artists
have
captured
the
words,
images
and
meanings
of
this
inner
struggle in the form
of story, music, myth, painting, architecture,
sculpture,
landscape
and
traditions.
These
men
and
women
developed
artistic
that
help
us
understand
these
aspirations
and also
educate
generations. This fertile body of work from
ancient times, the
very
foundation
of
civilization,
forms
the
basis
of
study
of
the
humanities.
从一开始，
人类这股可以是建设性也可以是毁灭性的内在驱动力，
就令我们心驰
神往。这些惊人的、充满内心挣扎的故事形成了世界文化的基础。历史学家、建
筑师
、作家、哲学家和艺术家们以故事、音乐、神话、绘画、建筑、雕刻、风景
画和传统的形
式，
捕捉到了这些撞击心灵的文字、
形象及内涵。
这些男男女女创
造出了具有艺术性的“语言”
，帮助
我们了解人类的这些强烈愿望，并用以教育
一代又一代人。
从古
时起开始的这些充满想象的大量作品，
正是文明的底蕴，
它
奠定了人文研究的基础。
Studying the humanities improves our
ability to read and write. No
matter
what we do in life, we will have a huge advantage
if we can read
complex
ideas
and
understand
their
meaning.
We
will
have
a
bright
career
if
we are the person in the office who can write a
clear and elegant
analysis of those
ideas!
学习人文学科会提高我们的阅读和写作能力。无论我们这一生中从事什么
职业，
如果我们能读懂复杂的思想并理解它们的内涵，
我们都会
受益匪浅。
如果我们是
在办公室里能对这些思想写出既明确又简
洁的分析的人，
我们会有光明的职业前
景。
Studying
the
humanities
makes
us
familiar
with
the
language
of
emotion
and
the
creative
process.
In
an
information
economy,
many
people
have the ability to
produce a useful product such as a new MP3 player.
Yet,
very
few
people
have
the
ability
to
create
a
spectacular
brand:
the
iPod.
Most importantly, studying the humanities invests
us with great
insight and self-
awareness, thereby releasing our creative energy
and
talent in a positive and
constructive manner.
学习人文学科
会让我们熟悉表达情感的语言及进行创造的过程。在信息经济中，
很多人都有能力创造出
一个如新的
MP3
播放器那样的有用产品。
然而，
仅有很少
的人具有能力创造出一个如
iPod
那样的精彩品牌。最重要的是，学习人文学科
使我们具有伟大的洞察力和自我意识，
从而以积极和建设性的方式来发挥我们的
创造力和才艺。
Perhaps the
best argument in favor of the humanities is the
scope
of possibilities that are widely
open to us. Did you know that James
Cameron, world-famous director of the
movie,
Titanic, graduated with
a
degree
in the
humanities?
So did
Sally
Ride,
the
first woman
in space.
So
did
actors
Bruce
Lee,
Gwyneth
Paltrow,
Renee
Zellweger
and
Matt
Damon.
Dr. Harold Varmus, who won a Nobel
Prize
for
Medicine, studied the
humanities.
Even
Michael
Eisner,
Chairman
of
the
Disney
Company,
majored
in the humanities.
Famous people who studied the humanities make a
long
list
indeed.
It's
easy
to
see
that
the
humanities
can
prepare
us
for
many
different
careers
and
jobs
we
can
undertake,
whether
medicine,
business,
science or
entertainment. If we study only mathematics, it's
likely we
will be a candidate only for
jobs as a mathematician. If we include
studying the humanities, we can
make
breakthroughs on many
barriers and
are limited only by our
effort and imagination.
也许，
支持人文学科的最好论点是
,
人文学科为我们提供了广阔的机会
。你知道
世界闻名的电影《泰坦尼克号》的导演詹姆斯·卡梅隆拿的是人文学科的学位<
/p>
吗？第一个登上太空的女宇航员萨利·赖德拿的也是人文学科的学位。
还有电影
演员李小龙、格温妮丝·帕特洛、蕾妮·齐薇格及马特·达蒙，也都如此。
获诺
贝尔医学奖的哈罗德·瓦慕斯博士也学过人文学科。
甚至迪
士尼公司的总裁迈克
尔·艾斯纳也主修人文学科。
学习人文学科
的有名人士确实可以列出一长串。
显
而易见，人文学能为我们从
事许多不同的职业做准备，不管是医学、商务、科学
或娱乐。
如
果我们仅学习数学，
我们很可能只能申请数学家之类的工作。
如
果我
们还学了人文学科，
那我们就能突破许多障碍，
只要我们愿意付出努力，
敢于想
象。
Of
course,
nowadays,
if
we
study
the
humanities
alone,
we
are
liable
to
miss
many
opportunities.
Each
one
of
us
needs
to
become
as
technically
and professionally skilled as possible
to help meet the needs of modern
life.
In fact, increasingly a pairing of technical
knowledge and inner
insight is seen as
the
ideal in the establishment of a
career.
If I were
the
Dean
of Admissions
at
a medical
school
and two
people
applied to
our
school,
both
having
the
required
basic
scientific
courses,
one
a
philosophy
major and
the
other
solely
a pre-med student,
the philosophy
applicant would be
chosen.
当然，在当下，如果我们单学人文学科，可
能会失去很多机会。我们每个人都需
要尽可能变得技能化、职业化，以满足现代生活的需
要。事实上，技术知识和内
在洞察力的结合越来越被看成是建立职业生涯的理想搭配。<
/p>
如果我是某个医学院
的招生部主任，有两个人同时申请我们学校，
这两个人都学过基础的科学课程，
一个主修哲学，另一个仅是医学院的预科生，我会选择
那位哲学专业的申请者。
In
summary,
the
humanities
help
to
create
well-
rounded human
beings
with
insight and
understanding of the
passions, hopes and dreams common
to
all
humanity.
The
humanities,
the
ancient
timeless
reservoir
of
knowledge, teach us
to see things differently and broaden
our horizons.
They are as useful and
relevant in our modern age as they have always
been. Doesn't it make sense to spend
some time in the company of the
humanities, our outstanding and
remarkable treasure of knowledge? Who
knows how famous YOU might become!
总之，
人文学科帮助造就全面发展的人，
这些人
具有洞察力，
并理解全人类共有
的激情、希望和理想。人文学科
，这个古老、永恒的知识储蓄库，教我们如何以
不同的方式看待事物，
< br>同时也拓宽我们的视野。
在现代社会中，
人文学科一如既
往地同生活息息相关，
也发挥着重要作用。
我们在学习中花一些时间与人文学科
——我们杰出、
非凡的
知识宝藏——相伴，
这难道不是明智的吗？谁知道你将来
会变得
多有名气呢！
Unit 4
Dance with love
College sweethearts
大学情侣
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 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
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 shallow agenda:
I
wanted a cute boyfriend!
我
微笑着看着我那两个可爱的女儿，
她们似乎比她们的父母还是大学情侣那会儿
更为成熟。琳达，
21
岁，在大学一年级交过一个
男友，她曾以为会跟那个男孩
结婚，但他们已不再来往了。梅丽莎，
19
岁，还没有一个固定的男友。我的女
儿不知何时才能遇
到她们的那个“唯一”，
她们伟大的爱。
她们认为她们的父亲<
/p>
和我有着一段经典的、童话般的浪漫史，从一开始就直奔婚姻的殿堂。也许，她
们是正确的，
但在那时似乎并不是那么回事。
在某
种程度上，
爱神恰恰在你最没
准备时来临。
谁曾想到，
布奇和我最终会结婚呢？他之所以成为我男友，
只是因
为当时我那肤浅的打算：我要找一个可爱的男友！
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.
He kept staring
at 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 dangerous. Second, although he was
very cute, he seemed a little
weird.
我们通过我的大学室友介绍在大学食堂相识。
在那个命中注定的夜晚
，
我只是好
奇，但对他而言，我认为是一见钟情。他凝视着我的
脸，说：
“你有一双美丽的
眼睛。
”他
整个晚上一直盯着我。我真的对他没那么感兴趣，其原因有二。首先，
他看起来就像是一
个野小子，甚至还有些危险。其次，虽然他很可爱，却似乎有
点怪异。
< br>
Riding on his bicycle, he'd ride
past my dorm as if
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
fall
in
love.
His
exciting
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 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.
他骑着自行车
经过我的宿舍，装作与我“偶遇”
，看到我时还假装惊讶。我喜欢
被重视的感觉，
但对他的野性和充满活力的个性却小心谨慎。
他很会说话，
这会
迷倒任何女孩。当我开始爱上他时，恐惧向我
袭来。他那令人激动的“坏小子形
象”简直太诱人了。究竟是什么吸引了我？我，一直口
碑极好。为了获得优异的
成绩，
我的注意力只专注在自己的学习
上。
但又怎么样呢？大学应该是学习的好
时间，
可也应该有一些乐趣。
我已几乎达成了伟大的教育目标，
离毕业只有一学
期之遥了。但我却还没有享受过任何乐趣，我的生活乏味，没有一点新
鲜感！我
需要一个男朋友，
当然不是任何男朋友。
他必须很可爱。
于是我那个学期的目标
就成为：雄心
勃勃，抓住一个我能找到的最可爱的男友。
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:
gosh!
Am
I
his
girlfriend?
How
did
that
happen?
Then
he
whispered
sweet
words in my ear and said,
a
lawyer. You will see.
我担心他会怎么看我。
< br>不错，
我们生活在一个性观念正在发生戏剧性转变的时代，
但我是一个传统的女孩，
对在校园里似乎常见的新方式还没有心理准备。
布奇看
上去很出色！
我对他的个性毫无免疫力，
但我对此很害怕。
那天晚上当他向大家
宣布
我是他女友时，我是同意的。但我随后突然清醒：
“噢，我的天哪！我是他
女友吗？这是怎么回事？”紧接着，他在我耳边低声地甜言蜜语：
“有一天我
要
娶你，我会成为一名律师。你会看到这一天的。
”
I
was
laughing
inside
and
said
to
myself,
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.
我笑着对自己说：
“我绝不会嫁给这个家伙
。他是一个没有前途的叛逆者。他是
我男朋友，只因为我恨枯燥的学生生活。我只想得到
乐趣而已。
”
Sure
enough, the following month, I found out he had
failed all his
courses. Consequently,
he was going to
be expelled from the
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.
果然，一个月后，我发现他所有的课程都
不及格。因而，他将被大学除名。令我
厌恶的是，
他似乎屈从了
自己的命运。
我知道还有希望，
所以我让他去学院的秘
书那儿进行复议。
are
going
to
graduate
with
a
BA
in
political
science
from
UPenn
and
proceed to
the
College of
Law,
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
all of his
classes. He eventually studied law.
我告诉
他：
“
你要先从宾夕法尼亚大学拿到政治学学士学位，
然后进入法律学院。
”
我以他的名义递交了呈请
书，
结果被批准了。
校方同意复议布奇的情况。
我们的
男女朋友关系一经确定，
他就协调了他的学习和
社交生活，
结果各门课都通过了。
他最终学了法律。
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
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