新視野大學英語第三版第二冊課文語法講解-Unit4.doc

新視野三版 讀寫 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 nottogether 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 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 curious, 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 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 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 achieved 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 hed 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 world 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 never 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 resigned 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. 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 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 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 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-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 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 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 withher family and two grown daughters.Note: College sweethearts refer to someone with whom one is in love and by 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，寶貝，我們以你為榮。*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，大學時他就是我的戀人。He tries to locate his former sweetheart Melina from whom he has heard nothing for a very*long time.他在努力尋找他以前的戀人梅利娜，他已經(jīng)很久沒有她的消息了。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 “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)Meaning 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 用作形容詞表示“經(jīng)典的；精彩的；一流的”。例如：*Death on the Nile is one of the classic works of Agatha Christie.尼羅河上的慘案是阿加莎?克里斯蒂的經(jīng)典作品之一。*口語中也會用到 classic這個詞。當你看到一場精彩的演出時，就可以說“Thats classic!”來表達贊美。classic 用作形容詞也表示“典型的；標準的”。例如：*London is the classic example of the scattered city.倫敦是標準分散型的城市。*This statement was a classic il ustration of British politeness.這項陳述是對英國禮貌的一個典型說明。classic 也可用作名詞，表示“文學名著；經(jīng)典作品；杰作”。例如：*We have al the standard classics of Hayao Miyazaki at home.我們家有宮崎駿的所有的經(jīng)典作品。2 classical 不能用作名詞，只能用作形容詞，表示“古典的；經(jīng)典的”。例如：*I spend a lot of time reading and listening to classical music.我花了很多時間閱讀和聆聽古典音樂。*Classical music is music written by composers such as Mozart and Beethoven.像莫扎特和貝多芬所創(chuàng)作的音樂稱為古典音樂。*莫扎特和貝多芬所創(chuàng)作的音樂屬于古典音樂(classical music),但這些古典音樂經(jīng)久不衰，有永久的意義和價值，所以這些音樂也可稱為經(jīng)典的音樂（classic music）。反之，在前面有一例中說可口可樂瓶子的設(shè)計是精彩的，一流的，所以是經(jīng)典（classic）之作，但很明顯可口可樂瓶子的設(shè)計不是古典的 （classical）設(shè)計。所以，經(jīng)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 fairy 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 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 became 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 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 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 “l(fā)ooking 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 wasnt 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 ustrates 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,dynamic 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 girl. (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 position: 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 describethe 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:*a tempting job offer一個誘人的工作機會an alarming increase in racial hostility 種族仇視的驚人增長*a welcoming smile熱情的微笑*a surprising number of數(shù)量驚人的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 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 life 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 boyfriend 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 that 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 dramatic 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 sexual 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 girlfriend, 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, dynamicpersonality 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 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，我沒想到在這里見到你！*Gosh, its so cold.天哪，太冷了！*Gosh, theres a lot of noise.天哪，這兒真吵。21 Then he whispered sweet words in my ear and said, “Im going 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. To me, theonly 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 didnt 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 ledhim 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 stila 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 andproceed to the College of Law,” I told him, lodging an appeal on his behalf, whichwas approved. (Para. 7)Meaning beyond words: What she did for her boyfriend indicated their relationship hadcome to a new stage. Besides encouraging him to consult with the col ege secretary andsubmitting the appeal on his behalf, she also planned for his future career. She told himhe 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.說完她是多么喜歡我的點子，她接著就提出了批評性的意見。27 Butch was granted reconsideration. And, once we became steadies, hecoordinated his studies and social life, passing all of his classes. He eventuallystudied law. (Para. 7)Meaning beyond words: Here we see the turning point of the relationship between thetwo. Her suggestions did work well with Butch since he was granted reconsideration. Assoon as they became steady lovers, Butch balanced his studies and social life and passedevery course. Final y, he studied law as had been planned.Note: Steady can also be used as a noun, as is in the text. Its an old-fashioned Americanway to describe a boyfriend or girlfriend that someone has been having a romanticrelationship with.28 Despite Butchs somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a perfectgentleman and deserves a lot of credit for that. (Para. 8)Meaning: In spite of Butchs a little wild character, he was always a perfect gentleman inessence, for which he should be given recognition.29 True, hed sometimes take the liberty of displaying his love by planting a kiss onmy 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 showhis 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 andpublicly demonstrative kiss showing his love to all who are watching.30 But the