新視野大學(xué)英語第三版第二冊課文語法講解-U(00002)

1、新視野大學(xué)英語第三版第二冊課文語法講解-Unit4新視野三版 讀寫B(tài)2 U4 Text ACollege sweethearts1 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

2、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

3、9;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 caf

4、eteria. 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

5、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 charmin

6、g 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.

7、 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

8、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

9、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 wor

10、ds 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

11、 have fun."*6Sure 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 ar

12、e going to graduate with a BA in political sciencefrom 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 classe

13、s. 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 w

14、atched 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. On

15、e 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.

16、 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, some

17、times 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 mat

18、ure 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 sweetheartsrefer to someone with whom one is in love and by whom oneis loved at col ege; sweeth

19、eart is equivalent to lover,darling , beloved or dear. For example:*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(xué)時他就是我的戀人。He tries to locate his former sweetheart Melina from whom he has heard

20、 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, 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, hasnboyfriend yet. My daughters wonder when they will meet“ The One ”love.(Para. 1)Mea

21、ning 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 marriage from the outset. (Para. 1)Meaning beyond words: Her daughters conside

22、r their parents ' marriage a ty conventional 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(dāng)你看到一場

23、精彩的演出時，就可以說“That'classic!來”表達(dá)贊美。classic用作形容詞也表示 典型的；標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的”。例如：*London is the classic example of the scattered city.倫敦是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)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(xué)名著；經(jīng)典作品；杰作例如：*We have al the standard classics of Hayao Miyazaki at

24、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 彳艮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

25、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 unusual happiness. Colloquially, a fairy tale can also refer to any

26、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 actuallynot like what they have assumed.5 In a way, love just happens when you least expect it. Who

27、 would have thought that 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 donexlpect it. No one thought thatButch and I would finally get married. He became my boyfrie

28、nd 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 un

29、iversity 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 otherthrough my roommate. I met Butch just out of curiosity, but he seemed to fal in love with me

30、 as soon as he saw me.7 "You have beautiful eyes, “ he saZedsah myface. (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 atand stare at mean “l(fā)ooking at

31、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”wgaze at usually implies “in a dreamy and unaware state of mind ” .9 I really wasn ' t that interest

32、ed for two reasons. First, he looked like he was a re 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 ihim because she got the impression that he was wild and strange, which il ustrates that she di

33、dn' t knat the beginning. Therefore, it ' 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 accidenbe surprised to see me. I liked the attention but was cautious about his wild, dynamic personality. (Para. 3) M

34、eaning 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 k

35、new 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 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 h

36、im, but I was also afraid 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

37、someone' feelings. For example, if you find somethingtempting/charming/disgusting/frightening,itmeansittempts/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 alarm

38、ing 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 ord

39、er to getexcellent 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. ButI hadn ' t had any fun; my life was stale with no co

40、mponent of fun! I needed a boyfriend. (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 hadn hadany fun yet. Now that I was graduating, I wanted to have a boyfriend to enrich my c

41、ol egelife.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, theref

42、ore, was to find the cutestboyfriend 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 shewas becoming more interested in him and cared about his real thinking.17 True, we lived in a time when a dramatic shift

43、 in sexual attitudes was taking place, but I was a traditional girl who wasn' t ready for the new ways tcommon 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 jseemingly

44、 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 h

45、im. (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 lat

46、er; from being fearful of failing to resist his “badboy image” to approving of being his girlfriend.20 And then I suddenly thought:" Oh my gosh! Am I his girlfriend? How did thappen?” (Para. 4)Meaning beyond words: Al of a sudden, she realized that she had made a mistake because she was not rea

47、l 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®,我沒想到在這里見到你！*Gosh, it ' s so cShW,太冷了 ！*Gosh, there' s a lot of noised哪,這兒真吵。21 Then he whispered sweet words in my ear and said,&qu

48、ot; I ' m going today and I will be a lawyer. Y ou 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," I ' d never marry this guwithout a goo

49、d future. He ' s my boyfriend because I hate my boring student lif 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 purp

50、ose 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)Mean

51、ing: 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

52、 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 and proceed to the College of Law, “ I told him, 10dgppeainon his behalf, which was approved. (Para. 7)Meaning beyond words: What

53、 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,

54、 “proceedto ” 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, he coordinated his studies and social life, pa

55、ssing all of his classes. He eventually studied 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 soc

56、ial 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. It ' an old-fashioned Americanway to describe a boyfriend or girlfriend that someone has been having a romantic relationship with.28 Despite Butch' s somew

57、hat 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 ' a little wild character, he was always a perfect gentleman inessence, for which he should be given recognition.29 True, he ' d sometimes take the lib

58、erty of displaying his love by planting a kiss or 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 showhis love in front of my friends, who were astonished and resented what he did.Note:

59、 " Plant a kiss " is a figurative use of the woTdnt, which means an intimate andpublicly 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 oflove. For seven years, they just enjoyed their romance i