【正文】 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, who39。s 21, had aboyfriend in her freshman year she thought she would marry, but they39。re nottogether anymore. Melissa, who39。s 19, hasn39。t had a steady boyfriend yet. Mydaughters wonder when they wil meet The One, their great love. They thinktheir father and I had a classic fairytale romance heading for marriage fromthe outset. Perhaps, they39。re right but it didn39。t 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 wasn39。t 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, he39。d 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 hadn39。t had anyfun。 my life was stale with no ponent of fun! I needed a justany had to be cute. My goal that semester became:Be ambitious and grab the cutest boyfriend I can find.4 I worried what he39。d 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 wasn39。tready for the new ways that seemed mon 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, I39。mgoing to marry you one day and I wil be a lawyer. You wil see.5 I was laughing inside and said to myself, I39。d never marry this guy. He39。s arebel without a good future. He39。s my boyfriend because I hate my boringstudent life. I just want to have fun.*6 Sure 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.*7 You 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 Butch39。s somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a perfectgentleman and deserves a lot of credit for , he39。d 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! We39。re tooyoung to tie the kno