【正文】 student who only concentrated on studies in order 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 hadnearly achieved a great education, and graduation was just one semester away. ButI hadn’t had any fun。*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）。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。classic 用作形容詞也表示“典型的；標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的”。2 Linda, who’s 21, had a boyfriend in her freshman year she thought she wouldmarry, but they’re not together anymore. Melissa, who’s 19, hasn’t 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”。 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。s somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a perfectgentleman and deserves a lot of credit for , he39。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。t had anyfun。re right but it didn39。s 21, had aboyfriend in her freshman year she thought she would marry, but they39。re nottogether anymore. Melissa, who39。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。 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 never marry this guy. 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。*My husband is the greatest guy in the world。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。例如：*London is the classic example of the scattered city. 倫敦是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)分散型的城市。2 classical 不能用作名詞，只能用作形容詞，表示“古典的；經(jīng)典的”。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。 my life was stale with no ponent 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 hadn’t 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。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