【正文】 end 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 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 knew 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 “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 fall in love with him, but I was also afraid of that. His bad boy image was too attractive to resist, but at the same time it was somewhat 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 someone’s feelings. For example, if you find something tempting/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 your feelings and ideas. For example:a tempting job offer 一個(gè)誘人的工作機(jī)會(huì)an alarming increase in racial hostility 種族仇視的驚人增長(zhǎng)a weling 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 get excellent 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。例如：We have all the standard classics of Hayao Miyazaki at home. 我們家有宮崎駿的所有的經(jīng)典作品。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 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.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! Filled 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! We39。 my life was stale with no ponent of fun! I needed a just any had to be cute. My goal that semester became: Be ambitious and grab the cutest boyfriend I can find.4 I worried what he39。re not together anymore. Melissa, who39。re right but it didn39。m going to marry you one day and I will be a lawyer. You will see.5 I was laughing inside and said to myself, I39。 sweetheart is equivalent to lover,darling, beloved, or dear. For example:Well done, sweetheart, we are all so proud of you. 做得好，寶貝，我們以你為榮。當(dāng)你看到一場(chǎng)精彩的演出時(shí)，就可以說(shuō)“That’s classic!”來(lái) 表達(dá)贊美。Classical music is music written by posers such as Mozart and Beethoven. 像莫扎特 和貝多芬所創(chuàng)作的音樂(lè)稱為古典音樂(lè)。 from being fearful of failing to resist his “bad boy image” to approving of being his girlfriend.20 And then I suddenly thought: “Oh my gosh! Am I his girlfriend? How did that happen?” (Para. 4)Meaning beyond words: All of a sudden, she realized that she had made a mistake because she was not really 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! 天哪，我沒(méi)想到在這里見(jiàn)到你！Gosh, it’s so cold. 天哪，太冷了！Gosh, there’s a lot of noise. 天哪，這兒真吵。Note: Classic fairytale romance is used to describe a romance blessed with unusual happiness. Colloquially, a fairy tale can also refer to any 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 actually not l