【正文】 21 Then he whispered sweet words in my ear and said, “I’m going to marry you one day 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 me and I could eventually see him bee a lawyer.22 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. Ijust 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 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 didn’t 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 stilla hope, I took him to the college 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, which was approved. (Para. 7)Meaning beyond words: What she did for her boyfriend indicated their relationship had e to a new stage. Besides encouraging him to consult with the college secretary and submitting 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 followed by a verb phrase. For example: Having said how much she liked my idea, she then proceeded to make critical mentsabout 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。 he had to be handsome, pleasant and attractive. My ambition for that semester, therefore, was to find the cutest boyfriend at college.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 she was being 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 taking place, but I was a traditional girl who wasn’t ready for the new ways that seemed mon on campus. (Para. 4)Meaning: It is true that we lived in an era when sexual attitudes were changing dramatically, but since I was traditional, I wasn’t ready for the new sexual practice seemingly mon 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 not have any objection.Meaning beyond words: She has apparently changed her perception of Butch, frombeing merely curious about him at first to being cautious about his wild, dynamic personality later。 gazeat usually implies “in a dreamy and unaware state of mind”.9 I really wasn’t that interested for two reasons. First, he looked like he was a really 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 in him because she got the impressionthat he was wild and strange, which illustrates that she didn’t know much about him at the beginning. Therefore, it’s 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 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 was also very alert to his wild and dynamic personality.11 He h