【正文】 ad 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 一個誘人的工作機會an alarming increase in racial hostility 種族仇視的驚人增長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。所以，經(jīng)典的（classic）作品不一定 就是古典的（classical）作品。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：I spend a lot of time reading and listening to classical music. 我花了很多時間閱讀和聆聽 古典音樂。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。This statement was a classic illustration of British politeness. 這項陳述是對英國禮貌的一 個典型說明。classic 用作形容詞也表示“典型的；標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的”?？谡Z中也會用到 classic 這個詞。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He tries to locate his former sweetheart Melina from whom he has heard 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。My husband is the greatest guy in the world。t even graduated from college yet! I really 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 easygoing highways. It is a long, romantic, sometimes crazy, love story that sums up a 29year long honeymoon togetheras a couple who are still madly in love with each other. Our love menced 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 mature than we, their parents, when we were college sweethearts. (Para. 1)Meaning beyond words: Married to her college sweetheart, the author now is happy with her family and two grown daughters.Note: College sweethearts refer to someone with whom one is in love and by whom oneis loved at college。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。s my boyfriend because I hate my boring student life. I just want to have fun.6 Sure enough, the following month, I found out he had failed all hiscourses. Consequently, he was going to be expelled from the university. To my disgust, he seemed resigned to his fate. I knew there was hope, so I led him to the college secretary for reconsideration.7 You are going to graduate with a BA in p