【正文】 ce. He kept staring at me alnight long. I real y wasn39。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 nottogether anymore. Melissa, who39。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。s 19, hasn39。re right but it didn39。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。t had anyfun。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。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。s arebel without a good future. He39。s somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a perfectgentleman and deserves a lot of credit for , he39。re tooyoung to tie the knot. We haven39。 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。 he was my col ege sweetheart. 我丈夫是世界上最棒的，大學時他就是我的戀人。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”。*口語中也會用到 classic 這個詞。classic 用作形容詞也表示“典型的；標準的”。*This statement was a classic il ustration of British politeness. 這項陳述是對英國禮貌的一個典型說明。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。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。*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）。所以，經(jīng)典的（classic）作品不一定就是古典的（classical）作品。 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 reallywild boy, maybe even dangerous. Second, although he was very cute, he seemed alittle weird. (Para. 2)Meaning beyond words: She wasn’t interested in him because she got the impressionthat he was wild and strange, which il ustrates that she didn’t know much about him at thebeginning. Therefore, it’s not true that their romance was heading for marriage from thestart.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 wasalso 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 alwayspleasant 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 fal in love with him, but I was alsoafraid of that. His bad boy image was too attractive to resist, but at the same time it wassomewhat 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 th