新視野大學(xué)英語(yǔ)第三版第二冊(cè)課文語(yǔ)法講解-Unit4

1、新視野三版 讀寫(xiě) B 2U 4T e x t AC o ll e g e s w ee t h ea r t s1 I smile at my two lovely daughters and they seem so much more mature than we, their parents, when we were college sweethearts. Linda, who's 21, had a boyfriend in her freshman year she thought she would marry, but they're not together

2、 anymore. Melissa, who's 19, hasn't had a steady boyfriend yet. My daughters wonder when they will meet "The One", their great love. They think their father and I had a classic fairy-tale romance heading for marriage from the outset. Perhaps, they're right but it didn't see

3、m so at the time. In a way, love just happens when you least expect it. Who would have thought that Butch and I would end up getting married to each other? He became my boyfriend because of my shallow agenda: I wanted a cute boyfriend!2 We met through my college roommate at the university cafeteria.

4、 That fateful night, I was merely curious, but for him I think it was love at first sight. "You have beautiful eyes", he said as he gazed at my face. He kept staring at me all night long. I really wasn't that interested for two reasons. First, he looked like he was a really wild boy, m

5、aybe even dangerous. Second, although he was very cute, he seemed a little weird.3 Riding on his bicycle, he'd ride past my dorm as if "by accident" and pretend to be surprised to see me. I liked the attention but was cautious about his wild, dynamic personality. He had a charming way

6、with words which would charm any girl. 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? I always had an excellent reputation. My concentration was solely on my studies to get superior grades. But

7、for what? College is supposedto be a time of great learning and also some fun. I had nearly achieved a great education, and graduation was just one semester away. But I hadn't had any fun; my life was stale with no component of fun! I needed a boyfriend.Not just any boyfriend.He had to be cute.

8、My goal that semester became: Be ambitious and grab the cutest boyfriend I can find.4 I worried what he'd think of me. 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 seemedcommon on camp

9、us. Butch looked superb! I was not immune to his personality, but I was scared. The night when he announced to the world that I was his girlfriend, I went alongwith him. And then I suddenly thought: "Oh my gosh! Am I his girlfriend? How did that happen?" Then he whispered sweet words in my

10、 ear and said, "I'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, "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. I just want to have

11、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

12、 to graduate with a BA in political science from UPenn and proceed to the College of Law," I told him, lodging an appeal on his behalf, which was approved. Butch was granted reconsideration. And, once we became steadies, he coordinated his studies and social life, passing all of his classes. He

13、 eventually studied law.8 Despite Butch's somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a perfect gentleman and deserves a lot of credit for that.True, he'd sometimes take the liberty of displaying his love by planting a kiss on my lips right in front of my astonished friends who watche

14、d 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 da

15、y, 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! We're too young to tie the knot. We h

16、aven'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 easy-going highways. It is a long, romantic, sometimes

17、 crazy, love story that sums up a 29-year long honeymoon togetheras a couple who are still madly in love with each other. Our love commenced with a casual attraction but bloomed into a mature love and rich life.L a ngu a g e Po i n t s :1 I s m il e at m y t w o l o v e l y d a ugh t e r s and t h e

18、 y s ee m s o m u c h m o r e m a t u r e t h a n w e, t h e i r p a r e n t s , w h e n w e w e r e c o ll e g e s w ee t h ea r t s . (Par a. 1Mea n i ng b e y ond w o r d s :Married to her college sweetheart, the author now is happy with her family and two grown daughters.N o t e :College sweethe

19、arts refer to someone with whom one is in love and by whom one is loved at college; sweetheart is equivalent to lover , darling , beloved , or dear . Forexample:Well done, sweetheart, we are all so proud of you. 做得好 , 寶貝 , 我們以你為榮 。My husband is the greatest guy in the world; he was my college sweeth

20、eart. 我丈夫是世 界上最棒的 , 大學(xué)時(shí)他就是我的戀人 。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(méi)有她的消息了 。2 L i nd a, w ho s 21, h a d a bo y f r i e nd i n h e r f r e s h m a n y ea r s h e t hough t s h e w ou l d m a rr y , bu t t h e y

21、r e no t t og e t h e r an y m o r e. Meli ss a, w ho s 19, h a s n t h a d a s t ea d y bo y f r i e nd y e t . My d a ugh t e r s w ond e r w h e n t h e y w ill m ee t “ T h e O n e ” , t h e i r g r ea t l o v e.(Par a. 1Mea n i ng b e y ond w o r d s :Her two daughters are at the age of just da

22、ting, but they seem to be very mature wondering when they will meet their true love.3 Th e y t h i n k t h e i r f a t h e r and I h a d a c l a ss i c f a i r y t a l e r o m a n c e h ea d i ng f o r m a rr i a g e f r o m t h e ou t s e t . (Par a. 1Mea n i ng b e y ond w o r d s :Her daughters c

23、onsider their parents marriage a typical conventional romance because they think it aimed at marriage from the very beginning. U s a g e no t e :classic, classical1classic 用作形容詞表示 “ 經(jīng)典的 ; 精彩的 ; 一流的 ” 。 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

24、品之一 ?？谡Z(yǔ)中也會(huì)用到 classic 這個(gè)詞 。 當(dāng)你看到一場(chǎng)精彩的演出時(shí) , 就可以說(shuō) “ Tha t s classic! ” 來(lái) 表 達(dá)贊美 。classic 用作形容詞也表示 “ 典型的 ; 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的 ” 。 例如 :London is the classic example of the scattered city. 倫敦是標(biāo)準(zhǔn)分散型的城市 。This statement was a classic illustration of British politeness. 這項(xiàng)陳述是對(duì)英國(guó)禮貌的一 個(gè) 典型說(shuō)明 。classic 也可用作名詞 , 表示 “ 文學(xué)名著 ; 經(jīng)典作品

25、; 杰作 ” 。 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 。2classical 不能用作名詞 , 只能用作形容詞 , 表示 “ 古典的 ; 經(jīng)典的 ” 。 例如 :I spend a lot of time reading and listening to classical music. 我花了很多時(shí)間閱讀和聆聽(tīng) 古 典音樂(lè) 。Classical music is music written by composers such as Mozart and Beethov

26、en. 像莫扎特 和貝多芬所創(chuàng)作的音樂(lè)稱為古典音樂(lè) 。莫扎特和貝多芬所創(chuàng)作的音樂(lè)屬于古典音樂(lè) (classicalmusic, 但這些古典音樂(lè)經(jīng)久不衰 , 有 永久的意義和價(jià)值 , 所以這些音樂(lè)也可稱為經(jīng)典的音樂(lè) (classic music 。 反之 , 在前面 有一 例中說(shuō)可口可樂(lè)瓶子的設(shè)計(jì)是精彩的 , 一流的 , 所以是經(jīng)典 (classic 之作 , 但很明顯可口可樂(lè)瓶子的設(shè)計(jì)不是古典的 (classical 設(shè)計(jì) 。 所以 , 經(jīng)典的 (classic 作品不一定 就 是古典的 (classical 作品 。N o t e :Classic fairy-tale romance is

27、 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 Per h a p s , t h e y r e r i gh t bu t i t d i dn t s ee m s o at t h e t i m e. (Par a. 1Mea n i ng :My daughters perception may be right, yet our roma

28、nce back then was actually not like what they have assumed.5 In a w a y , l o v e j u s t h a pp e n s w h e n y ou l ea s t ex p e c t i t . Who w ou l d h a v e t hough t t h a t B u t c h and I w ou l d end up g e tt i ng m a rr i e d t o eac h o t h e r ? He b e c a m e m ybo y f r i e nd b e c

29、a u s e o f m y s h a ll o w ag e nd a : I w a n t e d a c u t e bo y f r i e nd ! (Par a. 1Mea n i ng :Love comes your way when you don t really expect it. No one thought that Butch and I would finally get married. He became my boyfriend simply because I would like to fulfill my shallow wish:to hav

30、e an attractive boyfriend in college.Mea n i ng b e y ond w o r d s :Here is the suspense of the story the author gives a broad hint that she will tell us how she and her husband got married at last.6 We m e t t h r ough m y c o ll e g e r oo mm a t e at t h e un i v e r s i t y c a f e t e r i a. T

31、h a t f a t e f u l n i gh t , I w a s m e r e l y c u r i ou s , bu t f o r h i m I t h i n k i t w a s l o v e at f i r s t s i gh t . (Par a. 2 Mea n i ng :At the school dining hall that important night, we were introduced to each other through my roommate. I met Butch just out of curiosity, but

32、he seemed to fall in love with me as soon as he saw me.7 “ Y ou h a v e b ea u t i f u l ey e s , ” h e s a i d as h e g aze d at m y f a c e. (Par a. 2Mea n i ng b e y ond w o r d s :The author was obviously attractive to Butch since he tried to please her by praising her eyes.8 He k e p t s t a r

33、i ng at m e all n i gh t l ong . (Par a. 2N o t e :Both gaze at and stare at mean “ looking at something fixedly for a long timebecause of being attracted, surprised, or thinking, etc. ”. Stare at usually has the additional meaning of “ with eyes widely open ” . Also, it usually implies “ with great

34、 attention ”; gaze at usually implies “ in a dreamy and unaware state of mind ”.9 I r ea ll y w a s n t t h a t i n t e r e s t e d f o r t w o r ea s on s . F i r s t , h e l oo k e d li k e h e w a s a r ea ll y w il d bo y , m a y b e e v e n d a ng e r ou s . Se c ond , a l t hough h e w a s v e

35、 r y c u t e, h e s ee m e d a li tt l e w e i r d . (Par a. 2Mea n i ng b e y ond w o r d s :She wasn t interested in him because she got the impression that 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

36、was heading for marriage from the start.10 Ri d i ng on h i s b i cyc l e, h e d r i d e p a s t m y do r m as i f “ b y acc i d e n t ” a ndp r e t e nd t ob e s u r p r i s e d t o s ee m e. I li k e d t h e att e n t i on bu t w a s c a u t i ou s abou t h i s w il d ,d y n a m i c p e r s on a l

37、i t y . (Par a. 3Mea n i ng b e y ond w o r d s :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 a d a c h a r m i ng w a y w i t h w o r d s w h i c

38、h w ou l d c h a r m an y g i r l . (Par a. 3Mea n i ng :He knew how to please and attract girls because what he said was always pleasant to their ears.12 Fear c a m e o v e r m e w h e n I s t a r t e d t o f a ll i n l o v e. Hi s exc i t i ng “ b a d bo yi m a g e ”w a s j u s t t oo t e m p t i

39、ng t o r e s i s t . Wh a t w a s i t t h a t att r a c t e d m e ? (Par a. 3Mea n i ng :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

40、it in him that attracted me?N o t e :Tempting is a present participle of the verb tempt , used as an adjective to describe the effect that something has on someone s feelings. For example, if you find something tempting/charming/disgusting/frightening,it means it tempts/charms/disgusts/frightens you

41、. 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 welcoming smile 熱情的微笑a surprising number of 數(shù)量驚人的13 I al w a ys h a d an exc e ll e n t r e pu t a

42、 t i on . My c on c e n t r a t i on w a s s o l e l y on m y s t ud i e s t o g e t s up e r i o r g r a d e s . B u t f o r w h a t ? (Par a. 3Mea n i ng :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

43、 fun?14 Co ll e g e i s s uppo s e d t o b e a t i m e o f g r ea t l ea r n i ng and al s o s o m e f un . I h a dn ea r l y ac h i e v e d a g r ea t edu c a t i on , and g r a du a t i on w a s j u s t on e s e m e s t e r aw a y . B u t I h a dn t h a d an y f un ; m y li f e w a s s t a l e w i

44、 t h no c o m pon e n t o f f un ! I n ee d e d abo y f r i e nd . (Par a. 3Mea n i ng :College is definitely a nice place for education but should have some fun as well. Throughout my years at college, I had devoted all my time to study but hadn t had any fun yet. Now that I was graduating, I wante

45、d to have a boyfriend to enrich my college life.15 No t j u s t an y bo y f r i e nd . He h a d t o b e c u t e. My go a l t h a t s e m e s t e r b e c a m e :B e a m b i t i ou s and g r a b t h e c u t e s t bo y f r i e nd I c a n f i nd . (Par a. 3Mea n i ng :The one I wanted to date was not ju

46、st an ordinary boy; he had to be handsome, pleasant and attractive. My ambition for that semester, therefore, was to find the cutest boyfriend at college.16 I w o rr i e d w h a t h e d t h i n k o f m e. (Par a. 4Mea n i ng b e y ond w o r d s :Her concern about how Butch would look at her shows th

47、at she was becoming more interested in him and cared about his real thinking.17 Tr u e, w e li v e d i n a t i m e w h e n a d r a m a t i c s h i ft i n s e x u a l att i t ud e s w a s t a k i ng pl a c e,bu t I w a s a t r a d i t i on a l g i r l w ho w a s n t r ea d y f o r t h e n e w w a ys

48、t h a t s ee m e dc o mm on on c a m pu s . (Par a. 4Mea n i ng :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 common on campus.18 B u t c h l oo k e d s up e r b ! I w a s no t i

49、 mm un e t o h i s p e r s on a li t y , bu t I w a s sc a r e d . (Par a. 4Mea n i ng :Butch looked extremely wonderful. I was surely influenced by his personality, but I felt scared.19 Th e n i gh t w h e n h e announ c e d t o t h e w o r l d t h a t I w a s h i s g i r l f r i e nd , I w e n t a

50、l ong w i t h h i m . (Par a. 4Mea n i ng :That night when my boyfriend announced publicly I was his girlfriend, I did not have any objection.Mea n i ng b e y ond w o r d s :She has apparently changed her perception of Butch, from being merely curious about him at first to becoming cautious about hi

51、s wild, dynamic personality later; from being fearful of failing to resist his “ bad boy image ” to approving of being his girlfriend.20 A nd t h e n I s udd e n l y t hough t:“ O h m y go s h ! Am I h i s g i r l f r i e nd? Ho w d i d t h a t h a pp e n? ” (Par a. 4Mea n i ng b e y ond w o r d s :

52、All of a sudden, she realized that she had made a mistake because she was not really ready to have a boyfriend yet.N o t e :“ 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, i t s so cold. 天哪 , 太冷了 !Gosh, there s a lo

53、t of noise. 天哪 , 這兒真吵 。21 Th e n h e w h i s p e r e d s w ee t w o r d s i n m y ear and s a i d , “ I m go i ng t o m a rr y y ou on e d a y and I w ill b e a l a w y e r . You w ill s ee. ” (Par a. 4Mea n i ng :Then he quietly said sweet words in my ear and said that he would marry me and I could

54、 eventually see him become a lawyer.22 I w a s l a ugh i ng i n s i d e and s a i d t o m ys e l f , “ I d n e v e r m a rr y t h i s gu y . He s a r e b e l w i t hou t a good f u t u r e. He s m y bo y f r i e nd b e c a u s e I h a t e m y bo r i ng s t ud e n t li f e. Ij u s t w a n t t o h a v

55、 e f un . ” (Par a. 5Mea n i ng :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 Su r e enough , t h

56、 e f o ll o w i ng m on t h , I f ound ou t h e h a d f a il e d all h i s c ou r s e s . (Par a. 6Mea n i ng :Just as I had expected, he didn t pass any of his courses.24 Con s e qu e n t l y , h e w a s go i ng t o b e ex p e ll e d f r o m t h e un i v e r s i t y . (Par a. 6 Mea n i ng : As a co

57、nsequence, the university was going to dismiss him from the school.25 To m y d i s gu s t , h e s ee m e d r e s i gn e d t o h i s f a t e. I k n e w t h e r e w a s hop e, s o I l e d h i m t o t h e c o ll e g e s e c r e t a r y f o r r e c on s i d e r a t i on . (Par a. 6Mea n i ng :What upset

58、 me was that he seemed to accept his fate. As I knew there was still a hope, I took him to the college secretary to see whether the decision could be changed.26 “ Y ou ar e go i ng t o g r a du a t e w i t h a BA i n po li t i c a l sc i e n c e f r o m UPenn and p r o c ee d t o t h e Co ll e g e o

59、 f L a w , ” I t o l d h i m , l odg i ng an app ea l on h i s b e h a l f , w h i c h w a s app r o v e d . (Par a. 7Mea n i ng b e y ond w o r d s :What she did for her boyfriend indicated their relationship had come 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 him he had to continue his studies at law school.N o t e :Besides a noun, “ proceed to ”