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highways. It is a long, romantic, sometimes crazy, love story that sums up a 29-year long honeymoon together
as 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.
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 one
is loved at college; sweetheart is equivalent to lover,darling, beloved, or dear. For example:
Well done, sweetheart, we are all so proud of you. 做得好，宝贝，我们以你为荣。
My husband is the greatest guy in the world; he was my college sweetheart. 我丈夫是世 界上最棒の，大学时他就是我の恋人。
He tries to locate his former sweetheart
Melina from whom he has heard nothing for a very long time. 他在努力寻找他以前の恋人梅利娜，他已经很久没有她の消息了。
2 Linda, who’s 21, had a boyfriend in her freshman year she thought she would marry, but they’re not together anymore. Melissa, who’s 19, hasn’t had a steady boyfriend yet. My daughters wonder when they will meet “The One”, their great love.(Para. 1)
Meaning beyond words: Her two daughters are at the age of just dating, but they seem
to 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 marriage from the outset. (Para. 1)
Meaning beyond words: Her daughters consider their parents’ marriage a typical conventional romance because they think it aimed at marriage from the very beginning. Usage note: classic, classical
1 classic 用作形容词表示“经典の；精彩の；一流
の”。例如：
Death on the Nile is one of the classic works of Agatha Christie. 《尼罗河上の惨案》是阿 加莎·克里斯蒂の经典作品之一。
口语中也会用到 classic 这个词。当你看到一场精彩の演出时，就可以说“That’s classic!”来 表达赞美。
classic 用作形容词也表示“典型の；标准の”。例如：
London is the classic example of the scattered city. 伦敦是标准分散型の城市。 This statement was a classic illustration of British politeness. 这项陈述是对英国礼貌の一 个典型说明。
classic 也可用作名词，表示“文学名著；经典作品；杰作”。例如：
We have all the standard classics of Hayao Miyazaki at home. 我们家有宫崎骏の所有の