2021年1月23日发(作者：sonoko)
College sweethearts
大学情侣


1 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
anymore.
Melissa,
who's
19,
hasn't
had
a
steady
boyfriend
yet.
My
daughters
wonder
when
they will
meet

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 seem 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!
我微笑着看着我那两个可爱的女儿 ，
她们似乎比她们的父母还是
大学情侣那会儿更为成熟。琳达，
21
岁，在大 学一年级交过一
个男友，她曾以为会跟那个男孩结婚，但他们已不再来往了。梅
丽莎，
19
岁，还没有一个固定的男友。我的女儿不知何时才能
遇到她们的那个
“
唯 一
”
，她们伟大的爱。她们认为她们的父亲和
我有着一段经典的、
童话般的浪 漫史，
从一开始就直奔婚姻的殿
堂。也许，她们是正确的，但在那时似乎并不是那么回事。在某

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种程度上，爱神恰恰在你最没准备时来临。谁曾想到，布奇和我
最终会 结婚呢？他之所以成为我男友，
只是因为当时我那肤浅的
打算：我要找一个可爱的男友！


2 We met through my college roommate at the university cafeteria.
That fateful night, I was merely curious, but for him I think it was
love at first sight.
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, maybe even dangerous. Second, although he was very cute, he
seemed a little weird.
我们通过我的大学室友介绍在大学食 堂相识。
在那个命中注定的
夜晚，我只是好奇，但对他而言，我认为是一见钟情。他凝视着我的脸，说：
“
你有一双美丽的眼睛。
”
他整个晚上一直盯着我。
我真的对他没那么感兴趣，其原因有二。首先，他看起来就像是
一个野小子，甚至还有些危险。其次， 虽然他很可爱，却似乎有
点怪异。


3 Riding on his bicycle, he'd ride past my dorm as if
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
with
words
which
would
charm
any
girl.
Fear
came
over
me

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when I started to fall in love. His exciting
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 for what? College is supposed to 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. My goal that
semester became: Be ambitious and grab the cutest boyfriend I can
find.
他骑着自行车经过我的宿舍，装作与我
“
偶遇
”
，看到我时还假装
惊讶。
我喜欢被重视的感觉，
但对他的野性和充满活力的个性却< br>小心谨慎。
他很会说话，
这会迷倒任何女孩。
当我开始爱上他时，
恐惧 向我袭来。他那令人激动的
“
坏小子形象
”
简直太诱人了。究
竟是什 么吸引了我？我，一直口碑极好。为了获得优异的成绩，
我的注意力只专注在自己的学习上。
但 又怎么样呢？大学应该是
学习的好时间，
可也应该有一些乐趣。
我已几乎达成了伟大的 教
育目标，
离毕业只有一学期之遥了。
但我却还没有享受过任何乐
趣，我的生 活乏味，没有一点新鲜感！我需要一个男朋友，当然
不是任何男朋友。
他必须很可爱。
于是我那个学期的目标就成为：
雄心勃勃，抓住一个我能找到的最可爱的男友。



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