i was tired with preparing for the joint college entrance examination the other evening.
and having been alone for several hours, i was eager to have someone to chat with me about anything but examinations. so i telephoned my best friend mary, who was also busy preparing for the joint entrance examination.
on the telephone, i told her that i missed her very much. and i invited her to have a cup of coffee with me in a coffeehouse near her home. but to my surprise, she declined and said that she had to devote all her time to her studies.
hearing this, i could do nothing but hang up after saying“sorry”to her. disappointed and discouraged, i turned back to my desk and reluctantly buried myself again in my books.
翻译
前几天晚上,我为联考做准备,真是累坏了。
我独自呆了几个小时,渴望有人能和我聊聊考试以外的事情。所以我打电话给我最好的朋友玛丽,她也在忙着准备联考。
在电话里,我告诉她我非常想念她。我邀请她和我一起去她家附近的咖啡馆喝杯咖啡。但令我惊讶的是,她拒绝了,并说她必须把所有的时间都花在学习上。
听到这些,我只能在对她说“对不起”后挂断电话。失望和沮丧,我回到我的办公桌前,不情愿地又埋头读书。