I spent this summer vacation in quite a different way. I used to run about every day in previous summer vacations, but this summer vacation I simply could not afford to do so. I would soon be in the last year of my high-school education and would after graduation be up against the college entrance examinations. Though those examinations were still a year away, I had to start early to make myself well prepared by reviewing all those things I had learned at school and this summer vacation was the ideal time for me to do this. At first I was rather dismayed at the thought of this, but later I thought it was better this way because by working hard this summer I could count on endless happy summers to come. With this in mind I then set to work like anything and only occasionally went out for a change or did some physical. I was not at all bored by this kind of life, for I was sustained by a hope.
我是在完全不同的方式度过这个暑假。我曾经每天都跑在前面暑假，但是这个暑假我简直不能这样做。我将很快在我的高中教育的最后一年，毕业后的大学入学考试。虽然这些考试仍然是一年的时间，我已经开始早做准备，对所有这些事情我在学校学了，这个暑假是我理想的时间做这个。起初我很沮丧的念头，但后来我觉得这是更好，因为这样的努力在今年夏天我可以指望无尽快乐的夏天来。想到这我就开始拼命工作，只是偶尔出去做一些物理。我不是在所有无聊的这种生活，因为我是一个持续的希望。