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.

中文翻译：

我度个了一个与众不同的暑假。我在以前的暑假习惯每天去跑步，但是这个暑假我几乎没有能力去做。我将要在高中度过我最后一年，然后为了毕业后的大学入学考试而努力。虽然这些考试离我还有一年，我不得不早做准备，以最佳的状态，通过复习我所有在学校学的东西。这个暑假正是我做这些事情的黄金时间。一开始我对我这样的想法很气馁，但是一段时间后我想这个办法很好因为通过暑假的努力我能收集到无穷的来自这个暑假的快乐。正因为这个在我心中，我就开始我计划的工作，只是偶尔出去做些运动。我一点也不觉得我现在的生活无聊，因为有一个希望在支撑着我。