L60-2:Too early and too late

They are often more industrious, useful citizens than those who are never late. The over-punctual can be as much a trial to others as the unpunctual. The guest who arrives half an hour too soon is the greatest nuisance. Some friends of my family had this irritating habit. The only thing to do was ask them to come half an hour later than the other guests. Then they arrived just when we wanted them. If you are catching a train, it is always better to be comfortably early than even a fraction of a minute too late. Although being early may mean wasting a little time, this will be less than if you miss the train and have to wait an hour or more for the next one; and you avoid the frustration of arriving at the very moment when the train is drawing out of the station and being unable to get on it.

industrious? ?/?n?d?stri?s/??勤奮的;勤勞的;

over-punctual?過分早到的人

trial? /?tra??l/? 討厭的事、人,??試驗;試用

nuisance?/?nu?sns/?討厭的人(或東西);麻煩事;

half an hour too soon= half an hour earlier? 早到半個小時

irritating /??r?te?t/?惹人生氣的;惱人的;使人生氣的

fraction?/?fr?k?n/ 很小一點兒，一小部分

frustration?/fr??stre??n/?挫敗;沮喪;受挫

drawing out? 駛離、取回、提取，擬定（計劃）

今天是一年一度的高考。感慨頗多。祝學子們超常發(fā)揮，取得好成績。