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.
我用相当不同的方式度过这个暑假。我之前的暑假都是按以前的方式过，但是这个暑假我不能在这么做了。
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.
我很快要迎来我高中教育的最后一年，将毕业后要面对高考。虽然这些考试仍然是一年的时间，我不得不开始早早让自己准备好通过审查，所有这些事情我已经学会了，在学校和这个暑假是一个理想的时间为我做这件事。
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.
起初的想法让我很沮丧,但后来我认为这是更好的这种方式,因为今年夏天通过努力工作我能指望无尽的快乐夏天的到来。
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.
考虑到这一点我开始努力做任何事，只是偶尔出去吃东西或做一些运动。我没有厌烦这种生活,因为我持续的希望。
