A Warning Visit | 提醒式探访

English Original

Several weeks after our son began his freshman year at Alma College in Michigan, my husband and I decided to visit him. I was careful to call him a few days in advance to "warn" him that we would be coming. When we arrived at the dorm, however, I was taken aback by the disarray of his room. "Forgot we were coming, didn't you?" I teased.

"Are you kidding?" he replied, "Why else would I have bothered to clean?"


中文翻译

我们的儿子在密歇根州阿尔马大学开始大一生活几周后,我和丈夫决定去看看他。我特意提前几天打电话给他,"提醒"他我们要来。然而,当我们到达宿舍时,他房间的凌乱不堪让我大吃一惊。"忘了我们要来,是吧?"我打趣道。

"开什么玩笑?"他回答说,"不然我干嘛费神打扫?"

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