中英文本

Seven Registration Hell
第七课 报不上名
"It just didn't add up！"
“就是没法加起来！”
Bill thought to hiself as he flipped through his address book looking for the next person to call.
比尔一边想，一边翻着地址薄找下一个打电话的人。
"Why was there no one in the administration building?"
“行政楼里为什么一个人也没有呢？”
He had to have this last advanced course to be able to graduate at the end of the semester and no one was answering the registration phone.
他必须上着最后一期高级课程才能在学期结束时顺利毕业，现在却没有人接他的报名电话。

"Hello, registration."
“你好，报名处。”
Bill explained his problem once again.
比尔又解释一次他打电话的原因。
To add insult to injury, however, the person yelled at him for not calling sooner!
可雪上加霜的是，对方因为他没有早点儿打电话只跟他嚷嚷。
Bill had to admit to himself that they had a point.
比尔不得不承认他们说的在理。
He had been five minutes late at first!
因为是他首先晚了5分钟！
And when he tried to adjust his schedule from A to B it hadn't worked either.
当他试着把计划从A调整到B时，结果还是不行。
So he had maybe lost a half hour before he tried calling the registration help desk.
也许是他在打电话给报名求助出之前耽误了半小时。
But that was just adhering to policy: First try alternatives before asking for help!"
可那是坚持原则的做法：求助之前首先是尝试各种可能性！
Then he had wasted over an hour trying to reach them.
结果跟他们联系就浪费了一个多小时。
His admiration for the university he was about to graduated from fell a couple notches.
他对这所他即将毕业的学校的赞赏降低了几个等级。
How could they be treating a student like this?
他们怎么能这样对待一个学生？
When he finally reached his advisor, she also began to add fuel to the flames before she added everything up to see that Bill was doing his best.
等到他终于找到他的指导老师，在把所有东西加起来，确认比尔尽了最大努力之前，她也是一同火上加油。
Then she added his name to a special list that would allow Bill to register as an add on.
然后把他名字加进了一个特殊名单，这样比尔就可以做为附加名额报名了。
This was the exception that he had been looking for and Bill finally breathed a sigh of relief.
这是比尔一直希望得到的破例，因此他终于舒了一口气。
He wanted to adorn his advisor with a wreath of roses, but the fower store ajacent to his home was closed.
他真想给他的指导老师带上一个玫瑰花环，可是他家附近的花店已经关门了。　
He made sure to add in her name to his list of people to thank when he graduated.
他一定要把她的名字加进他的毕业致谢的名单。
She had literally saved his life!
她真是救了他一命。

重点讲解

1.add to 增加，添加
例句：I have nothing to add to my earlier statement.
我对我先前说的话, 没有什麽补充的。
2.add up 把...加起来
例句：The bills add up to exactly $100.
这些帐单加起来正好一百元。
3.adhere to 黏附，粘住；坚持，遵守；拥护，支持
例句：We will urge them to adhere to the Paris Agreement.
我们将敦促他们遵守巴黎协议。
4.adjacent to 毗连，邻近
例句：The house adjacent to ours is under repairs.
与我家相邻的房子正在修缮。
5.adjust to 调节，改变...以适应
例句：Astronauts in flight must adjust to weightlessness.
宇航员在飞行中得适应失重状态。
6.adorn with 佩戴，用...装饰
例句：She loved to adorn herself with finery.
她爱用华丽的衣服装饰自己。