考研Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term “downshifting”has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality.

奇怪的是，大约两年半的时间和两部小说之后，我对美国人所说的“放慢节奏”的实验将我疲惫的借口变成了绝对的现实。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题