近來，值日生由兩人改成了一個人，不過在叔叔的指導下，做事的效率卻並沒有下降，反而有所升高。所以也正像叔叔所說的，很多時候感到事情很多，只是不認真且不仔細思考的結果。而這也讓我想到最近在查詢大學時無意看見的例子，說那些許多在美國大學裡成績真正很好的人，都是那些認認真真將時間規劃好，並認認真真、有效率地將計劃執行，且同時盡可能地保持充分休息的的人；相反，那些成天抱怨任務繁多，時常學習到淩晨深夜的人，卻往往都很難得到想要的結果。
Recently，the number of men on duty diminished from two to one, but the efficiency of us , under the conduction of uncle, got higher instead of lower. As uncle pointed out, sometimes when we feel that things are much, it is mostly because we are not concentrated and have thought about it. This reminded me of an example I casually came into when I was looking for information about Universities, which said that those really excellent guys were mostly those, who, after having planned their schedule, would seriously and efficiently follow it when they had left enough time to keep their rest enough; on the contrary, the people, who always complained about too much work and would often study till midnight, couldn’t get good grades often.
上週天，小胡同學度過了他的十五歲生日。這是他第一次在我們這裡過生日。我們一起唱了生日歌，又一起照了照片，吃了小胡同學的爸爸帶來的生日蛋糕；其間，子滕同學還專門獻歌一首，作為這次生日的額外節目。再過一年，小胡同學就要十六歲了，也就算是在某種程度上成為一個大人了。不過畢竟大人也不是年齡到了就可以成為的吶，所以希望他可以在這裡繼續節節進步，認真讀書，好好學習，在將來成為一個真正的大人，一個真正的男子漢。
Last Sunday, we celebrated Sean’s fifth birthday. This was the first day he had his birthday here. We sang birthday song, took some photos, and then enjoyed the birthday cake brought by Sean’s father; meanwhile, Tom even sang an extra song as a special treat. After a year, Sean would be sixteen, qualified to be considered an adult on some extent. But after all, it took not only years to become an adult. So hope he can continue his improvement, thus being able to become a real adult, a man in the not distant future.