Diligent Mary，为谁辛苦为谁忙？

Sarah: How are you doing, Mary? Why do you look so stressed out?

Mary: I’m going crazy studying for the TOEFL exam, my American culture test, and my English literature class.

Sarah: What is that all for?

Mary: I plan to go to the US to further my education next year. So I have to pass all these exams in order to be accepted by good universities.

Sarah: You are such a diligent¹ student. But hey, health is better than wealth, OK?

Mary: What do you mean?

Sarah: Come on. You look so exhausted². You need some more sleep and definitely more nutritious³ food.

Mary: That is true. I only sleep about 4 hours a day and I don’t remember last time I ate.

Sarah: And Mary, I’m afraid that I have to tell you: You are breaking out.

Mary: What? … Oh no! All these new pimples⁴!

Sarah: It’s all because of stress. Maybe you need set aside some time to relax happening for yourself.

Mary: Yeah, I guess I should lie down on the bed and get some rest.

Sarah: That’s a good idea! And go back to studying after you get some sleep…. Mary?

Mary: Zzzzzzzz ….

stress n. 压力

crazy adj. 疯狂的

further v. 增进

diligent adj. 勤勉的

exhausted adj. 疲惫的

nutritious adj. 营养的

莎拉：玛丽，你最近怎么样？看上去好像压力很大的样子。

玛丽：我快被托福考试、美国文化测验和英国文学课弄疯了。

莎拉：能告诉我这都是为了什么吗？

玛丽：明年我计划去美国留学深造。所以我得通过这些考试，才能申请到好学校。

莎拉：你真用功啊。但是健康比财富重要哦！

玛丽：什么意思？

莎拉：你看起来很累。你需要多休息，多吃有营养的食物。

玛丽：没错。我每天只睡四个小时。我已经不记得上次吃东西是什么时候了。

莎拉：玛丽，我得告诉你，你会崩溃的。

玛丽：什么？哦，不！我又长了好多痘痘！

莎拉：这都是压力造成的。你应该找时间放松一下。

玛丽：没错，我想我应该躺下来休息一会儿。

莎拉：这是个好主意。睡饱之后再继续学习吧！玛丽？

玛丽：呼……