Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother's birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive.

萨利是一个学生。再过几日(It was going to be)就是她母亲的生日了。她想为她买一件漂亮(nice)且实用(usefull)但价格不贵(not expensive)的礼物(present)。

A week before her mother's birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that selling cheap umbrellas, and decided to take a black one. Her mother had lost hers the month before.

在母亲生日的前一周(a week before)，萨利匆忙(quick)地解决了顿简单(simple)的午餐(lunch)后去购物了(shopping)。她寻找(be looking for)了半个小时后(half an hour)，发现一家卖廉价(cheap)雨伞的店铺(shop)，她决定(decide)卖一个把黑色的。她母亲上个月弄丢(lost)了自己的雨伞。

She thought, "You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color." So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to the school with her until her classes had finished.

她想，"你可以在穿任何颜色(any color)的衣服携带(carry)它。"于是，她决定买一把可爱的黑色雨伞，并带回学校(took it back)，直到(until)课程(class)结束才带回家。

On her way home in the train that evening she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffet car for a sandwich and a cup of coffee.

当晚(that evening)，在她乘火车(train)回家的路上(on her way home)，她感到一阵饥饿(felt hungry)，因为中午她只吃了一顿很小的午餐，于是她去了(went along)餐车(buffet car)点了一个三明治和一杯咖啡。