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June Friday For me, summer vacation is basically a three-month guilt trip. Just because the weather's nice, everyone expects you to be outside all day "frolicking" or whatever. And if you don't spend every second outdoors, people think there's something wrong with you. But the truth is, I've always been more of an indoor person. The way I like to spend my summer vacation is in

对我来说，暑假基本上就是三个月的内疚之旅。 仅仅因为天气好，每个人都希望你整天在外面“嬉戏”或其他什么。 如果你不把每一秒都花在户外，人们就会认为你有问题。 但事实是，我一直都是一个宅男。 我喜欢的方式度过我的暑假是在

front of the TV, playing video games with the curtains closed and the lights turned off. Unfortunately, Mom's idea of the perfect summer vacation is different from mine. Mom says it's not "natural" for a kid to stay indoors when it's sunny out. I tell her that I'm just trying to

坐在电视机前，拉上窗帘，关灯玩电子游戏。 不幸的是，妈妈对完美暑假的看法和我的不同。 妈妈说，当外面阳光灿烂的时候，孩子呆在室内是不“自然”的。 我告诉她我只是想

protect my skin so I don't look all wrinkly when I'm old like her, but she doesn't want to hear it. Mom keeps trying to get me to do something outside, like go to the pool. But I spent the first part of the summer at my friend Rowley's pool, and that didn't work out so good. Rowley's family belongs to a country club, and when school let out for the summer, we were going there every single day. Then we made the mistake of inviting this girl named Trista who just moved into our neighborhood. I thought it would be really nice of us to share our country club lifestyle with her. nkledc. But five seconds after we got to the pool, she met some lifeguard and forgot all about the guys who invited her there.

保护我的皮肤，这样我老的时候就不会像她那样满脸皱纹，但她不想听。 妈妈一直想让我出去玩，比如去游泳池。 但我在朋友罗利的泳池里度过了暑假的前半段，结果不太好。 罗利的家人是一个乡村俱乐部的成员，当学校放暑假的时候，我们每天都要去那里。 然后我们犯了个错误，邀请了一个叫翠丝塔的女孩她刚搬到我们社区。 我觉得和她分享我们乡村俱乐部的生活方式会很好。 但我们到泳池五秒钟后，她就遇到了一个救生员，把邀请她去的人忘得一干二净。

The lesson I learned is that some people won't think twice about using you, especially when there's a country club involved. Me and Rowley were better off without a girl hanging around, anyway. We're both bachelors at the moment, and during the summer it's better to be unattached. HOT TUB FOR ADULT USE ONLY A few days ago I noticed the quality of service at

我学到的教训是有些人会毫不犹豫地利用你，尤其是在乡村俱乐部里。 反正我和罗利身边没有女孩也会过得更好。 我们现在都是单身汉，在夏天最好是单身。 仅在几天前，我注意到服务质量在

the country club was starting to go down a little. Like sometimes the temperature in the sauna was a few degrees too hot, and one time the poolside waiter forgot to put one of those little umbrellas in my fruit smoothie. I reported all my complaints to Rowley's dad. But for some reason Mr. Jefferson never passed them on to the clubhouse manager. Which is kind of weird. If it was me who was paying for a country club membership, I'd want to make sure I was getting my money's worth. Anyway, a little while later Rowley told me he wasn't allowed to invite me to his pool anymore, which is fine with me. I'm much happier inside my air-conditioned house, where I don't have to check my soda can for

乡村俱乐部的生意开始走下坡路了。 比如有时候桑拿的温度会高几度，还有一次泳池边的服务员忘了在我的水果奶昔里放一把小伞。 我向罗利的爸爸报告了我所有的抱怨。 但出于某种原因，杰斐逊先生从未把它们转交给俱乐部经理。 这有点奇怪。如果是我支付了乡村俱乐部的会员费，我想确保我的钱花得物有所值。 不管怎么说，过了一会儿罗利告诉我他不能再邀请我去他的泳池了，这对我来说没什么。 我在有空调的房子里更开心，在那里我不必检查我的汽水罐