Plans were made. We got maps, put together gear and set the date. We were all ready for our trip when, suddenly, Ruth's parents told her she couldn't go. So ended our bike tour before it began. Grudgingly, I accepted that we were not going on our long-distance bike tour, but in the back of my mind I knew that someday I would. Years later I got married, moved to San Diego, and had a successful career, a nice car and a wonderful house—everything the yuppie could ever desire. I convinced Brian, my husband, to buy a ten-speed bike, and most Saturday mornings we would go riding somewhere out in the country.
參考答案:（我们）制定好计划。我们找来地图，准备好装备，选好日子。我们都准备好了去履行，可突然Ruth的父母不让她去了。我们的自行车旅行没开始就结束了。我很不情愿的接受了我们不能继续自行车长途旅行的事实，可是我心里知道，终有一天我会继续我的旅行计划。很多年后，我结了婚，搬到了圣地亚哥。我事业成功，有好车有美宅。每个雅皮士羡慕的东西我都有了。我说服了我的丈夫Brian,买了一辆十档变速自行车，很多周六的早上，我们会骑车去这个国家的某个地方。
