在家度假

　　The two-week vacation at the end of summer school ended yesterday. Kevin had gone nowhere during his vacation. He had the money, but he hated to travel alone. He used to take vacations with Gary, his youngest brother, but they had a big argument at the end of their last vacation. Each of them had spent the last three years waiting for the other to apologize.

　　在结束为期两周的暑期学校假期结束昨天。凯文已经不在他的假期。他有钱，但他不喜欢单独旅行。他用休假的加里，他的弟弟，但他们有一个大的争论在他们最后的假期结束。他们每个人都度过了最后三年等待道歉的。

　　Kevin did not feel good about being on non-speaking terms with his favorite brother. But he was not going to ask for forgiveness when, in his mind, this whole misunderstanding was his brother's fault.

　　凯文并没有感到不理睬他最喜欢的好兄弟。但他不会请求宽恕的时候，在他的心里，这整个的误解是他哥哥的故障。

　　So Kevin's summer vacation was spent in his own "back yard". As usual, he had planned to clean up his apartment. As usual, two weeks later his apartment looked just as it had two weeks before.

　　所以凯文的暑假花在了自己的“后院。像往常一样，他打算打扫他的公寓。像往常一样，两周后他的公寓看上去如同两周前。

　　He did do one thing new and different during his vacation. He went to a new coffee shop on Foothill Street. It served 25 varieties of delicious coffee at reasonable prices, and the staff were genuinely friendly.

　　他做了一件事在他度假的新的和不同的。他去山麓街一个新的咖啡店。这是25种美味的咖啡价格合理，与员工进行真诚友善。

　　The coffee shop had a do-it-yourself counter near the entrance. On the counter were lids, straws, and wooden stirrers. There were wraps to insulate your hands against the hot coffee inside the cup. There were also individual servings of sugar, sweeteners, and creamers. Kevin used the lids and wraps, but drank his coffee black.

　　咖啡店有一个自己做的计数器的入口附近。在柜台上有盖，吸管，和木制搅拌器。有包装的隔离你的手在杯内的热咖啡。也有个别份糖，甜味剂，和奶精。凯文用盖包，但喝黑咖啡。

　　The shop was air-conditioned at a slightly chilly temperature. About eight small round tables were inside. Outside were four bigger tables. Each had four white metal chairs around it, and several big umbrellas provided shade. Even on hot afternoons, there was usually a pleasant breeze.

　　商店空调在稍冷的温度。约八个小圆桌，在里面。在四大表。各有四个白色的金属椅，和几个大雨伞遮住了阳光。即使在一个炎热的夏日午后，通常是一个怡人的微风。

　　Kevin visited the coffee shop four times during his vacation. He always sat at a table outside by himself and read the free daily paper. Each day he was there, he read most of the newspaper articles while he enjoyed two cups of coffee.

　　凯文参观了咖啡店在休假的四倍。他总是坐在外面的一张桌子由自己和阅读免费报纸。他在那里的每一天，他读报纸大部分物品时，他喜欢喝两杯咖啡。

　　Between articles, he took breaks by watching the nearby traffic and pedestrians. The coffee shop was next to a huge parking lot. The lot was for customers of a grocery store, movie rental store, pharmacy, bank, and restaurant. Kevin considered his outdoor seat the perfect place for one of his favorite activities—people watching.

　　条之间，他打破了看附近的交通和行人。咖啡店是一个巨大的停车场。很多是一家杂货店的顾客，影碟出租店，药房，银行，餐厅。凯文认为他的户外座位，他最喜欢的活动之一民众观察完美的地方。

　　The coffee shop, with its excellent location and coffee, had helped make his vacation a pleasant one. But he knew in his heart, had his brother been there to join him just one day, his vacation would have been a perfect one.

　　咖啡店，以其优越的地理位置和咖啡，有助于使他的假期愉快。但是他知道，在他的心里，他哥哥在那里加入他，只是有一天，他会是一个完美的假期。