10.High School English Reading Listening

The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff(东西) they call “books”.
　　I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer, In fact I dared not.
　　The clock struck twelve.” Oh, dear!” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
　　The clock struck one. I was quite desperate(绝望的) now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
译文：
钟声在夜里敲响了十一点。整个房子都很安静。除了我，每个人都躺在床上。在强烈的灯光下，我悲伤地看着眼前一大堆他们称之为 "书 "的麻烦东西。
　　第二天我就要去考试了。"我什么时候能上床睡觉？" 我问自己。我没有回答，事实上我也不敢回答。
　　十二点的钟声敲响了"。哦，亲爱的！" 我哭了。"还有十本书要读，我才能上床睡觉！" 我们小学生是世界上最可悲的生物。在这一点上，爸爸并不同意我的看法。他小的时候不用这么辛苦。
　　钟敲了一下。我现在已经很绝望了。我忘记了我所学的一切。我太累了，无法继续下去。我做了我唯一能做的事。我祈祷："哦，上帝，请帮助我通过明天的考试。我保证以后会努力工作，阿门。" 我的眼睛是如此沉重，以至于我几乎无法睁开。几分钟后，我的头放在桌子上，我睡着了。
重点词汇：
at night 在晚间;在夜里 ; 晚间;晚上
whole house 批发商行〈公司〉
next day 次日；第二天
go to bed 去睡觉吧 ; 就寝
In fact 事实上 ; 其实 ; 准确地说
does not 不 ; 不是 ; 否定就用
agree with 同意 ; 与某人一致 ; 赞同某人的意见agree with通常不用于进行体，也不用于被动结构。 ; 与…相符 ; 适合于
have to 不得不 ; 必须 ; 劝告或建议时用 ; 表示一定真实