Normally an email from the head of governors at my old school bringing “exciting news” about an ambitious new development is cause for trepidation and accompanied by the inevitable plea for funds. A new theatre here or the irresistible offer of immortality there via my name chiselled on a flagstone.
通常,来自我母校董事会负责人的、带来有关雄心勃勃新发展的“激动人心消息”的邮件,会让我感到恐慌,并且必然附有募捐的请求。这里要建一座新剧院,或者那里要把我的名字刻在石板上让我百世流芳——一种让人无法拒绝的提议。
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