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The Check for Rent
He is looking at the calendar. Today is January 30. It is Friday. Tomorrow will be Saturday. Tomorrow will be the last day of the month. Sunday will be the first day of next month. Sunday will be the first day of February. He must pay his rent on the first day. He will write a check tonight. He will take the check to his landlord on Sunday. The landlord will be happy to get the check on time. The landlord will be angry if the check is late. The landlord will kick him out if the check is late. He doesn’t care why a check is late. Late is late. The landlord does not accept excuses. No excuse will please the landlord. All excuses are bad excuses. A late check is like bad news. Nobody likes bad news. The landlord will tell him, “Goodbye. Go find another apartment. Have a nice life in your new apartment. You can’t live here anymore. Your check was late.”
他看了看日历。今天是1月30日，星期五。明天是周六。明天是这个月的最后一天。周日是下个月的头一天。周日是二月份的第一天。他必须在第一天交付房租。他今晚要填写支票。周日将支票交给房东。房东看到准时送到的支票会很高兴。房东会对拖延支付极为恼火。若未按时支付支票，房东将把他赶出去。他不关心支票为什么会晚。迟到就是迟到。房东不会接受理由。没有理由会让房东满意。所有理由都不成立。晚交的支票就像个坏消息。没人喜欢坏消息。房东会告诉他，再见，去找其它地方住吧。祝你在新住处生活愉快。你不能住在这里。你的支票晚交了。
译文属可可英语原创，未经允许，不得转载。
