The day that I met my best friend for the first time, I was full of anxiety①.I was trying to do some revision② for an important oral③ exam in the local library and people kept disturbing me. I was getting more and more annoyed and of course, the more upset I got, the less I was able to concentrate. The last straw④ was when I heard someone singing behind me. The singing was so loud that I could even recognise the song! I turned around and glared⑤ at the person who was singing. It was a tall girl about the same age as me and she had a big smile on her face. She was standing with a book in her hands⑥ near the “English Literature” section⑦. She looked like a literary⑧ type and seemed very interested in what she was reading⑨. I glanced⑩ at the book's cover. It was a book of Tennyson's poems.
The fact that she looked like a sensitive, friendly girl? didn't matter. If anything, it made me even angrier. “How could she be so selfish？” I thought angrily. In fact, I'm surprised there wasn't steam? coming out of my ears!
I picked up my books, glared at her and whispered angrily, “Thanks to your noise, I've been unable to study. You're so selfish！”
I still hate thinking of that moment. Let me tell you the rest of the story though?.
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①anxiety [æ?'zaI?ti] n．忧虑，担心
②revision [rI'vI??n] n．复习
③oral ['??r?l] adj.口头的，口述的
④straw [str??]n.稻草，麦秆
the last straw(一系列烦恼、打击之外)最后使人受不了的事
⑤glare [ɡle?] vi.怒视，瞪
⑥with 复合结构作伴随状语。
⑦section ['sek??n] n．部分
⑧literary ['lIt?r?ri] adj.喜爱文学的
⑨what 引导的从句作介词in的宾语。
⑩glance [gla?ns] vi.瞥一眼
?that引导同位语从句，解释the fact的内容。
?steam [sti?m] n．蒸汽
?though adv.然而，不过though用作副词时，不可位于句首。
