Time
Past and future
The past few weeks have been really difficult for Tina’s two grown-up children. They’re both at
university writing dissertations. Her son’s is on early 21st century fiction while her daughter’s is
about life in prehistoric times – she’s not interested in the recent past at all. They are both working
very hard. They are nearly finished but there are lots of last-minute things left to do. They set their
alarms for five o’clock and get up as soon as the alarm goes off. They work from dawn till dusk1
and indeed sometimes they stay up until the small hours2. Tina can’t wait until they stop working
such ungodly hours3. It’s taking them ages to complete their work but Tina is sure it will eventually
all be worth their while4. She is sure they both have a great future ahead of them. She thinks they
will both get good academic jobs in the not too distant future. Of course, no one can know what
the future holds, but I hope she is right.
- 1 all day
- 2 2, 3, 4 a.m.
- 3 unreasonably late or early hours
- 4 worth the time spent
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