Study hard kids, your mother and I want you to get into a good college when the time comes.
努力学习,孩子们,你们的妈妈和我希望你们能考上名校。
since her parents had impressed upon her that it would be unforgivable to miss it and cause the friends with whom she was going to stay to make two journeys to meet her.
因为她的父母再三跟她说,如果误了这趟车,她的东道主朋友就得接她两趟,这是不应该的。