Registration Hell报不上名

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  “It just didn't add up!” Bill thought to himself as he flipped through his address book looking for the next person to call. “Why was there no one in the administration building?” He had to have this last advanced course to be able to graduate at the end of the semester and no one was answering the registration phone.
  “Hello, registration.”
  Bill explained his problem once again. To add insult to injury, however, the person yelled at him for not calling sooner! Bill had to admit to himself that they had a point. He had been FIVE MINUTES LATE at first! And when he tried to adjust his schedule from A to B it hadn't worked either. So he had maybe lost a half hour before he tried calling the registration help desk. But that was just adhering to policy: “First try alternatives before asking for help!” Then he had wasted over an hour trying to reach them.
  His admiration for the university he was about to graduate from fell a couple notches. How could they be treating a student like this?
  When he finally reached his advisor, she also began to add fuel to the flames before she added everything up to see that Bill was doing his best. Then she added his name to a special list that would allow Bill to register as an add on This was the exception that he had been looking for and Bill finally breathed a sigh of relief. He wanted to adorn his advisor with a wreath of roses, but the flower store adjacent to his home was closed.
  He made sure to add in her name to his list of people to thank when he graduated.
  She had literally saved his life!

记短语

add to增加，添加
add up把…加起来
add fuel to the flames（或fire）火上加油
add in把…包括在内，把…算做一份子
add insult to injury在伤害之外再加以侮辱；雪上又加霜，更糟的是
add on附带加上去的东西（如金额、数量、项目），附加物
address book通讯簿
adhere to黏附，粘住；坚持，遵守；拥护，支持
adjacent to毗连，邻近
adjust to调节，改变…以适应
administration building行政楼
adorn with佩戴，用…装饰
advanced course课程

    “就是没法加起来！”比尔想，他正翻着地址簿找下一个打电话的人。“行政楼里为什么一个人也没有呢？”他必须上这一期课程才能在学期结束时顺利毕业，现在却没有人接他的报名电话。
    “你好，报名处。”
    比尔又解释一遍他打电话的原因。可雪上加霜的是，对方因为他没有早点儿打电话直跟他嚷嚷。比尔不得不承认他们说得在理，因为是他首先晚了5分钟！当他试着把计划从A调整到B时，结果还是不行。也许是他在打电话给报名求助处之前耽误了半小时。可那是坚持原则的做法：求助之前首先试一试各种可能性！结果跟他们联系就浪费了一个多小时。
    他对这所他即将毕业的大学的赞赏降低了几个等级。他们怎么能这样对待一个学生？
    等到他终于找到他的指导老师，在她把所有东西加起来、确认比尔尽了努力之前，她也是一通火上加油。然后她把他的名字加进了一个特殊名单，这样比尔就可以作为附加名额报名了。这是比尔一直希望得到的破例，因此他终于长舒了一口气。他真想给他的指导老师戴上一个玫瑰花环，可是他家附近的花店已经关门了。
    他一定要把她的名字加进他的毕业致谢的名单。
    她真是救了他一命！
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