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关注公众号与新浪微博“双语文摘”，参与更多英语学习。Two friends and I moved into a house off campus when I was a junior at Iowa State University.在爱荷华州大学读大三时，我和两个朋友从宿舍搬出来，租了一间房子。We were all a bit afraid of our landlord, a gruff middle aged man who was "all business" when we signed the lease.房东是一个粗鲁的中年人，我们都有点怕他。He gave us a lecture about paying the rent on time and maintaining the house and appliances. We weren't really supposed to, but during the fall semester, my housemates and I threw a party.他交代我们要及时交房租，好好爱护房子和电器。下半学期，我和室友举办了一个聚会。We sent invitations to many friends and told everyone that we knew to come to our house on Friday night. We drew a large crowd and everyone had a great time. The last guests left in the wee hours of the morning.我们邀请许多朋友，让他们星期五晚上都到家里来玩。我们一大群人玩得很尽兴，最后一个客人在天快要亮时才离开。Exhausted, we decided to sleep in and clean the house and yard the next morning. Well, you guessed it!玩得筋疲力尽的我们决定先睡觉，第二天早上起来再清扫房子。噢，你猜怎么着。We were awakened about 7:00 a.m. by our landlord, who was knocking on the door. Sheepishly, we let him in, expe