Today is Monday. and this evening is my duty time as each week goes this way. i haven't read my newspaper for long because i was kept so busy during the past few weeks. and so this evening i took out some China Daily from students' bookshelves that are packed like sardins in the classroom, and then began to read. i like to read each article carefully in English without letting one word pass unnoticed, as is my reading habit formed during the long years of my English study.  and the edition i chose to read this evening is about economics. i was reading at the teacher's desk in front of all the students.

i only read through half of the front page when i began to feel too sleepy to go on. i found my eyelids too heavy to open up, and it seemed nothing would go into my mind though i was reading there.  and my eyes seemed to be able to see nothing though i was trying to look at each line and each word on an article. and my head kept dropping to the desk with eyes half closed maybe even without my noticing it. i seemed to lose my sense. i was wondering if students noticed what i looked like at the time. if this was the case, i must be laughed by them in secret.

later, i went out to get refreshed taking in some fresh air. only then did i begin to feel better and much more spirited and was finally able to devote to reading.