Me too. I was hoping we could eat here tonight, but it looks like that's out of the question.
我也这么想。我原本希望我们能在这儿吃晚饭,但现在看来是不成了。
In the beginning they used to carve Chinese characters on stones to record important dates in history.
开始时,他们常把汉字刻在石头上,记载历史上重要的日期。