I had scarcely passed my twelfth birthday when I entered the inhospitable regions of examinations, through which for the next seven years I was destined to journey.
I had scarcely passed my twelfth birthday when I entered the inhospitable regions of examinations, through which for the next seven years I was destined to journey.
当时我初遇考试的难熬时光(考试的荒凉境地)，差点就撑不过我十二岁生日，从那之后我还整整经历了七年命中注定的苦日子。