I never really thought about being a mother as a career.
我真的从来没有想到做母亲还是一种事业。
Missing school to watch the football match is out of the question.
为看足球赛而旷课,那可不行。
In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.