The cafeteria in my school serves the worst food. The other day I forgot to bring my lunch from home. I had to eat in the cafeteria for the first time and I wasn't looking forward to it. I took a tray and stood in line with the other students. The lady behind the counter pushed a plate in front of me. On the plate there was a bit of rice with brown sauce on top ofit. I walked on down the line and there was a salad. The salad looked allright, but then when I looked at it closer, I noticed that there was a greenworm in it. I didn't get the salad and after eating the rice and brown sauce, I promised myself that I would never leave my lunch at home again.
我們學校的自助餐廳提供最爛的食物。前幾天我忘了帶午餐。我不得不在自助餐廳用餐，這在我生平是第一次，也是我沒料到的。我拿了一個託盤和其他同學一起排隊。櫃檯小姐遞給我一個盤子。盤子裡有一些飯上面加了魯肉汁。我順著隊伍走下去，看到色拉。色拉看起來還好，但當我仔細一瞧，我注意到裡面有隻綠色的蟲子。我沒有拿色拉，就在吃完魯肉飯後，我發誓，以後再也不會忘了帶午餐。
語法重點
英文中以 to 結尾的短語中，這個 to 忽而是介詞，之後應接動名詞、代詞或名詞作賓語; 這個 to 忽而卻引導不定式短語，之後應接動詞原形，這對英文初學者造成莫大的困擾，我早年自學英文時亦是如此。克服此困擾的唯一方法就是見到相關的短語時連同例句一一抄在筆記本中。英語為母語的人士自幼學英語時也都經歷過同樣的困擾，亦都是以相同的方法克服這些困擾。
本課中第三句並列連詞連接的第二個主句：
... and I wasn't looking forward to it.
……也是我沒料到的。
本主句使用短語動詞 look forward to（期待）的過去進行時。
該短語動詞 look forward to 表 "期待"，to 是介詞，故之後以代詞 it 作賓語，這個代詞 it 指的是前面第一個主句 I had to eat at the cafeteria for the first time（我不得不首度在自助餐廳用餐。）
現在就讓我們一起記住 look forward to 的用法：
look forward to + 動名詞∕名詞∕代詞 期待……
例：
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
我期待很快收到你的音訊。
I'm looking forward toa trip with you to London this summer.
我期待今年夏天能跟你一道赴倫敦走一趟。
Our class is going to have a field trip next week, and I'm looking forward to it!
我們全班下星期要舉辦校外教學，我現在好期待這個活動喲！
但動詞 expect 亦表 "期望" 或 "期待"，之後接 to 時，to 引導不定式
短語，故之後要接動詞原形，即：
I expect to hear from you soon.
I'm expecting to take a trip to London with you.
不過 expect 之後亦可接名詞作賓語，即：
I'm expecting a tripwith you to London this summer.