2. He worked very hard, but ____________________ (得不到他父母所期盼的好成绩).
3. Before he left for Shanghai, ____________________ (他答应尽量常去看望他的祖父母).
4. He wrote to his friends, saying that ____________________ (他在国外完成学业后将尽早归来).
参考答案：
1 as fast as a skilled worker now
2 couldn’t perform as well as his parents had expected
3 he promised that he would go and see his grandparents as often as he could
4 after finishing his studies abroad he would come back as soon as possible
