The school would be assigning seats the next morning, and to be sure of a good place in the 700-person lecture hall, students (and of course their hapless parents) were willing to brave the elements and camp out in front of the building.
為了在 700 人的大教室裡搶佔一個好位子，孩子們（當然還有他／她們苦命的爹娘）都要卯足全力，即使風雨夜瑟縮在補習班前的大樓騎樓走道上過夜，也在所不惜。