我想說的是在讀夠了雜書之餘,我盡量把功課學好。是不是下麵這樣好些?
Besides reading quite a lot books that wouldn't have helped me with the college entrance exam, I did my best at school.
besides似乎用的不好。
你在besides後麵用了reading,besides就當介詞用了,相當於in addition to. 你覺得reading可以當did的賓語嗎?
How about this:
I not only read quite a lot of books that... but also did my best at school.
OR
I read a quite a lot of books that...,and besides(副詞), I did my best at school.