I had the appointment written on my calendar and was looking forward to the occasion.
我早已把这个约会写在我的日历上而且一直期待着这一时刻。
You can imagine how useful this is, particularly in countries like China and Japan, which use written characters not letters.
你可以想像得到,特别是在中国和日本这些使用文字而不是字母的国家,这是多么有用处!