Less than 24 hours before she died, Lu Lingzi sent an exuberant email to a professor after learning she had passed part of a major final exam.
在遇难前不到24小时，吕令子刚知道自己的考试成绩，并向一位教授发送了一封充满喜悦之情的邮件。
"I am so happy to get this result!" she wrote. "Thank you very much."
“这样的成绩真是让我太高兴了！”她写到，“非常感谢。”
Lu was killed Monday during the Boston Marathon explosions, according to a statement from Boston University. She was a graduate student studying mathematics and statistics and scheduled to receive her graduate degree in 2015.
波士顿大学发表声明，吕令子于4月15日在波士顿马拉松爆炸中丧生。她是该校的数学与统计学研究生，将于2015年毕业。
Lu was at the finish line of the race with two friends from BU. One, Danling Zhou, had surgeries Monday and Tuesday and is in stable condition at Boston Medical Center, the university's statement said. The other was unharmed.
吕和另两名波士顿大学的朋友当时在终点线。声明称，其中一名叫周丹龄，她于15日及16日接受了手术，现在波士顿医疗中心，情况稳定。另外一人没有受伤。
On Monday morning, Lu put the finishing touches on a group research project she was planning to present at a statistics conference.
15日早晨，吕完成了一项小组调查项目的最后工作，她计划在一项统计学会议上进行展示。
She also posted a photo of the breakfast ― bread chunks and fruit ― she ate the morning she died.
她还在微博上上传了一张当天的早餐照片，有面包块和水果。
"My wonderful breakfast," she wrote.
“我的美妙早餐”，她写到。
Lu was a vivacious chatterbox who had lots of friends on campus, said Tasso Kaper, chair of the mathematics and statistics department, whose face lit up talking about his former student.
数学与统计学系主任塔索?凯帕表示，吕性格活泼，是个话匣子，在学校里有很多朋友。看得出凯帕很是喜欢这位学生。
"The word bubbly ― that's kind of a corny word ― but that describes her very well," Kaper said.
凯帕说：“活力四射这个词有些老土，但用来形容她再合适不过。”
Lu loved the springtime and kept asking when the trees would bloom in Boston.
吕酷爱春光，一直在问波士顿的树木何时开花。
"She was very interested in the flowers," he said. "Spring is a very important time of year for her."
“她很喜欢花儿，”他说，“春天对她来说意义非凡。”
Lu, 23, often shared photos of her home-prepared meals online, including a blueberry-covered waffle. They were almost always served in a shallow, blue-patterned bowl.
吕，23岁，经常在网上分享她自制饭菜的图片，其中就包括一个蓝莓华夫饼。她总用一个带蓝色图案的浅口碗装盛饭菜。