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At the close of the afternoon service we returned by an exposed and hilly road,
下午的禱告結(jié)束以后，我們沿著一條無遮無攔的山路回校。
where the bitter winter wind, blowing over a range of snowy summits to the north, almost flayed the skin from our faces.
刺骨的寒風，吹過大雪覆蓋的山峰，刮向北邊來，幾乎要從我們的臉上刮去一層皮。
I can remember Miss Temple walking lightly and rapidly along our drooping line, her plaid cloak,
我至今仍然記得，坦普爾小姐輕快地走在我們萎靡不振的隊伍旁邊，寒風吹得她的花呢斗篷緊貼在身上。
which the frosty wind fluttered, gathered close about her, and encouraging us, by precept and example,
她一面訓導，一面以身作則，鼓勵我們振作精神，
to keep up our spirits, and march forward, as she said, "like stalwart soldiers."
照她所說的，“像不屈不撓的戰(zhàn)士”那樣奮勇前進。
The other teachers, poor things, were generally themselves too much dejected to attempt the task of cheering others.
可憐的其他教師，大都自己也十分頹喪，更不想為別人鼓勁了。
How we longed for the light and heat of a blazing fire when we got back!
回校以后，我們多么渴望熊熊爐火發(fā)出的光和熱！
But, to the little ones at least, this was denied.
但至少對年幼學生來說，并沒有這福份。
Each hearth in the schoolroom was immediately surrounded by a double row of great girls,
教室里的每個壁爐立刻被兩排大姑娘圍住，
and behind them the younger children crouched in groups, wrapping their starved arms in their pinafores.
小一點的孩子只好成群蹲在她們身后，用圍涎裹著凍僵了的胳膊。
A little solace came at tea-time, in the shape of a double ration of bread - a whole, instead of a half, slice, with the delicious addition of a thin scrape of butter.
吃茶點時，我們才得到些許安慰，發(fā)給了雙份面包——一整片而不是半片，附加薄薄一層可口的黃油。
It was the hebdomadal treat to which we all looked forward from Sabbath to Sabbath.
這是一周一次的享受，一個安息日復一個安息日，大家都翹首企盼著。
I generally contrived to reserve a moiety of this bounteous repast for myself, but the remainder I was invariably obliged to part with.
通常我只能把這美餐的一部分留給自己，其余的便總是不得不分給別人。
The Sunday evening was spent in repeating, by heart, the Church Catechism, and the fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of St. Matthew.
星期天晚上我們要背誦教堂的教義問答和《馬太福音》的第五、六、七章。
And in listening to a long sermon, read by Miss Miller, whose irrepressible yawns attested her weariness.
還要聽米勒小姐冗長的講道，她禁不住哈欠連天，證明她也倦了。
A frequent interlude of these performances was the enactment of the part of Eutychus by some half-dozen of little girls,
在這些表演中間，經(jīng)常有一個插曲，六、七個小姑娘總要扮演猶推古的角色，
who, overpowered with sleep, would fall down, if not out of the third loft, yet off the fourth form, and be taken up half dead.
她們因為困倦不堪，雖然不是從三樓上而是從第四排長凳上摔下來，扶起來時也已經(jīng)半死了。
The remedy was, to thrust them forward into the centre of the schoolroom, and oblige them to stand there till the sermon was finished.
補救辦法是把她們硬塞到教室的中間，迫使她們一直站著，直至講道結(jié)束。
Sometimes their feet failed them, and they sank together in a heap.
有時她們的雙腳不聽使喚，癱下來縮作一團。
They were then propped up with the monitors' high stools.
于是便不得不用班長的高凳把她們支撐起來。
