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"But you comprehend me?" he said.
“可是你理解我的意思嗎？”他說。
"It is a village school: your scholars will be only poor girls -- cottagers' children -- at the best, farmers' daughters.
“這是一所鄉(xiāng)村學校。你的學生都只是窮苦女孩——茅屋里的孩子——至多是農(nóng)夫的女兒。
Knitting, sewing, reading, writing, ciphering, will be all you will have to teach.
編織、縫紉和讀、寫、算你都得教。
What will you do with your accomplishments?
你自己的技藝派什么用處呢？
What, with the largest portion of your mind -- sentiments -- tastes?"
你大部份的思想——感情——情趣又有什么用呢？”
"Save them till they are wanted. They will keep."
“留著它們等有用時再說。它們可以保存下來。”
"You know what you undertake, then?"
“那你知道你要干的事了。”
"I do."
“我知道。”
He now smiled: and not a bitter or a sad smile, but one well pleased and deeply gratified.
這時他笑了，不是苦笑，也不是傷心的笑，而是十分滿意并深為感激的笑容。
"And when will you commence the exercise of your function?"
“你什么時候開始履行職務？”
"I will go to my house to-morrow, and open the school, if you like, next week."
“我明天就到自己的房子去，要是你高興，下周就開學。”
"Very well: so be it."
“很好，就這樣吧。”
He rose and walked through the room. Standing still, he again looked at me.
他立起身來，穿過房間，一動不動地站著再次看著我。
He shook his head.
他搖了搖頭。
"What do you disapprove of, Mr. Rivers?" I asked.
“你有什么不贊成呢，里弗斯先生？”我問。
"You will not stay at Morton long: no, no!"
“你不會在莫爾頓呆得很久，不，不會的：”
"Why? What is your reason for saying so?"
“為什么？你這么說的理由是什么？”
"I read it in your eye; it is not of that description which promises the maintenance of an even tenor in life."
“我從你的眼睛里看到了。不是那種預示著要安度一生的表情。”
"I am not ambitious."
“我沒有雄心。”
He started at the word "ambitious." He repeated,
他聽了“雄心”兩個字吃了一驚，便重復說：
"No. What made you think of ambition?
“不，你怎么會想到雄心？
Who is ambitious?
誰雄心勃勃呢？
I know I am: but how did you find it out?"
我知道自己是這樣。但你怎么發(fā)現(xiàn)的？”
