6.They were to Adams " little runtlings, just capable of lisping A, B, C, and troubling the master" ; the classroom became for him a " school of affliction." Yet the apparent alternative, the ministry, seemed no less depressing.
对亚当斯来说,他们是“只会口齿不清地说 A、B、C 并让老师烦恼的小孩子”;对他来说,教室成了“痛苦的学校”。然而,表面上的替代选择——牧师,似乎也同样令人沮丧。机翻
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