They are an inspiration to those who know them, and their lives frequently embody a truth expressed by Mother Teresa, from this year Saint Teresa of Calcutta.

他们鼓舞着认识他们人，他们生活每每体现着特雷莎嬷嬷表达真理，今年特雷莎封圣为“加尔各答圣特雷莎”。

You don't know what rough is, sister.

你根本不知道什么是" 不爽" ，嬷嬷。

On a noonday in mid-November, they all sat grouped about the dinner table, eating the last of the dessert concocted by Mammy from corn meal and dried huckleberries, sweetened with sorghum.

１１月中旬个中午，他们围着餐桌聚在起，吃道点心，那是嬷嬷用玉米粉和干越桔加高粱饴糖调制成。

My turn came and I stood in front of the big desk with holy pictures under the glass while the Sister Superior read my letter.

轮到我了，我站在那张大桌子前面，桌子玻璃板下面压着幅圣像。大嬷嬷读着我信。

How about " Gaga" ? - Maybe we don't have to lock anything down right now.

嬷嬷怎么样？ - 或许我们现在还不用确定任何叫法下来。

Everything is fine until the nun who knows all the canteen kids by heart looks at me and says: You, who sent you here?

切都很顺利，直到那个记得所有在餐厅吃饭小孩嬷嬷看着我说：“你，谁让你来？”

Now, hurry" . " Dey ain' dar, Miss Scarlett. Ah drapped in ter pass time of de day wid Mammy on mah way home.

刚才俺回家碰到她家嬷嬷，还在起聊来着。她们也出去了。

I always cry when nuns yell at me, even if they're not yelling.

我经常在嬷嬷朝我吼时候哭，尽管她们没有吼。

A cold wind was blowing stiffly and the scudding clouds overhead were the deep gray of slate when Scarlett and Mammy stepped from the train in Atlanta the next afternoon.

第二天早，思嘉和嬷嬷迎着寒风凛冽和彤云疾卷阴沉天气在亚特兰大下了火车。

This is no good, she says, till Sister Superior gives the okay.

样不好，她说，得大嬷嬷说好才行。

" I'll skin Mammy this minute" ! cried Scarlett, leaping to her feet.

" 我立刻就要剥她皮，个嬷嬷！" 思嘉跳起来高大叫。

" Men mahys dem fer dey money, " said Mammy firmly.

" 是为了钱男人家才娶她们，" 嬷嬷断然说。

Once when we were living on Loomis, a nun from my school passed by and saw me playing out front.

我们住在鲁米斯时，有回学校嬷嬷经过那，看到我在房前玩。

It was still damp to the knees and still spotted about the hem, despite the frantic efforts of Mammy and Cookie with a steaming kettle, a clean hair brush and frantic wavings in front of an open fire.

那件及裳从膝部以下仍旧是湿，而且边上还有泥污，虽然嬷嬷和厨娘曾经用滚水壶和刷子烫了又烫，刷了又刷，又提着在火炉眼前使劲抖了半天，也没有解决问题。

She stood for a moment remembering small things, the avenue of dark cedars leading to Tara, the banks of cape jessamine bushes, vivid green against the white walls, the fluttering white curtains.

她站了会，回忆着些细小东西，如通向塔拉那条翠松夹道林荫道，那排排与白粉墙相映衬茉莉花丛，以及在窗口气拂着帘幔嬷嬷定在那。

Uh, Sisters, thank you for coming by.

呃，嬷嬷们， 谢谢你们过来。

" Is it still snowing, Nurse? " she asked sleepily.

“外面还在下雪吗，嬷嬷？”她睡眼惺忪地问。

As the carriage stopped in front of a cool-looking bungalow, a " comfortable-looking" colored " mammy" came to the door smiling expansively.

当马车停在栋看上去很酷平房前时，位“看上去很舒服”彩色“嬷嬷”笑眯眯地来到门口。

He was one day in deep conversation with Mother, searching out the sources of her spirituality and mission.

天，他和嬷嬷正在深入交谈，期望找出嬷嬷灵修和使命来源。

Second one concerns Mother Teresa, the great Saint of Calcutta.

另则是加尔各答大圣人特蕾莎嬷嬷。