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Chapter Eight.
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A Great and Memorable1 Day.
When young Stephen Welland was conducted by John Seaward the missionary2 into a large field dotted with trees, close to where his accident had happened, he found that the children and their guardians3 were busily engaged in making arrangements for the spending of an enjoyable day.
And then he also found that this was not a mere5 monster excursion of ordinary Sunday-schools, but one of exceedingly poor children, whose garments, faces, and general condition, told too surely that they belonged to the lowest grade in the social scale.
“Yes,” said the missionary, in reply to some question from Welland, “the agency at George Yard, to which I have referred, has a wide-embracing influence—though but a small lump of leaven6 when compared with the mass of corruption7 around it. This is a flock of the ragged8 and utterly9 forlorn, to many of whom green fields and fresh air are absolutely new, but we have other flocks besides these.”
“Indeed! Well, now I look at them more carefully, I see that their garments do speak of squalid poverty. I have never before seen such a ragged crew, though I have sometimes encountered individuals of the class on the streets.”
“Hm!” coughed the missionary with a peculiar10 smile. “They are not so ragged as they were. Neither are they as ragged as they will be in an hour or two.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean that these very rough little ones have to receive peculiar treatment before we can give them such an outing as they are having to-day. As you see, swings and see-saws have been put up here, toys are now being distributed, and a
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memorable
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adj.值得回忆的,难忘的,特别的,显著的 | |
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监护人( guardian的名词复数 ); 保护者,维护者 | |
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v.使发酵;n.酵母;影响 | |
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corruption
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n.腐败,堕落,贪污 | |
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plentiful
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Christian
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romping
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undo
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vt.解开,松开;取消,撤销 | |
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plank
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n.板条,木板,政策要点,政纲条目 | |
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extremity
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anticipation
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undoing
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nether
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不再抵抗(诱惑、疾病、攻击等)( succumb的过去式和过去分词 ); 屈从; 被压垮; 死 | |
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flannels
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法兰绒男裤; 法兰绒( flannel的名词复数 ) | |
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swiller
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溶胀剂,膨胀剂 | |
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adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 ) | |
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v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的现在分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等);蠕蠕 | |
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dignified
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abortive
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lasting
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rosy
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outrageous
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adj.无理的,令人不能容忍的 | |
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bask
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pony
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applied
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prone
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scowl
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proceedings
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unlimited
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incapable
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wrestle
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vi.摔跤,角力;搏斗;全力对付 | |
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ramble
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v.漫步,漫谈,漫游;n.漫步,闲谈,蔓延 | |
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enjoyment
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n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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filth
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n.肮脏,污物,污秽;淫猥 | |
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filthy
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gaping
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mansion
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heartily
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