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VI. SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.
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My boy had not a great deal to do with schools after his docile1 childhood. When he began to run wild with the other boys he preferred their savage2 freedom; and he got out of going to school by most of the devices they used. He had never quite the hardihood to play truant3, but he was subject to sudden attacks of sickness, which came on about school-time and went off towards the middle of the forenoon or afternoon in a very strange manner. I suppose that such complaints are unknown at the present time, but the Young People's fathers can tell them how much suffering they used to cause among boys. At the age when my boy was beginning to outgrow4 them he was taken into his father's printing-office, and he completed his recovery and his education there. But all through the years when he lived in the Boy's Town he had intervals5 of schooling6, which broke in upon the swimming and the skating, of course, but were not altogether unpleasant or unprofitable.
They began, as they are apt to do, with lessons in a private house, where a lady taught several other children, and where he possibly learned to read; though he could only remember being set on a platform in punishment for some forgotten offence. After that he went to school in the basement of a church, where a number of boys and girls were taught by a master who knew[54] how to endear study at least to my boy. There was a garden outside of the schoolroom; hollyhocks grew in it, and the boys gathered the little cheeses, as they called the seed-buttons which form when the flowers drop off, and ate them, because boys will eat anything, and not because they liked them. With the fact of this garden is mixed a sense of drowsy7 heat and summer light, and that is all, except the blackboard at the end of the room and a big girl doing sums at it; and the wonder why the teacher smiled when he read in one of the girls' compositions a phrase about forging puddings and pies; my boy did not know what forging meant, so he must have been very young. But he had a
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docile
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| adj.驯服的,易控制的,容易教的 | |
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savage
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| adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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truant
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| n.懒惰鬼,旷课者;adj.偷懒的,旷课的,游荡的;v.偷懒,旷课 | |
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outgrow
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| vt.长大得使…不再适用;成长得不再要 | |
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intervals
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| n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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schooling
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| n.教育;正规学校教育 | |
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drowsy
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zeal
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remarkable
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| adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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vaguely
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| adv.含糊地,暖昧地 | |
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herd
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| n.兽群,牧群;vt.使集中,把…赶在一起 | |
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pang
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| n.剧痛,悲痛,苦闷 | |
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estranged
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| adj.疏远的,分离的 | |
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bellows
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| n.风箱;发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的名词复数 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫v.发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的第三人称单数 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫 | |
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apparatus
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| n.装置,器械;器具,设备 | |
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dread
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| vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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mere
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cowered
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| v.畏缩,抖缩( cower的过去式 ) | |
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indignity
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| n.侮辱,伤害尊严,轻蔑 | |
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haughtily
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| adv. 傲慢地, 高傲地 | |
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slate
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defiant
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| adj.无礼的,挑战的 | |
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majesty
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| n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权 | |
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comport
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| vi.相称,适合 | |
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standing
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| n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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hydraulic
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| adj.水力的;水压的,液压的;水力学的 | |
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recess
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| n.短期休息,壁凹(墙上装架子,柜子等凹处) | |
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shingles
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| n.带状疱疹;(布满海边的)小圆石( shingle的名词复数 );屋顶板;木瓦(板);墙面板 | |
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plunged
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| v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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intimacy
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| n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行 | |
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| n.敬畏,惊惧;vt.使敬畏,使惊惧 | |
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gulf
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| n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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thither
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| adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的 | |
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distinguished
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| adj.卓越的,杰出的,著名的 | |
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strictly
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| adv.严厉地,严格地;严密地 | |
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wincing
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| 赶紧避开,畏缩( wince的现在分词 ) | |
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mingled
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| 混合,混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 ); 混进,与…交往[联系] | |
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lithe
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| adj.(指人、身体)柔软的,易弯的 | |
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hideous
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| adj.丑陋的,可憎的,可怕的,恐怖的 | |
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shrieked
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| v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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catching
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| adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住 | |
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imploring
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| 恳求的,哀求的 | |
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promising
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| adj.有希望的,有前途的 | |
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murmur
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| n.低语,低声的怨言;v.低语,低声而言 | |
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fortitude
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| n.坚忍不拔;刚毅 | |
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exasperated
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| adj.恼怒的 | |
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contrived
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| adj.不自然的,做作的;虚构的 | |
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inflicting
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| 把…强加给,使承受,遭受( inflict的现在分词 ) | |
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anguish
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| n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦,烦恼 | |
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blister
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| n.水疱;(油漆等的)气泡;v.(使)起泡 | |
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bent
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| n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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declamation
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| n. 雄辩,高调 | |
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prosody
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| n.诗体论,作诗法 | |
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charily
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| 小心谨慎地,节俭地,俭省地 | |
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gnawed
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| 咬( gnaw的过去式和过去分词 ); (长时间) 折磨某人; (使)苦恼; (长时间)危害某事物 | |
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wield
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| vt.行使,运用,支配;挥,使用(武器等) | |
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spoke
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| n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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revered
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| v.崇敬,尊崇,敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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lithograph
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| n.平板印刷,平板画;v.用平版印刷 | |
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wig
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conspirators
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dagger
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| n.匕首,短剑,剑号 | |
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persecution
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usurper
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giggling
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| v.咯咯地笑( giggle的现在分词 ) | |
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slates
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| (旧时学生用以写字的)石板( slate的名词复数 ); 板岩; 石板瓦; 石板色 | |
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winked
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| v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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savages
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| 未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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reproof
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resentment
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dwindling
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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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wretch
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| n.可怜的人,不幸的人;卑鄙的人 | |
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gratitude
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| adj.感激,感谢 | |
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dangling
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| 悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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kindly
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| adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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tingle
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wholesome
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| adj.适合;卫生的;有益健康的;显示身心健康的 | |
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