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I CONTINUED the labours of the village-school as actively1 and faithfully as I could. It was truly hard work at first. Some time elapsed before, with all my efforts, I could comprehend my scholars and their nature. Wholly untaught, with faculties2 quite torpid3, they seemed to me hopelessly dull; and, at first sight, all dull alike: but I soon found I was mistaken. There was a difference amongst them as amongst the educated; and when I got to know them, and they me, this difference rapidly developed itself. Their amazement4 at me, my language, my rules, and ways, once subsided5, I found some of these heavy-looking, gaping6 rustics8 wake up into sharp-witted girls enough. Many showed themselves obliging, and amiable9 too; and I discovered amongst them not a few examples of natural politeness, and innate10 self-respect, as well as of excellent capacity, that won both my good-will and my admiration11. These soon took a pleasure in doing their work well, in keeping their persons neat, in learning their tasks regularly, in acquiring quiet and orderly manners. The rapidity of their progress, in some instances, was even surprising; and an honest and happy pride I took in it: besides, I began personally to like some of the best girls; and they liked me. I had amongst my scholars several farmers' daughters: young women grown, almost. These could already read, write, and sew; and to them I taught the elements of grammar, geography, history, and the finer kinds of needlework. I found estimable characters amongst them- characters desirous of information and disposed for improvement- with whom I passed many a pleasant evening hour in their own homes. Their parents then (the farmer and his wife) loaded me with attentions.

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翻找,搜寻( rummage的现在分词 ); 海关检查 | |
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adj.强有力的,有权势的;有效力的 | |
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ignoble
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adj.不光彩的,卑鄙的;可耻的 | |
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adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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perseverance
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n.坚持不懈,不屈不挠 | |
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eminence
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n.卓越,显赫;高地,高处;名家 | |
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specimen
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diligent
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compassionate
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follower
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n.跟随者;随员;门徒;信徒 | |
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disciple
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n.教条( doctrine的名词复数 );教义;学说;(政府政策的)正式声明 | |
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renown
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n.声誉,名望 | |
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n.修枝,剪枝,修剪v.修剪(树木等)( prune的现在分词 );精简某事物,除去某事物多余的部分 | |
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eradicate
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v.根除,消灭,杜绝 | |
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immortality
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peculiar
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adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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dexterously
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adv.巧妙地,敏捷地 | |
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n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘 | |
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dingy
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adj.昏暗的,肮脏的 | |
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