语法翻译

In due course the superintendent stood up in front of the pulpit, with a closed

hymn

–

book

in

his

hand

and

his

forefinger

inserted

between

its

leaves,

and

commanded

attention.

When

a

Sunday

–

school

superintendent

makes

his

customary

little

speech,

a

hymn

–

book

in

the

hand

is

as

necessary

as

is

the

inevitable

sheet

of

music

in

the

hand of a singer who stands forward on the platform and sings a solo at a concert

—

though why, is a mystery: for neither the hymn

–

book nor the sheet of music is

ever

referred

to

by

the

sufferer. This

superintendent

was

a

slim

creature

of

thirty

–

five,

with

a

sandy

goatee

and

short

sandy

hair;

he

wore

a

stiff

standing

–

collar whose upper edge almost reached his ears and whose sharp points

curved

forward

abreast

the

corners

of

his

mouth

—

a

fence

that

compelled

a

straight

lookout ahead, and a turning of the whole body when a side view was required; his

chin

was

propped

on

a

spreading

cravat

which

was

as

broad

and

as

long

as

a

bank

–

note,

and had fringed ends; his boot toes were turned sharply up, in the fashion of the

day,

like

sleigh< /p>

–

runners

—

an

effect

patiently

and

laboriously

produced

by

the

young

men

by

sitting

with

their

toes

pressed

against

a

wall

for

hours

together.

Mr.

Walters

was very earnest of mien, and very sincere and honest at heart; and he held sacred

things and places in such reverence, and so separated them from worldly matters,

that unconsciously to himself his Sunday

–

school voice had acquired a peculiar

intonation which was wholly absent on week

–

days. He began after this fashion:

just as straight and pretty

as

you can and

give

me all your

attention for a

minute or two.

There

—

that

is it. That is the way

good little boys and girls should do.

to set down the rest of the oration. It was of a pattern which does not vary, and

so it is familiar to us all.

等到一定的时候，

校长在布道台前面站了起来，

他手里拿着一本合上的圣诗，

食指 夹在书页

中间，

叫大家静下来，听他讲道。主日学校的校长开始 他那简短的开场白时，手中总少不了

要拿着一本圣诗，

就像歌手 参加音乐会时站在演唱台，

开始独唱的时候一样，

手中也少不了

要拿本乐谱——虽然谁也不知道为什么要这样。

因为无论圣诗也 好，

乐谱也好，

台上受罪的

那个人从来 都不会用得上这些的。

这位校长是个３５岁的瘦子，

蓄着沙滩色 的山羊胡和沙滩

色的短头发；

他穿着一副硬挺挺的衣服领子，< /p>

领边几乎顶到他耳边，

两个尖尖的领角顺着脖

子弯过来，

齐到他的嘴角——就像一堵围墙似的，

逼着他只 能往前方看，

每当他要看旁边的

时候，

就不得不把整个身子都转过来；

他的下巴托在一条宽大的领结上面，

那个领结就像一

张支票那样又宽又长，

周围还带有花边。< /p>

他的靴子头尖尖的，

向上翘着，

这在当时 非常时髦，

好像雪橇下面翘起来的滑刀一样——这种时新式样是年青人耐心地、