欧美文化博览 文森特·凡· 高传(14)

He eventually found one, here in Ramsgate, teaching French, German, arithmetic and dictation to young boys at a school opened in this building by a Mr. William Stokes.

他最终找到了一份工作,在拉姆斯哥特，他在这位威廉·斯托克斯先生的建筑开办的学校内教男孩子们法语,德语,算术和听写。

This job was unpaid¹, just board and lodging².

这份工作没有报酬,只提供食宿。

But he was teaching and that pressed Vincent’s vocational buzzer³.

但他的教学使文森特一鸣惊人。

The school was crummy, Dickensian, one might say.

这所学校非常肮脏, 有人可能会说是狄更斯式的。

The floors of the bedroom in which the boys slept were rotten, the windows broken.

男孩们睡的卧室的地板腐朽不堪而且窗户破旧。

And Vincent complained desperately⁴ about the bedbugs.

而文森特对于臭虫疯狂抱怨。

He did a couple of drawings out of the school window, of this view.

他透过窗户外的景点画了几幅画，而这一景致。

They’re rather delightful⁵.

它们相当讨人喜欢。

1 unpaid   

adj.未付款的，无报酬的

参考例句：

• Doctors work excessive unpaid overtime.医生过度加班却无报酬。
• He's doing a month's unpaid work experience with an engineering firm.他正在一家工程公司无偿工作一个月以获得工作经验。

2 lodging   

n.寄宿，住所；(大学生的)校外宿舍

参考例句：

• The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
• Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?

3 buzzer   

n.蜂鸣器；汽笛

参考例句：

• The buzzer went off at eight o'clock.蜂鸣器在8点钟时响了。
• Press the buzzer when you want to talk.你想讲话的时候就按蜂鸣器。

4 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

5 delightful   

adj.令人高兴的，使人快乐的

参考例句：

• We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday.上星期天我们在海滨玩得真痛快。
• Peter played a delightful melody on his flute.彼得用笛子吹奏了一支欢快的曲子。