清朝末年,此地靠近贡院,附近有许多驿馆,每逢乡试,各地赶来应考的秀才便住在此地,一说因此地为坡地,而秀才又俗称“先生”,便得名“先生坡”,一说乡试时批改考卷的先生住在此处而得名“先生坡”。而先生坡坡头一段便是树勋巷,若是走过树勋巷再沿着先生坡一路向南下坡,便到了翠湖北路,能看到美丽的翠湖。
不知不觉间,两人便走到了树勋巷五号,贺础安在门外就听见院中有两个女生正在念英文,朗诵的是美国散文家和牧师赛缪尔·麦考德·克罗瑟斯在一九二零年发表的《经验女校》中的节选《人人想当别人》一文:
“……the natural desire of every man to be somebody else explains many of the minor irritations of life. it prevents that perfect organization of society in which everyone should know his place and keep it.the desire to be somebody else leads us to practice on work that does not strictly belong to us. we all have aptitudes and talents that overflow the narrow bounds of our trade or profession. every man feels that he is bigger than his job, and he is all the time doing what theologians called‘works of supererogation’……”
(人人天生想当别人,就是生活中会有许多让人烦恼的鸡零狗碎的成因。社会是一个完善的体系,体系中的每一个人本应各就各位,各司其职,而人人天生想当别人的想法,却会引导我们去从事严格说来不该我们做的工作。我们人人都才华横溢,能力过人,会冲破我们狭小的职业或工作领域的限制,每个人都觉得在自己的岗位上是大材小用,一直在做着神学家们所谓的“分外之事”……)
听着门内的书声琅琅,程应鏐解释道:
“她们俩都是一年级的,两个
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