Chapter 18 Sentences

Question 1

母親是個很能幹的年輕寡婦，雖然自己沒有受過什麼教育，但是她堅持要胡適進最好的學校；爲他請最好的老師。

Answer 1

Mǔqīn shìgè hěn nénggàn de niánqīng guǎfù, suīrán zìjǐ méiyǒu shòuguò shénme jiàoyù, dànshì tā jiānchí yào húshì jìn zuì hǎo de xuéxiào; wèi tā qǐng zuì hǎo de lǎoshī.

Mother is a really capable young widow, although she has not received much of any education, even so, she insisted on having Hu Shih enter the best university; and made him request the best teacher.

Question 2

胡適犯了錯，他的母親從來不在別人面前責備他，但是到了晚上在屋子裏，她一定告訴胡適犯了什麼錯，有時也體罰他。

Answer 2

Húshì fànle cuò, tā de mǔqīn cónglái bu zài biérén miànqián zébèi tā, dànshì dàole wǎnshàng zài wūzi lǐ, tā yīdìng gàosù húshì fànle shénme cuò, yǒu shí yě tǐfá tā.

Whenever Hu Shih made a mistake, his mother never scolded him in the presence of others, however, in the evening inside the house, she absolutely tells Hu Shih of his mistake, sometimes, she even gave him corporal punishment.

Question 3

在他看來，寫的文字應該反映說的語言。

Answer 3

Zài tā kàn lái, xiě de wénzì yīnggāi fǎnyìng shuō de yǔyán.

From his perspective, written works should reflect one’s spoken language.

Question 4

他覺得當時中國最需要的是民主和科學而不是恢復中國的舊制度，酒文化。

Answer 4

Tā juédé dàng shí zhōngguó zuì xūyào de shì mínzhǔ hé kēxué ér bùshì huīfù zhōngguó de jiù zhìdù, jiǔ wénhuà.

He felt that what China needed most was democracy and science, not the restoration of China’s old system and old culture.

Question 5

他認為西方文化有許多地方是值得中國人學習的。

Answer 5

Tā rènwéi xīfāng wénhuà yǒu xǔduō dìfāng shí zhídé zhōngguó rén xuéxí de.

He believes that the western culture has a lot of places worthy for Chinese people to study.

Question 6

Women in America have severely criticized their unequal treatment.

Answer 6

Měiguó fùnǚ yánlì de pīpíngle tāmen suǒ shòudào de bù píngděng dàiyù.

美國婦女嚴厲地批評了她們所受到的不平等待遇。