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學习任务
Activity 1
Think about the following questions， and write down your answers before reading the essay.
（1） When you were not treated well in an unfamiliar place， how would you feel？
（2） How would you describe such experiences and feelings to your family？ How， then， to your friends？
Activity 2
Read the essay， and try to answer the question.
How do you think the author generally felt about her life in Belgium？
I was twenty-six years old a week or two since; and at this ripe time of life I am a school-girl， and， on the whole， very happy in that capacity1. It felt very strange at first to submit to2 authority instead of exercising it — to obey orders instead of giving them; but I like that state of things. I returned to it with the same avidity3 that a cow， that has long been kept on dry hay， returns to fresh grass. Don’t laugh at my simile4. It is natural to me to submit， and very unnatural to command.
This is a large school， in which there are about forty externes， or day-pupils， and twelve pensionnaires， or boarders. Madame Héger， the head， is a lady of precisely the same cast of mind5， degree of cultivation， and quality of intellect as Miss – –. I think the severe points are a little softened， because she has not been disappointed， and consequently soured. In a word， she is a married instead of a maiden lady. There are three teachers in the school — Mademoiselle Blanche， Mademoiselle Sophie， and Mademoiselle Marie. The two first have no particular character. One is an old maid， and the other will be one. Mademoiselle Marie is talented and original， but of repulsive6 and arbitrary7 manners， which have made the whole school， except myself and Emily， her bitter enemies. No less than seven masters attend， to teach the different branches of education — French， Drawing， Music， Singing， Writing， Arithmetic， and German. All in the house are Catholics except ourselves， one other girl， and the gouvernante of Madame’s children， an Englishwoman， in rank something between a lady’s-maid and a nursery governess. The difference in country and religion makes a broad line of demarcation8
Activity 1
Think about the following questions， and write down your answers before reading the essay.
（1） When you were not treated well in an unfamiliar place， how would you feel？
（2） How would you describe such experiences and feelings to your family？ How， then， to your friends？
Activity 2
Read the essay， and try to answer the question.
How do you think the author generally felt about her life in Belgium？
I was twenty-six years old a week or two since; and at this ripe time of life I am a school-girl， and， on the whole， very happy in that capacity1. It felt very strange at first to submit to2 authority instead of exercising it — to obey orders instead of giving them; but I like that state of things. I returned to it with the same avidity3 that a cow， that has long been kept on dry hay， returns to fresh grass. Don’t laugh at my simile4. It is natural to me to submit， and very unnatural to command.
This is a large school， in which there are about forty externes， or day-pupils， and twelve pensionnaires， or boarders. Madame Héger， the head， is a lady of precisely the same cast of mind5， degree of cultivation， and quality of intellect as Miss – –. I think the severe points are a little softened， because she has not been disappointed， and consequently soured. In a word， she is a married instead of a maiden lady. There are three teachers in the school — Mademoiselle Blanche， Mademoiselle Sophie， and Mademoiselle Marie. The two first have no particular character. One is an old maid， and the other will be one. Mademoiselle Marie is talented and original， but of repulsive6 and arbitrary7 manners， which have made the whole school， except myself and Emily， her bitter enemies. No less than seven masters attend， to teach the different branches of education — French， Drawing， Music， Singing， Writing， Arithmetic， and German. All in the house are Catholics except ourselves， one other girl， and the gouvernante of Madame’s children， an Englishwoman， in rank something between a lady’s-maid and a nursery governess. The difference in country and religion makes a broad line of demarcation8