Audiobook Dictation: “A little wave of quiet mirth…”

A little wave of quiet mirth broke forth over the class of boys from the rector's grim smile.

看到校長那冷峻的微笑，男孩們的教室裡泛起一陣輕輕的笑意。

Stephen's heart began slowly to fold and fade with fear like a withering flower.

史蒂芬的心因恐懼開始慢慢合攏、凋萎，像一朵枯萎的花。

The rector went on gravely:

校長嚴肅地接著說：

--You are all familiar with the story of the life of saint Francis Xavier, I suppose, the patron of your college.

——我想你們都熟悉聖方濟各·沙勿略的生平故事吧，他是你們學校的主保聖人。

He came of an old and illustrious Spanish family and you remember that he was one of the first followers of saint Ignatius.

他出身於一個古老顯赫的西班牙家族，你們記得，他是聖依納爵最早的追隨者之一。

He is called, as you know, the apostle of the Indies.

你們知道，他被稱為印度的使徒。

He went from country to country in the east, from Africa to India, from India to Japan, baptizing the people.

他在東方一國又一國地奔走，從非洲到印度，從印度到日本，為人們施洗。

He is said to have baptized as many as ten thousand idolaters in one month.

據說他在一個月裡就為多達一萬名偶像崇拜者施了洗。