Audiobook Dictation: “Ruth turned square round to her…”

Ruth turned square round to her mother, and with an impassive face and not the slightest change of tone, said,

露絲轉過身正對著母親，面無表情，語調絲毫未變，說道：

Margaret Bolton almost lost for a moment her habitual placidity.

瑪格麗特·博爾頓一時幾乎失去了她慣常的平靜。

A slight frail girl like thee, study medicine! Does thee think thee could stand it six months?

像你這樣纖弱的姑娘，竟要學醫！你以為你能撐得住六個月嗎？

And the lectures, and the dissecting rooms, has thee thought of the dissecting rooms?"

還有那些講課，還有解剖室，你想過解剖室嗎？」

"Mother," said Ruth calmly, "I have thought it all over.

「媽媽，」露絲平靜地說，「這些我都仔細想過了。

I know I can go through the whole, clinics, dissecting room and all.

我知道我能全部熬過去，臨床、解剖室，樣樣都行。

Does thee think I lack nerve?

你覺得我膽量不夠嗎？

What is there to fear in a person dead more than in a person living?"

死人比活人有什麼更可怕的？」

"But thy health and strength, child; thee can never stand the severe application.

「可是你的身體和體力啊，孩子；你絕對受不了那樣艱苦的學習。

And, besides, suppose thee does learn medicine?"

再說，就算你學成了醫，又怎樣呢？」