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.

看到校长那冷峻的微笑，男孩们的教室里泛起一阵轻轻的笑意。

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

斯蒂芬的心因恐惧开始慢慢合拢、凋萎，像一朵枯萎的花。

The rector went on gravely:

校长严肃地接着说：

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

——我想你们都熟悉圣方济各·沙勿略的生平故事吧，他是你们学校的主保圣人。

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

他出身于一个古老显赫的西班牙家族，你们记得，他是圣依纳爵最早的追随者之一。

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

你们知道，他被称为印度的使徒。

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

他在东方一国又一国地奔走，从非洲到印度，从印度到日本，为人们施洗。

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

据说他在一个月里就为多达一万名偶像崇拜者施了洗。