If she had been an ordinary teacher, trying to teach an ordinary sedentary subject like history or Latin, she would have been mercilessly flouted and mocked, but as it was she managed to get by.

• 如果她是个平常的教师，教一门像历史或拉丁文那样需要学生久坐的一般课程，人们准会无情的藐视她，嘲笑她。可她却好歹混下来了。