Anne of Green Gables

She was a notable housewife; her work was always done and well done; she “ran” the Sewing Circle, helped run the Sunday-school, and was the strongest prop of the Church Aid Society and Foreign Missions Auxiliary.

她是一位杰出的家庭主妇；她的工作总是做得井井有条；她“管理”缝纫小组，帮助管理主日学校，并且是教会援助协会和海外传教辅助团体的最坚强支柱。

Yet with all this Mrs. Rachel found abundant time to sit for hours at her kitchen window, knitting “cotton warp” quilts—she had knitted sixteen of them, as Avonlea housekeepers were wont to tell in awed voices—and keeping a sharp eye on the main road that crossed the hollow and wound up the steep red hill beyond.

尽管如此，雷切尔夫人还是有充足的时间坐在厨房的窗户旁，一坐就是几个小时，织着“棉纱线”的被子——她已经织了十六床，阿冯利的家庭主妇们总是带着敬畏的语气谈论这件事——同时她还密切注意着穿过山谷并蜿蜒爬上远处陡峭红山的小路。