我对破旧的校园和设备简陋的教室感到很失望，但我发现这里的老师们很有耐心。
Disappointed as I felt at the shabby campus and the poorly-equipped classroom, I found the teachers patiently.
她的幻想包括粉刷破旧学校的教室，在镇上贫困地区的餐桌上留下热腾腾的饭菜，秘密地给一位自视清高的老太太送钱。
Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady.
如果家长认真对待孩子的学习，绝大多数孩子也会认真对待———特别是在掌握文化技能的低年级阶段———他们会健康成长，哪怕是在破旧的教室里面。
If parents take school seriously, by and large children will too, especially in the early years when literacy skills are being mastered -- and they will thrive even in run-down school buildings.
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