Imprimis—it was clear as the day that this swinish multitude were not to be driven by force. They were to be humoured, borne with very patiently: a courteous though sedate manner impressed them; a very rare flash of raillery did good. Severe or continuous mental application they could not, or would not, bear: heavy demand on the memory, the reason, the attention, they rejected point-blank. Where an English girl of not more than average capacity and docility would quietly take a theme and bind herself to the task of comprehension and mastery, a Labassecourienne would laugh in your face, and throw it back to you with the phrase—“Dieu, que c’est difficile! Je n’en veux pas. Cela m’ennuie trop.”
首先——很明顯，這群豬人不能被武力驅使。她們要被百般遷就，耐心地忍受：禮貌而穩重的態度給她們留下了深刻的印象。非常罕見的嘲諷對她們有好處。她們無法或不願承受強烈或持續使用智力：對記憶、原因、注意力的大量要求，她們直截拒絕了。一個能力不超過平均且溫順的英國女孩會靜靜地選擇一個題目，並致力於理解和精通。拉巴斯庫里安人會當著你的面笑，然後把它扔給你，並說：「天啊，這太難了，太困擾我了。」
Vocab:
Imprimis: First
Be clear as the day: very obvious
Swinish: pig-like
Courteous: polite
Sedate: calm, dignified
Docility: submissiveness
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