"Oh," said Minna, breaking in, lying with sudden unwonted fluency ,"I am a nursegirl."

“嗨”，明娜插嘴说，突然反往常习惯，扯着谎，“我也是当保姆”。

She had to choose between giving up her job or hiring a nanny.

她得放弃工作和雇保姆之间作出抉择。

The daily housemaid hoovers the carpet every other day.

白天做工保姆每隔天用真空吸尘器把地毯弄干净。

She hired on as a baby sitter.

她当了临时照看孩子保姆。

Mother puts the baby in the charge of the baby-sitter while she is out.

母亲外出时, 婴儿交给临时保姆照顾。

The baby-sitter can board in during Christmas.

圣诞节期间可孩子保姆提供膳食。

They have a nanny living in.

他们有个保姆住家里。

Can't you find a baby sitter?

你不能找个临时保姆吗？

Housewifery, and ordinary social life bored her intensely and her children were cared for by a perfect nanny.

她烦透了家务和日常社会生活，而她孩子被保姆照顾得无可挑剔。

I don’t think we can come. The odds are that we won’t be able to get a babysitter—not on Christmas Eve.

我觉得我们去不了，平安夜不大可能找得到临时保姆。

We’re living in a nanny state; the government watches over you for everything and nobody’s responsible for their own actions any more.

我们所国家是保姆式，你切都受政府监控，人们不再对自己行负责。

Her recent graduation from a skinny piccaninny with brief skirts and stiffly wrapped braids into the dignity of a long calico dress and starched white turban was an intoxicating affair.

不久前她还是个皮包骨头黑小妞，穿着简单短裙，扎着呆板发辫，如今俨然派保姆模样，穿着印花布连衣长裙，戴着浆洗得硬挺雪白头巾。