■Seeing this did more for JO than the wisest sermons, the saintliest hymns, the most fervent prayers that any voice could utter.
最有智慧的说教、最圣洁的赞美诗,以及世界上最虔诚的祷告,都不及这景象对乔的影响那么大。
■a trace of sentimentality,depicting hard lives lived by down-and-out people,most of whom still possess the redeeming virtues of more saintli who live "normal"life.