volunteered at a deaf-mute school for three years. She was able to talk fluently with deaf-mutes in sign language.
读大学时，罗兰当过3年的志愿者，定期去聋哑学校服务，她能熟练地和聋哑人用手语交流。
07【aloft】
Adv.在高空中
a)We surrounded ourselves with such an atmosphere of pure frenzy（狂乱） that we always seemed to be soaring aloft on the wings of our enthusiasm.
我们把自己包裹在这样一种纯粹狂乱的气氛当中，就像一直乘着热情的翅膀，直冲云天。
b)Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art/ Not in lone splendor hung aloft the night.
亮星，但愿我像你一样坚持/ 不是在夜空高挂着孤独的美光。（济慈《Bright Star》）
08【resolute】
Adj./N.坚决的
a)And yet that way, as he grows more resolute and faithful, his road lies.
可是当他变得更坚决更有信心时，前面就是他的一条正路。
b)In rural living environment I grew up in, the simple industrious, casting, firm and resolute character.
我在农村的生活环境中长大，铸就了自己勤劳、朴实、坚毅的性格。
09【slumber】
N./V.睡眠
a)Having friends, and slumber parties and buddies, and just hanging out, there was none of that for me.
拥有朋友，享受和好伙伴在一起开派对的快乐，甚至外出随便逛逛，这些都不属于童年的我。
b)From slumber shall a sleeper wake to a hundred years of pain, and behold the resolution of the hopes that still remain.
那位沉睡者，必将自梦中苏醒目睹百年的苦难，与一息尚存的希望。
10【barbarous】
Adj.野蛮的，残暴的
a)I’m a girl with no past in this barbarous world.
我是一个没有过去的人，来到这个吃人的世界。（《楚乔传》英文）
b)He developed a museum depicting the barbarous treatment that was prevalent in asylums for the insane.
他创立了一所博物馆，专门展示在精神病院里普遍存在的野蛮的治疗方法。
11【ridicule】
N./V.嘲笑
a)For years all he received for his efforts was rejection and ridicule, yet he did not relent and continued developing his theories.
而在此之前他受到的更多的驳斥和奚落，但他并没有抱怨，而是继续埋头发展他的理论。
b)And are often outstanding jealousy, ridicule and even against the so-called \"wood show in the forest, the wind will destroy them. \"
而出众则常遭嫉妒、讥讽乃至打击，所谓“木秀于林，风必摧之”。
12【tedious】
Adj.沉闷的，乏味的
a)She cherished