The Grass Isn't Greener,Just the Money

• 作 者: Robert Coles Jane Hallowell Coles 宋云峰
• 出 处: 英语学习
• 发表日期: 1996年03期
• 关键词: Money Cambridge Helen worked outside think husband Grass something children

A white woman from Somerville,a so-called“streetcar sub-urb”outside of Boston,has for a long time worked in the homeof a prominent,quite well-off Cambridge family. Helen hascleaned for them,cooked for them.She has taken care of theirtwo children.She knows them well—and herself,too;and knowsthe difference:“I come over there every day.When they go away,I stay.They’ve given me a room.They say I can live with them.They

A white woman from Somerville, a so-called ”streetcar sub-urb “ outside of Boston, has for a long time worked in the homeof a prominent, quite well-off Cambridge family. Helen hascleaned for them, cooked for them. She has taken care of theirtwo children.She knows them well-and herself, too; and knowsthe difference: ”I come over there everyWhen they go away, I stay.They’ve given me a room. They say I can live with them.They