There were no lessons. The teachers were too busy looking after the girls who were ill.
课程已经没有了，老师们忙于照顾那些生病的姑娘们。
2
In the hospital, where their family member lay gravely ill, the relatives gathered in the waiting room. Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber.
家属全部聚集在医院的等候室，守着他们病重的家人。最后，医生带着疲倦而严峻的面容出现了。
3
Families in poor countries are much more likely than in the West to spend their savings looking after a chronically ill relative, or to pull children out of school to act as nursemaids.