In domestic life a great deal of service is done by children, the girls acting as nursemaids and general servants, and the lads as errand boys.
在家庭生活中,很多活都是由孩子干的,女孩得当好保姆和仆人,而跑腿的活则落到了男孩头上。
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He was the first royal to marry a commoner, and he allowed the empress to raise their children herself instead of packing them off to nursemaids.
他是第一位与平民婚配的天皇,同时他还允许皇后亲自抚养自己的儿女,而不是把他们打包托付给保姆。
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Our health, cleanliness, and safety fell within the province of the nursemaids' responsibilities, and so those women hovered over us like ewes over newborn lambs.