While he was explaining, we could hear in a neighboring street a blacksmith hammering on his anvil, and in the house opposite, a woman singing to lull her baby to sleep; far away, in the Cernaia barracks, the trumpets were sounding.
先生接着讲课的时候,我们耳中听见近处街上铁匠打铁声,对门妇人安抚婴孩睡熟的儿歌声,以及兵营里的喇叭声。