And so she moved in a short time from perusing a few thin standardized teachers 'guides, to having a muddled understanding of Chinese grammar and history, to introducing China--that vast and distant land--to students who were even more ignorant of it than her. It was no easy feat.
然而，要在短短時間內、從薄薄幾本讀本裡把一個巨大悠遠的中國生吞活剝，再把中國介紹給比她更沒有概念的孩子們，可不是一件容易事。