Attendance and punctuality , Mr Taylor enthused , had improved - and the teenagers made for jollier company .
泰勒兴奋地表示,推迟上学时间后,学生的出勤率提高,迟到率下降,而且青少年们更容易相处了。
And the wives , to judge from our conversations at the school gate , were a lot jollier than I was .
从学校门口那些谈话看来,那些太太们比我开心得多。