often took us somewhere in the city on the weekends.
经常在周末带我们去城市的一些地方。
One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters.
一个好的母亲顶得上一百个教师。
and at this point, according to my father, I should be looking at farms and cottages in a valley, with the spire of the church of our village showing in the far distance.