I have a great mind to chuck the whole thing up.

我很想把整件事都扔掉。

'There has been care enough taken for that, ' said he; 'there are many handicrafts, and there is husbandry, by which they may make a shift to live, unless they have a greater mind to follow ill courses'.

“已经足够小心了，”他说； “有许多手工艺品和畜牧业，他们可以靠这些来谋生，除非他们有更大的头脑去走坏路”。

So still was the place that I had a great mind to walk boldly in and learn something of the premises; in fact, I was on the point of doing so, when I heard a quick, shuffling step on the pavement behind me.

那个地方仍然如此，我很想大胆地走进去，并从中学到一些东西；事实上，我正要这样做，这时我听到身后的人行道上传来一阵急促而拖沓的脚步声。

'Dear me, ' whimpered Mrs. Gradgrind. 'How can you, Louisa and Thomas! I wonder at you. I declare you're enough to make one regret ever having had a family at all. I have a great mind to say I wish I hadn't.

“天哪，”Gradgrind 太太呜咽着说。 “你们怎么能这样，路易莎和托马斯！我想知道你。我宣布你足以让一个人后悔曾经有过一个家庭。我很想说我希望我没有。