原文
Esther Snader, a retired American teacher, said____1____was hard to leave the Chinese university she had taught at for more than 19 years, but that leaving her more than 1.200 books to the students was an easy____2____(decide).
Snader recently returned from Anqing Normal University in Anhui province to her hometown in the US.
She couldn’t help feeling sad as she waved goodbye to the students, who____3____(spend)much of their time not only studying the courses she taught, but also in her living room____4____(read).
When she began working at the university, she found the students didn’t have many English books to read, she made____5____(she)available to them every Wednesday afternoon in the living room of her apartment, which____6____(provide)by the university.
Each time she went back to the US in the summer, she always chose some more books that she thought would be good for her students____7____shipped them to her Chinese address.
Her library grew year by year and____8____(amaze), it had over 1,200 English publications before she left.
"Esther’s Library" was in Snader’s apartment until her last year of teaching,____9____it was moved to the English department, with students volunteering_____10_____(maintain) it since then.
解析
1 真正的主语是后面的不定式短语 “to leave the Chinese university...”，为了避免头重脚轻，英语中常用 it 作形式主语，故填it
2 括号中给出动词 “decide”，但此处需要一个名词作表语（“an easy ___”），且前面有不定冠词 “an”，说明是可数名词单数。动词 decide 的名词形式是 decision，故填decision
3 主句 “She couldn’t help feeling sad...” 是过去时；而“学生们花时间读书”这一动作发生在她告别之前，即“过去的过去”，应使用 过去完成时，，故填 had spent
4 此处结构为 “spend time (in) doing sth.”，且与前面 “studying” 并列。虽然介词 “in” 被省略，但习惯上 “spend time reading” 是固定搭配。同时，并列结构要求形式一致：studying（动名词）→ reading（动名词）故填 reading
5 “make + 宾语 + 形容词/补足语” 结构中，宾语应为名词或代词的宾格/所有格。这里指“她自己的书”，故填hers
6 句涉及which引导的非限制性定语从句，which代替apartment充当从句主语，时态为一般过去时，空处与主语之间是被动关系，因此空处需要填一般过去时的被动语态，且与主语the apartment保持主谓一致，用单数。故填was provided
7 此处连接两个并列谓语动词：“chose...” 和 “shipped...”。主语都是 “she”，时态一致（一般过去时），故填 and
8 此处需要一个副词修饰整个句子，表达“令人惊讶地是……”故填amazingly
9 此处是非限制性定语从句，先行词是 “her last year of teaching”（表示时间），从句 “it was moved...” 描述该时间点发生的事，故填 when
10 “volunteer” 后接不定式作宾语，固定搭配为 volunteer to do sth.（志愿做某事）故填 to maintain
逐句翻译
1 Esther Snader, a retired American teacher, said it was hard to leave the Chinese university she had taught at for more than 19 years, but that leaving her more than 1,200 books to the students was an easy decision.
退休的美国教师埃丝特·斯内德表示，离开她任教19年多的中国大学很难，但把1200多本书留给学生却是个容易的决定。
2 Snader recently returned from Anqing Normal University in Anhui province to her hometown in the US.
斯内德最近从安徽安庆师范大学回到美国的家乡。
3 She couldn’t help feeling sad as she waved goodbye to the students, who had spent much of their time not only studying the courses she taught, but also reading in her living room.
她向学生们挥手告别时不禁感到难过，这些学生不仅认真学习她教的课程，还常常在她客厅里读书。
4 When she began working at the university, she found the students didn’t have many English books to read, so she made hers available to them every Wednesday afternoon in the living room of her apartment, which was provided by the university.
她刚到大学工作时，发现学生缺少英语读物，于是每周三下午在大学提供的公寓客厅里开放自己的藏书供他们阅读。
5 Each time she went back to the US in the summer, she always chose some more books that she thought would be good for her students and shipped them to her Chinese address.
每次暑假回美国，她都会挑选一些认为对学生有益的书，寄到她在中国的地址。
6 Her library grew year by year and, amazingly, it had over 1,200 English publications before she left.
她的藏书逐年增加，令人惊讶的是，离开前已有1200多本英文出版物。
7 "Esther’s Library" was in Snader’s apartment until her last year of teaching, when it was moved to the English department, with students volunteering to maintain it since then.
“埃丝特图书馆”最初设在斯内德的公寓里，直到她任教的最后一年才搬进英语系，此后一直由学生志愿维护。
