We spent the advance on a new car (a standard shift which Tabby hated and reviled in her most colorful millworker's language) and I signed a teaching contract for the 1973-1974 academic year.

我们用预付金买了一辆新车（配的标准变速挡，遭到塔碧痛恨，用她最为生动的纺织工人语言骂了个够），我签下了1973——74学年的教学合约。