You ring the bell,

你按响门铃
you put the baby in this little thing that turns around

然后把孩子放在可以回转的小东西里
and then the good sister comes and takes the baby to the foundling home.

之后善良的修女就会出来把孩子抱进去
If all goes well,

如果一切顺利
the baby will be there in a year,

这个孩子就能在这里生活一年
but one-third of them are not there in a year.

不过三分之一的孩子都活不到一年
You've got a lot of babies who die.

许多婴儿都死在这里
This increases the mortality rate.

这就增长了死亡率
Then you've also got a lot of old people

此外也会有许多老年人
who come into the cities--and young people--to beg,

包括一些年轻人到城市去乞讨
seeking those last vestiges of charity,

他们寻求着那寥寥无几的施舍
who are clutching at passersby as they go to church,

他们抓去去教堂的行人祈求施舍