改进题：See-sawing between partly good and faintly ominous,the news for the next four weeks was never distinct.
译文：从那之前的四个星期内，消息时有所好转，时而又有点不妙，两种情况不断交替出现，一直没有明朗化。
改进的译文：从那以后的四个星期内，消息时而部分有所好转，时而又有点不妙，两种情况不断交替出现，一直没有明朗化。
改进题：See-sawing between partly good and faintly ominous,the news for the next four weeks was never distinct.
译文：从那之前的四个星期内，消息时有所好转，时而又有点不妙，两种情况不断交替出现，一直没有明朗化。
改进的译文：从那以后的四个星期内，消息时而部分有所好转，时而又有点不妙，两种情况不断交替出现，一直没有明朗化。
