in Plymouth
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Young, yet mature for her seven years, Sarah hurriedly walked onto the Handmaid.
年轻又成熟的七年 莎拉匆匆走进女佣那里
The ship would take her and her family across the ocean to meet their father in a settlement called Plymouth Colony.
飞船会带她和她的家人渡出海洋 在一个叫普利茅斯殖民地的定居点里见他们的父亲
Math Minute The Handmaid left Leiden, Holland, on August 10, 1630.
数学分钟 女佣于1630年8月10日离开荷兰莱顿.
The ship landed at Plymouth Colony on October 29, 1630.
该舰于1630年10月29日在普利茅斯殖民地登陆.
How many days did it take the ship to travel to Plymouth Colony?
这艘船花了多少天去普利茅斯殖民地?
Hand in hand, she walked with her mother and four brothers onto the ship.
手牵起手来,她同她的母亲和四个兄弟一起上船.
Sarah thought about her father.
莎拉想起了她的父亲。
He had made the ocean trip in March.
他在3月进行了出海旅行。
It was now August, and she could not wait to see him.
现在是八月,她迫不及待想见他。
Sarah knew the journey would be long.
Sarah知道旅途会很长
Plymouth Colony was far away.
普利茅斯殖民地很遥远
It was on the other side of the ocean.
於彼海边.
Her mother said it would take the ship almost twelve weeks to get there.
她母亲说这艘船需要12周才能到
Sarah’s father had left England with other planters, or men who worked with crops.
Sarah的父亲和其他种植者离开英国,
They sailed to Plymouth on a ship called the Lyon.
他们乘坐一艘叫"里昂"的船去普利茅斯.
Sarah and her family were Puritans.
莎拉和她的家人都是清教徒
They sailed to Plymouth hoping to be free to follow their religion.
他们航行去普利茅斯 希望可以自由地遵循他们的宗教。
In England, they did not support many of the king’s decisions, so the king did not support them.
在英国,他们不支持国王的许多决定,因此国王不支持.
So they had left England to stay in Holland until they could make the journey to Plymouth.
于是他们离开英国留在了荷兰,直到他们能够前往普利茅斯.
“What will Plymouth be like?
“普利茅斯会是什么样子?
Will it be like living in England?”
就像住在英国一样吗? “
asked Sarah’s brother John.
问莎拉的哥哥约翰。
“I hope so,” answered Sarah.
“我希望如此”,莎拉回答说。
Just like her brother, she wanted life in Plymouth to be much the same as life in England.
就像她哥哥一样,她希望普利茅斯的生活与英国的生活基本相同.
Sarah was sad to leave her friends Jane and Anne.
莎拉伤心地离开了她的朋友简和安妮.
She hoped she would make new friends in Plymouth, even though she had heard that only a few children lived there.
她希望自己能在普利茅斯结交新朋友,尽管她听说那里只有少数孩子.
Sarah crawled into her bunk bed next to her mother.
Sarah爬入她妈妈旁边的床铺
It was cramped and dark.
它被抽筋和黑暗。
She closed her eyes and dreamed of seeing her father again.
她闭上了眼睛,梦想着能再见到她的父亲.
For more than eighty nights she closed her eyes and on eighty mornings opened them to see nothing but the sea.
八十多来个晚上,她闭上了眼睛,八十个早晨,她睁开了眼睛,只看到大海。
Then on the morning of October 29, she opened them to a loud cry.
后来在10月29日早晨,她打开了他们大声地叫喊.
“Land, ho!”
“土地,呼!”
Sarah jumped up and tugged excitedly on her mother’s arm.
Sarah跳起身来,
“Mother, Mother, we are here, we are here!”
“妈妈,妈妈,我们在这里,我们在这里!”
she cried.
她哭着
Sarah leaped out of her bed and charged out onto the ship’s deck.
Sarah从床上跳出,
Her brothers were on her heels.
她的哥哥们都跟着她
Everyone was eager to see the new land and most eager to see their father.
每个人都渴望看到新的土地,最渴望看到自己的父亲。
Soon the ship reached the rocky coast and pulled up to a dock in a small harbor at the edge of the settlement.
舰只很快到达了多岩石的海岸,并被拉到定居点边缘的一个小港口的码头.
Sarah stood on her tiptoes looking over the ship’s side, searching the dock for her father.
Sarah站在她的脚趾上,
Her mother and brothers gathered their few belongings.
她的母亲和兄弟们收集了他们为数不多的物品.
Everyone on the Handmaid was tired from the journey.
女佣上的人都在旅途中累了.
But they were all happy to be off the ocean and even more excited to join their loved ones.
但他们都乐于离开海洋,甚至更兴奋地与所爱的人团聚.
Sarah searched frantically for her father.
莎拉疯狂地寻找她的父亲。
When she spotted him, she wanted to run down the ramp, but she didn’t.
她想跑到坡道去,
Puritan children were not encouraged to show their feelings.
不鼓励清教徒儿童表达他们的感情。
“Sarah, how was your trip?”
"萨拉,你的旅行怎么样? “
asked Father.
问父.
Sarah was glad her father spoke to her, for she knew it would not be polite to speak first.
莎拉很高兴她父亲和她说话 因为她知道先说话是不礼貌的
“Father, I have missed you so much!
“父亲,我好想你!
We were very worried about you.”
我们很担心你 “
Sarah’s mother and brothers caught up and joined the reunion.
Sarah的母亲和兄弟赶上了聚会。
As the family gathered their belongings and walked toward their new home, Sarah’s father talked about some of his new experiences.
Sarah的父亲谈到了他的一些新经历。
“It has been very hard.
“这很困难。
But I have learned a lot,” said Father.
但我学到了很多东西,“神父说。
“In this new land, I am not only a planter as I was in England, but also a builder, a hunter, and at times a cook.”
“在这个新地上,我不仅像在英国一样是一个种植者,而且是一个建筑者、猎人,有时是厨师。 “
Sarah looked around her.
莎拉环顾四周
Her new home looked a little like England, but it smelled different.
她的新家看起来有点像英国,但闻所未闻.
Some of the trees looked the same, and there were rocks along the coast.
部分树木外观相同,沿岸有岩石.
Sarah’s new house was much smaller than their house in England.
Sarah的新房子比他们在英国的房子小得多。
There was no glass in Plymouth, so the windows were made of waxed paper.
普利茅斯没有玻璃,所以窗户用蜡纸做成.
In England, her home was made of stone, and here it was made of tree trunks and bark!
在英国,她的家用石头做成,这里用树干和树皮做成!
Luckily, she had brought her own blanket from England, and it comforted her.
幸运的是,她从英国带来了自己的毯子,这安慰了她.
The next day, Sarah helped her mother cook and sew, just as she had back in England.
第二天,莎拉帮助她的母亲做饭和缝纫,就像她回到了英国一样.
But they had to be very careful not to lose any of the small sewing needles because there was a limited supply.
但他们必须非常小心,以免因为供应有限而失去任何小缝纫针.
Her father and older brothers helped another new family build a house.
她的父亲和哥哥帮助另一个新家庭建造了房子.
With so many people of all ages helping, they were done in a couple of days.
在这么多不同年龄的人帮助下 他们几天后就完成了
Soon her father was back in the fields, tending to the corn, beans, and squash.
很快她父亲又回到了田地里 照顾玉米、豆子和壁球
Sarah’s brothers helped gather wood from the forest for the fire.
Sarah的兄弟帮助从森林取出木材来取火.
They never had to do that in England.
在英国他们从不用这么做
“When will we go to school as we did in England, Father?”
“父亲,我们何时可以像在英国那样上学? “
asked Sarah.
问莎拉。
“First, we must make sure that everyone in Plymouth has a home and food to eat.
“首先,我们必须确保普利茅斯的每个人都有家和食物吃。
Until then, your mother will teach you.”
在那之前 你妈妈会教你的 “
Sarah liked that.
莎拉喜欢。
She thought that even though things were more different than alike between Plymouth and England, she was going to like living here.
她认为,尽管普利茅斯和英格兰之间的事情比平时不同,她还是会喜欢住在这里.