A Pioneer’s Life
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents The Prairie and the Big Woods.
目录 帕蕊和大伍兹
4 Hard Times.
4"难时".
7 Settling in Dakota Territory.
7 达科他州。
9 Young Lady Laura.
9年轻的劳拉夫人。
11 Happiness at Rocky Ridge.
(原始内容存档于2018-10-21). 11 Happiness at Rocky Ridge.
13 The Little House Books.
13"小屋丛书".
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 The Prairie and the Big Woods Laura Ingalls was born on February 7, 1867, in the woods of Pepin, Wisconsin.
16 普拉里人和大伍兹·劳拉·英格尔人于1867年2月7日生于威斯康星州佩平的树林.
When Laura was just two years old, Ma and Pa Ingalls packed all their belongings into a covered wagon and headed toward Independence, Kansas.
当劳拉才两岁时,马和帕·英格尔斯把他们所有的东西都打包入了被覆盖的马车,并去往堪萨斯州独立.
It was the first of many moves the Ingalls family would make during Laura’s childhood.
这是Ingalls家族在劳拉童年时期许多举动中的第一个。
They were pioneers, some of the first non-Native Americans in the American West.
他们是先驱者,一些美国西部最早的非本土美国人.
Pepin De Smet Pierre Walnut Grove St.
佩平·德·斯梅特·皮埃尔·沃尔努特·格罗夫圣.
Paul Des Moines Springfield Madison Lincoln Topeka Independence Jefferson City Mansfield South Dakota Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska Kansas Missouri Illinois Oklahoma Iowa Where Laura Lived N EW S UNITED STATES state capitals Laura’s homes KEY Pioneers often traveled in covered wagons like this one.
保罗·德·莫因斯·斯普林菲尔德 麦迪逊·林肯·托佩克 独立杰斐逊市 曼斯菲尔德 南达科他 威斯康辛州明尼苏达州 内布拉斯加州堪萨斯州密苏里州伊利诺斯州俄克拉荷马州,
Laura formed vivid memories on the Kansas prairie.
劳拉在堪萨斯草原上形成了生动的回忆.
She remembered how the insects and birds sang in the waving grass.
她记得昆虫和鸟儿在挥舞的草地上唱歌
She remembered how the sunsets colored the wide horizon.
她回忆起日落如何给广阔的地平线取色.
These sorts of memories would help shape her famous books.
这些记忆将有助于塑造出她出名的书籍.
Yet the family only lived there for about a year before they returned to the woods of Wisconsin.
然而,在他们回到威斯康星州的树林之前,这个家庭只在那里住了一年左右.
In Wisconsin, though, four-year-old Laura discovered a wonderful new world.
不过在威斯康辛州,四岁的劳拉发现了一个奇妙的新世界.
The big woods were dark, wild, and mysterious.
大树林是黑暗、野生和神秘的。
Laura loved being outdoors, and on long winter evenings, Pa played his fiddle for the family.
劳拉喜欢在户外出走,在漫长的冬夜中,帕为家庭出演了小提琴.
His music accompanied the happiest days of Laura’s childhood.
他的音乐伴随着劳拉童年最快乐的日子.
Hard Times Pa Ingalls missed the open space of the prairies.
困难时间 帕·英格尔斯错过了草原的开放空间.
When Laura was seven years old, he moved his young family to Minnesota.
劳拉7岁时,他把年幼的家庭搬到了明尼苏达.
First, they moved into a house made of prairie sod, the thick grass that grew all around them.
首先,他们搬入了由草原所制成的一栋房子,周围生长出茂密的草地.
Later, Pa built a wood house and planted wheat near the town of Walnut Grove.
后来,帕在华克特格罗夫镇附近建造了一座木屋并种植了小麦.
Laura and her older sister, Mary, went to school.
劳拉和她的姐姐玛丽上过学.
Laura loved reading, writing, and reciting.
劳拉喜欢阅读、写作和朗诵
After a few months of happiness, hardship struck.
过了几个月的幸福生活,艰难不堪。
Grasshoppers arrived in swarms as big as thunderclouds.
草庵来相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去.
They ate all the family’s wheat.
他们把全家的小麦都吃了
Having lost their crop, the Ingalls family moved to town and took odd jobs.
失去收成后,英格尔一家搬到了镇上,并找了零工.
Even little Laura cleaned and waited tables in a hotel.
连小萝拉在酒店里打扫了桌子
Then they lost their new baby brother, Freddie, to a fever.
后来他们又因为发烧而失去新宝贝弟弟弗雷迪.
Their spirits lifted a little when another baby, Grace, arrived in 1877, but times remained tough.
当另一个婴儿格蕾丝于1877年到来时,他们的精神稍稍抬起,但时代依然艰难.
Mary fell ill.
玛丽病倒了
Either the illness or a stroke damaged the nerves of her eyes.
疾病或中风会伤害她的眼睛神经
No one knows for sure what caused the damage, but Mary would be blind for the rest of her life.
没有人能确定是什么造成了伤害,但玛丽的后半生都会失明.
Pa decided it was time to look west for a new start.
爸爸决定是时候向西寻找一个新的开端了
He went ahead to Dakota Territory to work for the railroad.
他前往达科他领地为铁路工作.
The family boarded a train in Walnut Grove and rode west to join him.
一家人登上一列火车去花栗树林并骑马向西与他会合.
Laura, right, stands beside her sisters Carrie, left, and Mary around 1880.
劳拉,右,站在她的姐妹卡莉身边,左,和玛丽大约1880年.
“Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs.
“小房子里除了床铺、桌子和椅子外,其他东西都放在车里。
Pa could always make new ones.”
爸爸总能做出新的 “
Settling in Dakota Territory In Dakota Territory there was just a railroad stop, not yet a town.
在达科他领地,只有一个火车站,还没有一个镇。
The Ingalls family and a few others were the first citizens of De Smet, South Dakota.
英格尔斯家族和少数其他人是南达科他州德斯梅特的第一批公民.
As more settlers arrived, the Ingalls family moved to a homestead a few miles outside of town.
随着更多定居者的到来,Ingalls家族搬到了镇外几英里的一处住宅地.
Pa built a cabin, a stable, and a garden.
爸爸建了个小木屋,马厩和花园.
As winter approached, the family decided to live above their store in town, where the girls would be closer to the school.
随着冬天的到来,一家人决定住在城里商店上方,在那里女孩们将更接近学校。
It was a lucky decision.
这是一个幸运的决定。
One blizzard after another hammered the new town.
一场暴风雪在另一场锤子击倒了新城镇之后.
The snow was so blinding that the girls couldn’t find their way to school.
女孩们无法找到上学的路。
Trains couldn’t deliver food, and some families nearly starved.
火车无法运送食物,
At last the long winter broke, and the family returned to their homestead on the blooming Dakota prairie.
最终漫长的冬天破灭了,全家回到了开花的达科他草原上的家园.
When the railroad arrived in an area such as Helena, Montana (above, in 1869), towns could spring up seemingly overnight.
当铁路到达蒙大拿州的海伦娜等地(上作于1869年)时,城镇似乎可以在一夜之间兴起.
Settlers poured in and quickly built houses, stores, hotels, and saloons.
定居者涌入并迅速建造了房屋、商店、旅馆和酒馆。
Young Lady Laura Mary had heard about a college for blind students in Iowa, and she wanted more than anything to go there.
劳拉小姐 玛丽曾听说爱荷华州一所盲人学生大学,她更想去那里.
Laura was now old enough to teach school, and she knew the income would help Mary pay for college.
劳拉现在已经够大了,可以教书 她知道收入会有所帮助 玛丽付大学学费
She accepted a teaching job twelve miles from De Smet.
她接受了离德·斯迈特12英里的教职
Sixteen-year-old Laura bravely said goodbye to her family, but she dreaded being away from home for months.
16岁 劳拉勇敢地向家人告别,但她害怕离开家几个月.
When the first week of school ended, she got a surprise.
当学校第一周结束的时候,她得到了一个惊喜.
Almanzo Wilder, a young homesteader she knew from De Smet, pulled up to the schoolhouse in a beautiful horse-drawn sleigh.
阿尔曼佐·怀德,她从德·斯梅特认识的一位年轻的居家代言人,被拉到学校去,穿着漂亮的马拖雪橇.
Almanzo offered to bring Laura home on weekends.
阿尔曼佐提议周末带劳拉回家.
During their long drives across the prairie, their friendship blossomed into love.
在他们穿越草原的漫长旅程中,他们的友谊蓬勃发展为爱情.
One night, Almanzo asked Laura to marry him.
有一晚,阿尔曼佐向劳拉求婚.
She said yes.
她答应了
Laura and Manly, as she nicknamed him, moved to his homestead outside De Smet.
劳拉和曼利因取了绰号而搬到了德·斯梅特外的他家.
Soon they welcomed a daughter, Rose.
很快他们迎来了一个女儿,罗斯.
Then the young family was hit with a string of bad luck.
后来幼家被一串"厄运"所打.
A hailstorm destroyed their wheat crop, and then Laura and Manly fell ill.
一场冰雹摧毁了他们的小麦收成,之后劳拉和曼利相继倒下.
They both got better, but Manly would walk with a limp for the rest of his life.
他们都好起来, 但曼利会走路 与瘸子的余生。
Laura gave birth to a baby boy, but he only lived for two weeks.
劳拉生了个孩子,但他只活了两周.
Then their house burned to the ground.
然后他们的房子被烧为平地。
Still a pioneer girl, Laura searched for a new place where they could get a fresh start.
还是个先锋女郎,劳拉找了一个新地方 他们可以重新开始
It wasn’t long before she found her home.
她发现家不久,
Laura and Almanzo Wilder in 1885, shortly after their marriage “Suffering passes, while love is eternal.”
1885年,劳拉和阿尔曼佐·怀德结婚后不久,“痛苦的通行证,而爱是永恒的。 “
Happiness at Rocky Ridge At twenty-seven, Laura set out once more in a covered wagon.
在落基岭的幸福 27岁时,劳拉再次出动了被覆盖的马车.
She and Manly bought a small farm near Mansfield, Missouri, in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains.
她和曼利在密苏里州曼斯菲尔德(英语:Mansfield, Missouri)附近的奥扎克山脉的山脚山地上购买了一座小农场.
It was rough, wooded, and rocky, but Laura instantly knew it was home.
它粗糙,木质,又多岩石,但劳拉当即知道它是家.
With hard work, Rocky Ridge grew into a beautiful, successful farm.
随着辛勤劳动,洛基岭发展成为一个美丽而成功的农场.
After so much wandering, Laura was content.
经过这么多的流浪,劳拉是满足的。
In time, Laura’s daughter, Rose, moved away to San Francisco.
及时,劳拉的女儿罗斯搬去旧金山.
There she became a well- known journalist.
她在那里成为了一位知名的记者.
She was making a living at something Laura herself had always loved— writing.
她以劳拉自己一直爱的东西为生 写作
Now that life on Rocky Ridge Farm was comfortable, could Laura do the same?
现在洛奇岭农场的生活很舒适 劳拉也能这样吗?
The Little House Books Laura began to pour her memories onto the page.
小屋书社劳拉开始将她的回忆倒入页面.
Sometimes she would stay up all night writing at a little desk that Manly built for her.
有时她会熬夜 在曼利为她建造的小桌子上写作
Soon, she had written an entire book about her early years under the towering trees of Wisconsin.
不久后,她又在威斯康辛州高地树下写了一本关于她早年的全书.
She called it Little House in the Big Woods.
她称之为"大森林的小房子".
Rose sent it to a publisher.
罗斯寄给出版社的.
Sixty-four-year-old Laura didn’t think much would come of it.
64岁 劳拉没想到会有什么结果。
After all, it was the 1930s.
毕竟是1930年代.
People had cars, electricity, radio—who wanted to hear about doing backbreaking chores in a dark forest?
人们有汽车,电力,无线电——谁想听到在黑暗的森林里做反面的活?
The book was an immediate hit.
这本书是一门即时的打击。
The mailbox at Rocky Ridge overflowed with letters from young readers begging for more.
Rocky Ridge的邮箱里充斥着年轻读者要求更多信件。
Laura wrote about her time on the Kansas prairie in Little House on the Prairie and near Walnut Grove in On the Banks of Plum Creek.
劳拉写了自己在普拉里河畔小屋的堪萨斯草原上和花溪畔花栗树林附近的时间.
The frightful winter in De Smet became The Long Winter, and what followed became Little Town on the Prairie.
德·斯梅特的可畏之冬成为了"长冬",而后又成为了普拉里河上的小城.
Rocky Ridge Farm was so successful that a local newspaper asked Laura to write a column offering farm advice.
洛奇岭农场非常成功,以至于当地一家报纸要求劳拉写出一栏来提供农场建议.
It was her first professional writing job.
这是她第一份专业写作工作.
“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”
“人生的甜美而简单的东西毕竟是真实的。 “
Laura loved answering letters from her fans and traveling to readings and book signings.
劳拉喜欢回答粉丝的信,还喜欢去读书和书签.
Yet she was always happy to return home to Manly and Rocky Ridge Farm.
然而她总是很高兴回到曼利和洛基岭农场。
The couple both lived into their nineties.
这对夫妇都活到了90多岁
After her death in 1957, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books lived on.
1957年她去世后,劳拉·英格尔斯·怀德所著的书就一直留存.
They even became a TV series in 1974.
他们甚至于1974年成为电视连续剧.
Her stories of pioneer life still delight young readers today.
她的先驱生活故事今天仍然令年轻读者愉快.
Her life has become part of American h istory.
她的生活已经成为美国h时事的一部分.
Glossary hardship (n.)
词汇困难(n.)
pain or loss; something that causes pain or loss (p.
疼痛或损失;造成疼痛或损失的东西(p.
7) homestead (n.)
7) 住宅地 (n.
property given by the U.
由U给予的财产。
S.
师曰.
Internet (p.
互联网 (p.
14) reciting (v.)
14) 背诵 (五.
saying something aloud from memory (p.
从记忆中大声说出来(p.
7) stroke (n.)
7)中风 (n.
a rapid loss of brain function resulting from interrupted blood flow to the brain (p.
由于脑部血液流出中断(p.
8) vivid (adj.)
8)生动地(adj.
very bright and strong (p.
非常亮而强 (p.
5) Laura Ingalls Wilder signs copies of her books sometime around 1940.
(5) 劳拉·英格尔斯 威尔德在1940年左右的某个时候会签下她的书