Up From Slavery

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

Table of Contents Home Life.

T能满足家庭生活

5 The Work of a Slave Boy.

5 奴隶男孩的工作。

8 Talk of Freedom.

8 自由之谈.

10 Free at Last.

10 Free at Last. [永久失效連結] 10 Free at Last] (英语).

12 The Effects of Slavery.

12 奴隶制的影响。

14 Explore More.

14 探索更多。

17 Glossary.

17 词汇表。

18 This book is the first chapter of the autobiography of Booker T.

第 18 条 本作是自传"布克·T"的第一章.

Washington.

华盛顿

An autobiography is a life story told by the person who lived it.

自传是生活者讲述的生活故事.

Booker T.

书生T.

Washington was born a slave in Virginia.

华盛顿生于弗吉尼亚州的奴隶.

After the Civil War, he worked in a salt mine, even though he was only nine years old.

国共内战后,虽然年仅9岁,却在盐矿工作.

Washington was determined to get an education, and he paid for college by working as a janitor at the college he attended.

华盛顿决心要接受教育,他通过在所就读的学院做清洁工来支付大学费用.

He became a well-known teacher, speaker, and writer.

他成为了著名的教师,演说家和作家.

In 1881, he founded the T uskegee Institute, an African-American college in Alabama.

1881年他创立了Tuskegee研究所,这是一所位于阿拉巴马州的非裔美国人学院.

This chapter of his autobiography talks about his life as a slave and how the slaves were freed.

他自传的这一章讲述了自己作为奴隶的生活以及奴隶是如何被解放的.

Home Life I was born a slave on a plantation in Virginia.

家庭生活 我出生在弗吉尼亚的一个种植园里

I am not sure of the exact place or date I was born.

我不知道我出生的确切地点或日期。

The first things I remember are the plantation and the slave quarters, which were where the slaves had their cabins.

我所记得的第一件事是种植园和奴隶居住区,那里是奴隶们拥有小屋的地方。

My owners were not cruel compared with many other owners.

我的房主和许多其他房主相比并不残忍。

I lived in a typical log cabin, about fourteen by sixteen feet (4.

我住在一个典型的木屋里,大约14乘16英尺(4英尺).

2 m by 4.

2米到4点

9 m).

9米长).

Our cabin was also the kitchen for the plantation, and my mother did all the cooking for the whites and the slaves.

我们的小屋也是种植园的厨房 我妈妈为白人和奴隶做了所有的烹饪

There was no stove, so she used an open fireplace.

没有炉子,所以她用了一个开放的壁炉.

The cabin was cold in the winter, but the heat from the fireplace in the summer was just as bad.

机舱冬季寒冷,但夏季从壁炉取出热量同样恶劣.

I cannot remember a single time during my childhood when our entire family sat down for a meal together.

我不记得我童年时曾有一次 我们全家坐在一起吃饭

The children were fed like animals—it was a piece of bread here and a scrap of meat there.

孩子们被喂得像动物一样——这里是一块面包,那里是一块肉。

Sometimes, someone would eat right out of the skillet or pot while someone else ate from a plate balanced on his or her knees.

有时候,有人会从锅或锅里吃,而其他人则会从膝盖上平衡的盘子上吃.

W e had no knives or forks, so we used our hands.

We没有刀和叉子 所以我们用手

The cabin didn’t have glass windows; it only had openings in the walls.

小屋没有玻璃窗;墙上只有开口。

The openings let in light, but they also let in the cold air of winter.

开口放出光芒,也放入冬季的寒冷空气.

There was a door to the cabin, but it was too small for the doorway, and there were large cracks in it.

当时舱口有门,但门道太小了,里面有大裂缝.

The cabin also had a “cat hole,” which was a square opening where the cat could pass in and out.

该小屋还有一个"猫洞",是猫可以出入的正方形开口.

I never understood why we needed a cat hole.

我永远不明白为什么我们需要猫洞

There were at least a half a dozen other holes in the cabin where the cat could crawl in and out.

木屋里至少有半打其他的洞,猫可以爬来爬去.

I cannot remember sleeping in a bed before our family was freed.

我不记得在家人被释放前 睡在床上

The three children—me, my brother John, and my sister Amanda—slept on a bundle of filthy rags on the dirt floor.

三个孩子——我哥哥约翰和妹妹阿曼达——在地上用一捆肮脏的破布睡觉。

The worst thing I had to wear as a slave was a flax shirt.

作为奴隶我最难穿的就是麻衣

Our clothing was made from the leftover flax, which was the cheapest and roughest part of the cloth.

我们的衣服是用所剩的麻布做的,这是布上最便宜和最粗糙的部分。

I can’t imagine any worse torture than putting on a new flax shirt for the first time.

我无法想象任何比第一次穿上新麻衣更糟糕的折磨。

It feels like a hundred small pinpoints in your flesh.

感觉你身上有一百个小指针

But I had no choice— I had to wear a flax shirt or none.

但我别无选择,我不得不穿一件麻布衬衫或没有。

If it had been up to me, I would have chosen to wear no shirt.

如果由我决定的话,我会选择不穿衬衫。

My older brother John was so kind to me.

我哥哥约翰对我很好

Several times, when I was forced to wear a new flax shirt, he wore it for several days until it was broken in.

有几次,当我被迫穿一顶新的麻布衬衫时,他穿了好几天,直到被打破.

My mother had little time to care for her children.

我妈妈没有多少时间照顾她的孩子

She took a few moments to care for us in the early morning before her work began and at night after the day’s work was done.

在工作开始前和工作完成后晚上,她花了一些时间来照顾我们。

One of my earliest memories is my mother waking us up late at night to feed us a chicken.

我最早的记忆之一是我妈妈半夜叫醒我们喂鸡

I don’t know how or where she got the chicken—I think she took it from the owner.

我不知道她是怎么买鸡的, 我想她从主人那里拿走了

Some people would call this a theft, but because of how and why she took it, no one could make me believe that my mother was guilty of theft.

一些人会称这为"盗窃",但因为她是如何和为什么拿走的,没有人能让我相信我妈妈是盗窃罪.

She was simply a victim of the system of slavery.

她只是奴隶制的受害者。

The Work of a Slave Boy Not long ago, someone asked me about the games I played when I was young.

奴隶男孩的工作 不久前 有人问我年轻时玩的游戏

Until that moment, it had never occurred to me that there was no time in my life when I could play.

直到那一刻,我从未想到,我的生活中没有时间可以演奏.

Almost every day of my life was devoted to work.

我生命中几乎每天都致力于工作。

As a slave, I was cleaning yards, carrying water to the men in the fields, or going to the mill.

作为一个奴隶,我正在打扫工地, 给田地里的人带水, 或者去磨坊。

I used to take corn to the mill to be ground into flour once a week.

我曾经把玉米带到磨坊 每周做一次面粉

The mill was about three miles (4.

磨坊约3英里(4.

8 km) from the plantation.

距离种植园8公里。

I always dreaded this work.

我总是害怕这个工作。

They would throw the heavy bag of corn across the back of a horse.

他们会把一袋玉米扔到一匹马的后背

The corn hung about evenly on each side, and then they would sit me on top of the corn.

玉米在两边均匀地挂起 然后它们就把我放在玉米上方

Somehow, almost every time, the corn would shift and become uneven.

不知怎么的,几乎每一次, 玉米会改变,变得不平衡。

It would fall off the horse, and often I would fall off with it.

它会从马上掉下来, 并且经常我会掉下来与它。

I was not strong enough to lift the corn back onto the horse, so I would have to wait, sometimes for hours, until someone came by who could help.

我不够强壮,不能把玉米抬回马上, 所以我不得不等待,有时要等几个小时, 直到有人来帮忙。

This made me late getting to the mill, and by the time the corn was ground and I went home, it would be dark.

这让我迟到去磨坊, 等到玉米是地上,我回家, 它会是黑暗的。

The road was lonely and it went through dense forests.

这条路很孤独,穿过密林.

People had said that the woods were full of soldiers who would cut off the ears of any slave boy.

人们说,树林里到处都是士兵,他们将切断任何奴隶男孩的耳朵。

I was always frightened, and when I was late getting home, I would get a severe scolding or a beating.

我总是害怕, 当我回家迟到的时候, 我会得到一个严重的骂或殴打。

I had no schooling when I was a slave.

我做奴隶时没有上学

I remember that on several occasions, I carried books for the white children and went as far as the schoolhouse door.

我记得有好几次,我为白人孩子带了书,走到了学校门口.

Seeing all the boys and girls studying in the schoolroom made a deep impression on me.

看到所有在教室学习的男生和女生 让我印象深刻.

I thought that getting into the schoolhouse to study would be like getting into paradise.

我以为进入学校学习 就像进入天堂一样

T alk of Freedom The first time that I knew we were slaves was when my mother woke us up early one morning.

T 自由的口号 我第一次知道我们是奴隶 是在我妈妈早上把我们吵醒的时候

My mother was kneeling and praying that Abraham Lincoln and the armies of the North might be successful, and that one day, she and her children might be free.

母亲跪地祈祷亚伯拉罕·林肯和北方军队可能成功,有一天她和她的孩子可能获得自由.

I never have been able to understand how the slaves, who could not read, could keep themselves informed about what was happening.

我从未能够理解那些不识字的奴隶们如何能够让自己了解正在发生的事情。

When Lincoln was running for president, the slaves on our plantation knew what the issues were, even though they were miles from any railroad or large city.

当林肯竞选总统时,我们种植园的奴隶们知道问题所在,尽管他们离任何铁路或大城市都相去甚远.

When war began between the North and South, every slave on the plantation knew that the main issue was slavery.

当南北战争开始后,种植园上的所有奴隶都知道主要问题是奴隶制.

Everyone felt in their hearts that freedom would come if the Northern armies won.

每个人都在心中感觉到,如果北方军队获胜,自由就会来.

You may think that the slaves were bitter toward the white people.

你可能会认为奴隶们对白人很苦

After all, the white people of the South were fighting a war to keep the black people as slaves.

毕竟,南方的白人正在打一场战争,以保持黑人为奴隶.

In the case of the slaves at our place, this was not true.

就我们这里的奴隶来说 这不是真的

During the Civil War, one of the young white owners was killed, and two were severely wounded.

国共内战期间,白族青年业主有一人被害,有两人受重伤.

I recall the feeling of sorrow among the slaves when they heard of Master Billy’s death.

我还记得奴隶们听到比利主人的死讯时感到悲伤。

Some of the slaves had taken care of Master Billy when he was a baby.

一些奴隶在比利大师还小的时候照顾他.

Others had played with him when he was a child.

其他人在他小时候就和他玩过。

Master Billy had begged for mercy when an overseer or owner was whipping a slave.

当监督员或主人鞭打奴隶时,比利大师曾求饶.

In fear of a Northern invasion, the white people took silverware and other valuables from the “big house” and buried them in the woods with a trusted slave standing guard.

白人担心北方入侵,从“大房子”取走银器和其他贵重物品,用一个值得信赖的奴隶站岗,将他们埋入树林。

These slaves would give the Northern soldiers food, drink, clothing—anything except the valuables that they had in their care.

这些奴隶将给北方士兵食物、饮料、衣服,除了他们照管的贵重物品外。

Woe be to anyone who attempted to take the buried treasure.

伤哉欲取所葬之宝者.

Free at Last Finally, the day of freedom came.

终于自由了,自由的那一天到了。

As the day drew near, there was more singing in the slave quarters than usual.

随着一天的临近,奴隶区里唱得比平时多.

Many of the plantation songs mentioned freedom, but before then, the slaves carefully explained that “freedom” referred to heaven after death.

许多种植园歌曲都提到了自由,但在此之前,奴隶们仔细地解释说"自由"指死后天堂.

Now, they threw off the disguise and were not afraid to show that “freedom” meant freedom in this life.

现在,他们放弃了伪装,不怕表明,“自由”意味着这一生的自由。

The night before the eventful day, word was sent to the slave quarters that something unusual was going to take place at the “big house” the next morning.

事发前一天前一天晚上,有人向奴隶区发出消息说,第二天早上,在“大房子”将发生不寻常的事情。

I got little sleep that night.

那晚我睡了一会儿

Early the next morning, word was sent to all the slaves, young and old, to gather at the house.

次日清晨,传出消息给所有的奴隶,无论年轻老少,都聚集到家里去.

Everyone in our master’s family was on the porch, where they could hear what was going on.

我们主人家里的每个人都在门廊上,在那里他们可以听到正在发生的事情。

There was a look of deep interest, or maybe sadness, on their faces.

他们的脸上看起来很感兴趣 也可能是悲伤

As I remember now, they did not seem to be sad because of the loss of property.

正如我现在所记得的那样,他们似乎并不因为财产损失而悲伤。

Rather, they were sad because they were parting with people who were very close to them.

相反,他们感到悲伤,因为他们与与他们关系非常密切的人分开。

Some man appeared, a stranger, and he made a little speech and then read a long paper—I think it was the Emancipation Proclamation.

有人出现,一个陌生人 他做了一个小演讲,然后读了一篇长篇论文... 我想这是解放宣言

In the reading, we were told that we were all free, and we could now go where we pleased.

在阅读中,我们被告知,我们都是自由的,我们现在可以去我们高兴的地方。

My mother leaned over and kissed us while tears of joy ran down her cheeks.

我妈妈靠过来吻了我们 欢快的泪从她脸上流下

She explained what it all meant, and that this was the day that she had been praying for.

她解释了这一切的意义,这是她祈祷的日子。

The Effects of Slavery The hurtfulness of slavery did not just affect the black people.

奴隶制的影响 奴隶制的伤害不仅影响到黑人。

I pity any nation that becomes entangled in the net of slavery.

我同情任何陷入奴隶制的国家。

Once slavery has its arms fastened on the economic and social life of a country, it is no easy matter to get rid of it.

一旦奴隶制对一个国家的经济和社会生活束手无策,就不容易摆脱它。

The celebration and rejoicing of the black people only lasted for a brief period.

黑人的庆祝和欢乐只持续了很短的时间.

By the time they returned to their cabins, there was a change in their feelings.

当他们回到自己的小屋时,他们的感情发生了改变.

They became aware of the great responsibility of being free.

他们意识到自由的伟大责任。

They had to provide themselves with a home, care for their children, schools, and churches.

他们必须为自己提供住房,照顾子女、学校和教堂。

Some of the slaves were seventy or eighty years old, and they had no strength to earn a living in a strange place.

有的奴隶已经七八十多岁了,他们没有力量在陌生的地方谋生.

They had spent fifty years with their owners, and it was hard to think of leaving.

他们跟主人呆了五十年 很难想到要离开

On the other hand, the former slaves pitied our former owners.

另一方面,前奴隶们对我们以前的主人感到悲哀。

After years of slavery, the whites looked upon labor and work as bad and inferior.

在多年被奴役后,白人把劳动和工作看成是坏事和劣等.

Slavery took the spirit of self-reliance out of the white people.

奴隶制使白人摆脱了自力更生的精神。

My old owner had many sons and daughters, but not one knew a single trade or work skill.

我的老主人有许多儿女,但没有一个人知道任何一种行业或工作技能。

The girls had never been taught to cook or sew or take care of the house.

女孩们从未受过烹饪、缝纫或照顾家庭的教育。

The sons had the feeling that manual labor was not the proper thing for them.

儿子们觉得体力劳动对他们来说不合适.

On the other hand, the slaves had learned valuable skills, and none of them were ashamed to work.

另一方面,奴隶们已经学会了宝贵的技能,没有人对工作感到羞愧.

There are many instances of blacks caring for their former owners who became poor after the war.

有许多黑人在战后照顾其前主人而变得贫穷.

Not long ago, I met an ex-slave from Virginia.

不久前,我遇到一个来自弗吉尼亚的前奴隶

This man had made a deal with his master two or three years before the Emancipation Proclamation.

此人在"解放宣言"发表前已经与主人商议了两三年.

The slave was permitted to buy freedom for himself by paying his master some money each year.

奴隶被允许通过每年向主人支付一些钱来为自己购买自由.

While he was paying for himself, he was allowed to work wherever he wanted, and he found a job in Ohio.

在自己付钱期间,他被允许去他想去的地方工作,他在俄亥俄州找到了一份工作.

When freedom came, he still owed his master three hundred dollars.

当自由降临时,他仍然欠他主人300美元.

Even though the Emancipation Proclamation said that no slave owed his master anything, this black man walked back to Virginia and placed every dollar in his master’s hand.

尽管"解放宣言"说奴隶不欠主人任何东西,但这位黑人走回了弗吉尼亚,把一分钱都交给了主人.

He said that even though he knew he didn’t have to pay, he had given his word.

虽然他知道自己不必付钱,

He felt that he could not enjoy his freedom unless he kept his word.

他认为,除非信守诺言,否则他无法享受自由。

From some of the things I have said, you may get the idea that some of the slaves did not want freedom.

从我说过的一些话中, 你可能会得到一个想法, 一些奴隶不想要自由。

This is not true.

这不是真的。

I have never seen a single one who did not want to be set free, or who would return to slavery.

我从未见过一个不想被释放的人,或会回到奴隶制中去的人。

You can read more of Up From Slavery by finding the book in your library or bookstore.

在图书馆或书店里找到这本书,

Explore More At the Library Ask your librarian to help you find the book Up From Slavery.

在图书馆探索更多 叫你的图书管理员帮你找本书

Booker T.

书生T.

Washington writes much more about his life during and after slavery in his autobiography.

华盛顿在他的自传中多写出他在奴隶制期间和之后的生活.

Ask your librarian to help you find other biographies and autobiographies of African Americans who lived as slaves.

请你的图书管理员帮助你找到其他作为奴隶生活的非裔美国人的传记和自传.

Many slaves wrote about their stories, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and Henry “Box” Brown.

许多奴隶写下了他们的故事,包括弗雷德里克·道格拉斯,哈丽特·雅各布斯和亨利·"博克"·布朗.

Other freed slaves, such as Harriet Tubman, told other writers about their lives.

其他被释放的奴隶,如哈丽特·塔布曼(Harriet Tubman),向其他作家讲述了他们的生活.

You can often find these books in the “African-American History” section of your library.

在图书馆的“非裔美国人历史”栏目中,你经常可以找到这些书籍。

On the Internet A.

腾讯网 A.

In the address window, type www.

在地址窗口中,输入www.

google.

Google (英语).

com.

电话

B.

毕.

Type Booker T.

类型 Booker T.

Washington or Up From Slavery in the search window.

华盛顿或来自奴隶的搜索窗口。

Click on “Google Search.”

单击“谷歌搜索”。 “

C.

C组

Read the colored links and click on one that looks interesting.

读取彩色链接并点击一个看起来很有趣的链接.

When you want to explore more links, click on the “back” arrow at the top left.

想要探索更多链接时,请单击左上方的“后”箭头。

D.

D类.

You can also try different searches, such as Emancipation Proclamation, T uskegee Institute, or African-American autobiography.

也可以尝试不同的搜索,如"解放宣言","T uskegee Institute",或"非裔美国人自传"等.