A Pioneer’s Life
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 The Prairie and the Big Woods.
(原始内容存档于2019-10-12). The Prairie and the Big Woods.
5 Hard Times.
5"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 Introduction Three-year-old Laura Ingalls awoke near dawn to Pa’s gentle voice.
16 导言 劳拉 Ingalls在黎明前醒来,
“Do you girls want to head out to the Indian camp for a picnic?”
“你们想到印度营地去野餐吗? “
Laura and her older sister, Mary, leapt out of bed.
劳拉和她的姐姐玛丽从床上跳出.
It wasn’t often that they could spend a day with Pa, who was usually busy with farm chores.
通常他们都忙于农活。
The girls packed a lunch and followed their father across the vast, rolling prairie.
女孩们收拾了午餐,跟随父亲穿过了广阔而滚滚的草原.
Warm wind stirred Laura’s hair, and insects and birds sang in the rippling grass.
温和的风会激起劳拉的发型,昆虫和鸟儿在被撕裂的草地上唱歌.
The Osage Indians had left their camp for the season.
Osage印第安人在这个赛季离开了他们的营地.
The girls picnicked near their fire pits and collected colorful beads in the grass.
女孩们在火坑附近野餐,并收集出多彩的花珠入草地.
On the walk home, the sunset stained the sky pink and gold.
在回家的路上,日落将天空染上粉红色和金色.
When Laura stepped inside their little log cabin, she stopped short.
当劳拉踏入他们的小木屋时,她停了下来.
Ma lay in bed, and the doctor was there.
妈妈躺在床上,医生也在场
“Come meet your new baby sister,” Ma said in an exhausted but proud voice.
" 来见见您的新妹妹, " 妈妈用一个疲惫而自豪的声音说道。
This was one of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s earliest and most powerful memories.
这是劳拉·英格尔斯·怀德最早和最有力的记忆之一.
It featured the two things that would shape her famous novels: her close family and her love for wild, open spaces.
它的特点是将塑造出她出名的小说的两个方面:她亲近的家庭和对野生,开放的空间的热爱.
The Prairie and the Big Woods Laura Ingalls was born on February 7, 1867, in the northern woods of Pepin, Wisconsin.
普拉里和大伍兹·劳拉·英格尔斯于1867年2月7日生于威斯康星州佩平的北部树林.
Laura was the second child, following her sister Mary.
劳拉是第二个孩子,跟随她的妹妹玛丽.
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.
Laura formed vivid memories in their log cabin on the Kansas prairie, but the family only lived there for about a year.
劳拉在堪萨斯草原上的木屋中形成了生动的记忆,但全家只在那里生活了约一年.
They had mistakenly settled on the Osage Indian reservation, and they had to leave, so they returned to Wisconsin.
他们错误地在奥萨奇印第安人保留地上定居,不得不离开,于是回到了威斯康辛州.
Four-year-old Laura watched sadly as the prairie receded behind their covered wagon.
四岁 劳拉悲伤地看着草原退到被覆盖的马车后.
She was too young to remember living in Wisconsin as a baby.
她年纪太小,不记得小时候住在威斯康星州
When they returned, though, she discovered another wonderful new world.
但是当他们回来时 她发现了另一个奇妙的新世界
The big woods were dark, wild, and mysterious.
大树林是黑暗、野生和神秘的。
Laura loved being outdoors, whether throwing snowballs with her cousins or collecting firewood and doing other chores.
劳拉喜欢做户外工作,无论是和表弟一起扔雪球,还是拾柴和做其他活活.
On long winter evenings, Pa played his fiddle for the family.
在漫长的冬夜中, 爸爸为家里打小提琴
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 was a restless man, and he longed to return to the open space of the prairies.
困难时间 帕·英格尔斯是个不安的人,他渴望回到草原的空地.
He made plans to relocate his young family to Minnesota.
他计划将他年轻的家庭迁往明尼苏达州.
Difficulties began even before they left.
困难甚至在他们离开之前就开始了。
Laura caught scarlet fever, so the family bundled her in every blanket they owned before nestling her in the back of the covered wagon.
劳拉感染了红发热,所以全家把她捆在他们拥有的每条毯子上,然后把她放入被覆盖的马车后座.
Seven-year-old Laura watched her silent, snow-covered home disappear behind her.
七岁的劳拉看着她安静地,被雪覆盖的家从她身后消失.
In Minnesota, Laura and Pa were happy to be back on the wide-open prairie.
在明尼苏达,劳拉和帕很高兴回到了广开的大草原上.
First, they moved into a sod house constructed from dense mats of grass roots.
首先,他们搬入了由茂密的草地垫地所建造的一栋草地.
From a distance, the house appeared to be nothing more than a gentle hill rising from the banks of a creek.
从远处看,这所房子似乎只不过是从一道小溪岸上起来的一个温和的山丘.
Later, Pa constructed a wood house and planted wheat near the town of Walnut Grove.
后来,帕在Walnut Grove镇附近建造了一座木屋并种植了小麦.
Laura and Mary went to school, where Laura loved reading, writing, and reciting.
劳拉和玛丽上过学,劳拉喜欢读书,写作和朗诵.
Ma was expecting another baby.
妈妈在等另一个孩子
After a few months of happiness, hardship struck.
过了几个月的幸福生活,艰难不堪。
Grasshoppers, descending in swarms as big as thunderclouds, devoured the family’s wheat.
成群成群地飞来飞去,
Having lost their crop, the family moved into Walnut Grove and took odd jobs.
失去收成后,全家搬入了Walnut Grove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
“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 “
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.
Settling in Dakota Territory The family boarded a train in Walnut Grove and rode west to join Pa, who had gone ahead to Dakota Territory to work for the railroad.
达科他州 一家人登上一列火车在Walnut Grove并骑车向西去加入已经前往达科他领地为铁路工作的帕.
Eleven-year-old Laura acted as Mary’s eyes.
11岁的劳拉扮演了玛丽的眼睛.
She described the hulking, smoking train, the ornately decorated cars, and the golden blur of wheat fields speeding by.
她描述了呼啸,抽烟的火车, 自然装饰的汽车, 和金色模糊的小麦田超速。
Mary hung on every word.
玛丽一字不差
When they got off the train, there was no settlement— just a railroad stop.
当他们下火车时,没有定居点——只是火车站。
The Ingalls family and a few others were the first citizens of what would become the town of De Smet, South Dakota.
Ingalls家族和少数其他人是成为南达科他州德斯梅特镇的第一批公民。
Pa built some of the first buildings, including the first store.
帕建了部分第一批建筑,包括第一家店.
As more settlers arrived, the Ingalls family acquired a homestead a few miles outside of town.
随着更多定居者的到来,英格尔斯家族在城外几英里处获得了一个住宅地.
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,
Laura and her sisters spent hours grinding raw wheat into flour by hand.
劳拉和她的姐妹们花了好几个小时用手将生麦磨成面粉.
A young man named Almanzo Wilder trudged through the snow to the only established farm in the area.
一个名叫阿尔曼佐·怀德的年轻人从雪地中跑出,来到了该地区唯一的已建立的农场.
He returned bearing all the wheat the farmer could spare, saving the settlers.
他带着农民可以放走的所有小麦回来,拯救了定居者。
It was not the last time Laura would hear about this good man.
这不是劳拉最后一次听到这个好人的消息
Young Lady Laura At last the long winter broke, and the family returned to their homestead on the blooming Dakota prairie.
少爷 劳拉 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.
Their farm, and the new town, soon thrived.
他们的农场和新城很快兴起.
Mary had heard about a college for blind students in Iowa, and she wanted more than anything to go there.
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 in a settlement twelve miles from De Smet.
她在离德·斯梅特12英里的定居点接受了教职.
Sixteen-year-old Laura bravely said goodbye to her family, but she dreaded being away from home for an entire semester.
16岁 劳拉勇敢地向家人告别,但她害怕离开家整整一学期.
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, the young man who had helped save De Smet, pulled up to the schoolhouse in a beautiful horse-drawn sleigh, offering to bring Laura home on weekends.
曾帮助救出德·斯梅特的年轻人阿尔曼佐·怀德(英语:Almanzo Wilder)乘坐一匹漂亮的马拖雪橇拉到学校去,他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, and soon they welcomed a daughter, Rose.
劳拉和曼利在取他外号时,搬到了德·斯梅特外的他家,很快他们迎来了女儿罗斯.
Unfortunately, the young family was hit with a string of bad luck.
不幸的是,年轻的家庭被一连串的厄运所打倒.
A hailstorm destroyed their wheat crop, and then Laura and Manly came down with a dangerous infection.
一场冰雹摧毁了他们的小麦收成,而后劳拉和曼利被危险的感染而倒下.
Laura recovered fully, but Manly would walk with a limp for the rest of his life.
劳拉完全康复了,但曼利一生都会一瘸一拐地走.
Laura gave birth to a baby boy, but he only survived for two weeks.
劳拉生下了一个小男孩,但他只活了两个星期.
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 One day, a visitor presented Laura with a gleaming red apple from the Ozark Mountains.
在落基岭的幸福 一天,一位访客给劳拉带来了一粒来自奥扎克山脉的闪闪发光的红苹果.
Twenty-seven-year-old Laura set out once more in a covered wagon.
27岁 劳拉再次出行 在被覆盖的马车。
This time, she headed east, toward the land of that beautiful apple.
这一次,她向东走去,去那美丽的苹果之地。
Laura and Manly bought an unassuming farm near Mansfield, Missouri, in the foothills of the Ozarks.
劳拉和曼利在密苏里州曼斯菲尔德(Mansfield, Missouri)附近,在奥扎克人的山脚上购买了一座无人假设的农场.
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.
It took years of chopping trees, hauling rocks, plowing, building, and planting, but Rocky Ridge grew into a beautiful, prosperous farm.
花了好几年时间砍树取地,拖取岩石,耕耕,建设和种植,但落基岭却成长为美丽而繁荣的农场.
After a lifetime of wandering, Laura was content.
在游荡了一辈子后,劳拉很满足.
Rose, Laura’s daughter, inherited Pa’s restless spirit.
罗斯,劳拉的女儿,继承 父亲的不安精神。
Intelligent and ambitious, she moved away to San Francisco, where she became a respected journalist.
聪明而雄心勃勃,她搬到了旧金山,在那里她成为了一位受人尊敬的记者.
One summer, Laura visited her adult daughter in California.
一个夏天,劳拉拜访了自己在加利福尼亚州的成年女儿.
She wrote to Manly, describing the towering redwoods, the glittering city, and the thundering Pacific Ocean.
她写信给曼利,描述了高耸起的红杉,闪闪发光的城市和雷鸣的太平洋.
Rose was making a living at something Laura had always loved—writing.
萝丝在劳拉一直爱写的东西上谋生
Now that life on her farm was comfortable, could Laura do the same?
现在她农场里的生活很舒适 劳拉也会这样吗?
The Little House Books Once home, Laura began to pour her memories onto the page.
小屋书社 回家后,劳拉开始将记忆倒入页面.
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.
很快她就写了一本关于她早年在威斯康星州高耸的树下所生的书.
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 sensation.
这本书立即引起轰动。
Laura brought to life the howling winter wind, the crackling fire, and the joyful skip of Pa’s fiddle.
劳拉将咆哮的冬季风,快活的火焰,以及帕的小提琴的欢快跳出来.
She captured the thrill of meeting animals in the wilderness.
她捕捉到在荒野中与动物相遇的刺激.
She evoked the joy that a simple rag doll could bring to a pioneer girl who lived in a rough log cabin.
她唤起欢乐,一个简单的布娃娃可以带给一个住在粗糙的木屋里的先驱女孩.
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 recounted her time on the Kansas prairie in Little House on the Prairie and near Walnut Grove in On the Banks of Plum Creek.
劳拉讲述了自己在普拉里河畔小屋的堪萨斯大草原上以及花溪畔的花栗树林附近的时间.
The frightful winter in De Smet became The Long Winter, and the town’s recovery became Little Town on the Prairie.
德·斯梅特的可畏冬季成为了"长冬",而该镇的恢复成为了普拉里河上的小城镇.
“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, but she was always happy to return home to Manly and Rocky Ridge Farm.
劳拉喜欢回答粉丝的信并旅行去读书和书签,但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 Laura’s death in 1957, her books lived on, even becoming a TV series in 1974.
1957年劳拉逝世后,她的出书还活了下来,甚至于1974年成为电视连续剧.
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s stories of pioneer life still captivate young readers today.
劳拉·英格尔斯 Wilder的先驱生活故事至今仍吸引着年轻读者。
Her life has become part of American history.
她的生活已经成为了美国历史的一部分.
Glossary evoked (v.)
引用的词汇(五)
called up or brought forth a feeling, memory, or mental image (p.
唤起或带来一种感觉、记忆或精神形象(p.
14) hardship (n.)
14) 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.
8) homestead (n.)
8) 住宅区(n.)
property given by the U.
由U给予的财产。
S.
师曰.
government to people who settled and farmed on the land, especially in the 1800s (p.
政府对于在地上定居和耕作的人,尤其是1800年代(p.
9) income (n.)
9) 收入(不详)
money that is received from work or another source (p.
从工作或其他来源收到的资金(第2页)。
11) pioneers (n.)
11)先锋队 (n.
people who are among the first to settle in a new place (p.
他们是第一个定居在新地方的人(p.
5) prairie (n.)
5) 草原 (n.
a wide, flat plain covered with grasses (p.
宽平平地被草覆盖 (p.
4) prosperous (adj.)
4) 繁荣 (adj.
successful; well-off (p.
成功; 富裕(p.
13) publisher (n.)
13)出版社 (n.
the person or company who makes writing available to the public, either in print or on the Internet (p.
以印刷品或因特网形式向公众提供书面资料的个人或公司(第2页)。
14) receded (v.)
14)撤销.
moved or pulled back from a previous position (p.
从先前的位置移出或拉回(p.
6) sensation (n.)
6) 感觉 (n.
a state of great excitement; someone or something that causes great excitement (p.
(原始内容存档于2018-10-21) (中文(简体) ). A state of great exhipment; somebody or something that gaining great exhipt (p.
14) stroke (n.)
14)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