Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave — Page 2
——对他出生的土地来说是幸运的，他已经为拯救和祝福这片土地做出了如此多的贡献！
—fortunate for the land of his birth, which he has already done so much to save and bless!
——对他众多的朋友和熟人来说是幸运的，他以所承受的诸多苦难、以其高尚的品格、以及对那些身陷囹圄之人始终如一的牵挂，深深赢得了他们的同情与爱戴，仿佛他自己也与他们同受束缚！
—fortunate for a large circle of friends and acquaintances, whose sympathy and affection he has strongly secured by the many sufferings he has endured, by his virtuous traits of character, by his ever-abiding remembrance of those who are in bonds, as being bound with them!
——对我们共和国各地的广大民众来说是幸运的，他启迪了他们对奴隶制问题的认识，他的情感使他们潸然泪下，他对奴役者的慷慨陈词激起了他们正义的愤慨！
—fortunate for the multitudes, in various parts of our republic, whose minds he has enlightened on the subject of slavery, and who have been melted to tears by his pathos, or roused to virtuous indignation by his stirring eloquence against the enslavers of men!
——对他自己来说也是幸运的，因为这立刻将他带入了公共事业的领域，"向世界证明了一个真正男子汉的存在"，唤醒了他灵魂中沉睡的力量，并将他奉献给了打破压迫者权杖、让被压迫者得以自由的伟大事业！
—fortunate for himself, as it at once brought him into the field of public usefulness, "gave the world assurance of a MAN," quickened the slumbering energies of his soul, and consecrated him to the great work of breaking the rod of the oppressor, and letting the oppressed go free!
我永远不会忘记他在大会上的第一次演讲——它在我内心激起的非凡情感——它在座无虚席、毫无准备的听众中所留下的强烈印象——以及从他那精彩发言的开头到结尾所赢得的阵阵掌声。
I shall never forget his first speech at the convention—the extraordinary emotion it excited in my own mind—the powerful impression it created upon a crowded auditory, completely taken by surprise—the applause which followed from the beginning to the end of his felicitous remarks.
我想我从未像那一刻那样强烈地憎恨奴隶制；可以肯定的是，我对奴隶制强加于其受害者那神圣本性之上的巨大暴行的认识，从未像此刻这般清晰。
I think I never hated slavery so intensely as at that moment; certainly, my perception of the enormous outrage which is inflicted by it, on the godlike nature of its victims, was rendered far more clear than ever.
Vocabulary
- fortunate
- 幸运的，有好运的
- land
- 土地；国土；国家
- birth
- 出生；诞生
- already
- 已经，表示动作已完成
- save
- 拯救；挽救
- bless
- 祝福；赐福于
- circle
- 圈子；群体
- acquaintances
- 相识的人，泛泛之交
- sympathy
- 同情；理解与关怀
- affection
- 深厚的感情；爱意
- strongly
- 强烈地；坚定地
- secured
- 获得；赢得（secure的过去式）
- sufferings
- 苦难；痛苦经历（复数）
- endured
- 忍受了；经历了（endure的过去式）
- virtuous
- 有道德的；品德高尚的
- traits
- 特质；品格特点（复数）
- character
- 品格；性格
- abiding
- 持久的；长久不变的
- remembrance
- 记忆；纪念
- bonds
- 枷锁；束缚；囚禁状态
- bound
- 被束缚的；被捆绑的
- multitudes
- 大众；众多的人（复数）
- various
- 各种各样的；多种的
- republic
- 共和国；共和政体的国家
- enlightened
- 开明的；已被启发的
- subject
- 主题；议题
- slavery
- 奴隶制；奴役状态
- melted
- 融化了；被感动（melt的过去分词）
- tears
- 眼泪（tear的复数）
- pathos
- 令人动情的悲悯感；催泪效果
- roused
- 激起；唤醒（rouse的过去式）
- indignation
- 义愤；强烈的愤慨
- stirring
- 激动人心的；鼓舞人心的
- eloquence
- 口才；雄辩；有感染力的演讲
- enslavers
- 奴役他人者；奴隶主
- once
- 立刻；马上
- field
- 领域；舞台
- public
- 公众的；公共的
- usefulness
- 有用性；对社会的贡献
- assurance
- 保证；确信；担保
- MAN
- 真正的人（强调大写，指有尊严的人）
- quickened
- 激活了；加速了（quicken的过去式）
- slumbering
- 沉睡的；潜伏未发的
- energies
- 能量；活力（energy的复数）
- soul
- 灵魂；心灵
- consecrated
- 奉献于；使神圣化（consecrate的过去式）
- rod
- 杖；权杖（此处象征压迫权力）
- oppressor
- 压迫者；施暴者
- oppressed
- 被压迫的人；受迫害者
- free
- 自由的；获得自由
- speech
- 演讲；讲话
- convention
- 大会；集会；代表会议
- extraordinary
- 非凡的；异乎寻常的
- emotion
- 情感；情绪
- excited
- 激起；引发（excite的过去式）
- mind
- 思想；心灵
- powerful
- 强有力的；有震撼力的
- impression
- 印象；效果
- crowded
- 拥挤的；人群众多的
- auditory
- 听众；听众群体
- completely
- 完全地；彻底地
- surprise
- 惊讶；出乎意料
- applause
- 掌声；鼓掌称赞
- felicitous
- 恰当的；措辞精妙贴切的
- remarks
- 评论；言论（remark的复数）
- hated
- 憎恨了；厌恶（hate的过去式）
- intensely
- 强烈地；极度地
- moment
- 时刻；瞬间
- certainly
- 当然；肯定地
- perception
- 认识；感知；洞察
- enormous
- 巨大的；极其严重的
- outrage
- 暴行；令人愤慨的侵害
- inflicted
- 施加于；加害（inflict的过去分词）
- godlike
- 神一般的；神圣的
- nature
- 本性；天性；本质
- victims
- 受害者；牺牲品（victim的复数）
- rendered
- 使变得；呈现（render的过去式）
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