Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave — Page 3
他站在那里，体格魁梧，仪表堂堂——才智卓越，天赋异禀——天生口才，堪称奇才——灵魂显然'仅比天使略逊一筹'——然而他却是一名奴隶，一名逃亡的奴隶，
There stood one, in physical proportion and stature commanding and exact—in intellect richly endowed—in natural eloquence a prodigy—in soul manifestly "created but a little lower than the angels"—yet a slave, ay, a fugitive slave,—
他战战兢兢，为自身安危忧惧，几乎不敢相信，在美利坚的土地上，竟能找到一个愿意不惜一切、出于对上帝与人类之爱而伸出援手的白人！
trembling for his safety, hardly daring to believe that on the American soil, a single white person could be found who would befriend him at all hazards, for the love of God and humanity!
他本有能力在智识与道德上达到崇高的境界——只需经过相对有限的培育，便足以使他成为社会的荣耀、同族的福祉——
Capable of high attainments as an intellectual and moral being—needing nothing but a comparatively small amount of cultivation to make him an ornament to society and a blessing to his race—
然而依据国家法律、民众之声与奴隶法典的条文，他不过是一件财物、一头役畜、一个动产，仅此而已！
by the law of the land, by the voice of the people, by the terms of the slave code, he was only a piece of property, a beast of burden, a chattel personal, nevertheless!
一位来自新贝德福德的挚友说服了道格拉斯先生，请他在大会上发言。
A beloved friend from New Bedford prevailed on Mr. DOUGLASS to address the convention.
他走上讲台时，神情迟疑，略显局促——这是一颗敏感的心灵置身于如此陌生处境时必然流露的神态。
He came forward to the platform with a hesitancy and embarrassment, necessarily the attendants of a sensitive mind in such a novel position.
他为自己学识浅薄致歉，并提醒听众，奴隶制对人类智识与心灵而言是一所糟糕的学校，随后他开始讲述自己身为奴隶的亲身经历，
After apologizing for his ignorance, and reminding the audience that slavery was a poor school for the human intellect and heart, he proceeded to narrate some of the facts in his own history as a slave,
并在演讲过程中道出了许多崇高的思想与动人心弦的感悟。
and in the course of his speech gave utterance to many noble thoughts and thrilling reflections.
Vocabulary
- There
- 在那里；那个地方
- stood
- 站立；过去式of stand
- one
- 一个；数字1
- in
- 在...里面；介词
- physical
- 身体的；物理的；物质的
- proportion
- 比例；相称；均衡的关系
- and
- 和；与；连接词
- stature
- 身材；身高；地位
- commanding
- 令人印象深刻的；指挥的；威严的
- exact
- 精确的；准确的；完全的
- intellect
- 智力；理智；聪慧
- richly
- 丰富地；充分地；慷慨地
- endowed
- 赋予；天生具有；捐赠
- natural
- 自然的；天生的；本能的
- eloquence
- 雄辩；流畅的表达能力
- prodigy
- 奇才；天才；奇迹
- soul
- 灵魂；心灵；精神
- manifestly
- 明显地；显然地；清楚地
- created
- 创造；创作；建立
- but
- 但是；只有；除了
- little
- 小的；少量的；年幼的
- lower
- 较低的；降低；贬低
- than
- 比；较...更
- the
- 定冠词
- angels
- 天使；神使
- yet
- 还；仍然；然而
- slave
- 奴隶；被奴役的人
- fugitive
- 逃亡者；逃跑的；短暂的
- trembling
- 颤抖；发抖；摇晃
- for
- 为了；因为；对于
- his
- 他的；属于他的
- safety
- 安全；保险；平安
- hardly
- 几乎不；刚好；勉强
- daring
- 敢于；大胆的；勇敢
- to
- 到；向；不定式标记
- believe
- 相信；认为；信任
- that
- 那个；那；以便
- on
- 在...上；开启；关于
- American
- 美国的；美国人
- soil
- 土壤；土地；国土
- single
- 单一的；未婚的；单身
- white
- 白色的；白人；纯净
- person
- 人；个人；人类
- could
- 能够；可能；会
- be
- 是；存在；发生
- found
- 找到；发现；建立
- who
- 谁；哪一个人
- would
- 会；将要；愿意
- befriend
- 与...做朋友；帮助
- him
- 他；他的
- at
- 在；以；向
- all
- 全部；所有；一切
- hazards
- 危险；冒险；风险
- love
- 爱；热爱；爱人
- of
- 的；由...的；属于
- God
- 上帝；神；造物主
- humanity
- 人类；人道；仁慈
- Capable
- 有能力的；能胜任的
- high
- 高的；高度；高级
- attainments
- 成就；造诣；获得
- as
- 作为；如同；因为
- an
- 一个；不定冠词
- intellectual
- 智力的；知识分子
- moral
- 道德的；伦理的；品德
- being
- 存在；生物；人
- needing
- 需要；必需
- nothing
- 没有什么；无物；零
- comparatively
- 相对地；比较而言；相当地
- small
- 小的；少量的；年幼
- amount
- 数量；金额；共计
- cultivation
- 修养；培养；教养
- make
- 制造；使；做
- ornament
- 装饰品；装饰；装扮
- society
- 社会；社交圈；协会
- blessing
- 祝福；恩惠；幸事
- race
- 种族；民族；竞赛
- by
- 由；被；通过
- law
- 法律；法则；规律
- land
- 陆地；国家；土地
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