Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave — Page 8
承认这是一个精神衰退的非凡案例，它至少证明了白人奴隶可以像黑人奴隶一样，在人类的等级上堕落到同样低的地步。
Admitting this to have been an extraordinary case of mental deterioration, it proves at least that the white slave can sink as low in the scale of humanity as the black one.
道格拉斯先生非常恰当地选择了用自己的风格、凭借自己最大的能力来撰写他自己的叙述，而不是雇用他人代劳。
Mr. Douglass has very properly chosen to write his own Narrative, in his own style, and according to the best of his ability, rather than to employ some one else.
因此，这完全是他自己的作品；考虑到他作为奴隶所经历的岁月是多么漫长而黑暗，考虑到自他挣脱铁锁枷链以来提升自我的机会是多么稀少，我认为这部作品充分展现了他的才智与品格，令人深感钦佩。
It is, therefore, entirely his own production; and, considering how long and dark was the career he had to run as a slave,—how few have been his opportunities to improve his mind since he broke his iron fetters,—it is, in my judgment, highly creditable to his head and heart.
凡读此书而眼中无泪、胸中无动、心中无痛的人，必定对奴隶制及其帮凶毫无难以言喻的憎恶，也不会燃起推翻那罪恶制度的坚定决心，更不会因这个国家握于公正上帝之手而感到战栗——那位上帝永远站在被压迫者一边，其臂膀从未缩短而不能拯救——这样的人必定铁石心肠，足以扮演那贩卖'奴隶与人类灵魂'之人的角色。
He who can peruse it without a tearful eye, a heaving breast, an afflicted spirit,—without being filled with an unutterable abhorrence of slavery and all its abettors, and animated with a determination to seek the immediate overthrow of that execrable system,—without trembling for the fate of this country in the hands of a righteous God, who is ever on the side of the oppressed, and whose arm is not shortened that it cannot save,—must have a flinty heart, and be qualified to act the part of a trafficker in slaves and the souls of men.
Vocabulary
- admitting
- 承认；允许进入
- this
- 这个；这件事
- to
- 到；向；对于
- have
- 有；已经
- been
- 是；曾经是
- an
- 一个
- extraordinary
- 非凡的；特别的；令人惊异的
- case
- 情况；案例；容器
- of
- 的；属于
- mental
- 精神的；心理的
- deterioration
- 恶化；衰退；质量下降
- it
- 它
- proves
- 证明；被证实
- at
- 在；处于
- least
- 最少；至少
- that
- 那个；那
- the
- 定冠词
- white
- 白色的；白人
- slave
- 奴隶；被奴役的人
- can
- 能够；可以
- sink
- 下沉；陷入；堕落
- as
- 如同；当；像
- low
- 低的；低处
- in
- 在；里面
- scale
- 规模；天平；攀登
- humanity
- 人类；人性；人文学科
- black
- 黑色的；黑人
- one
- 一个；任何人
- has
- 有；已经
- very
- 非常；很
- properly
- 恰当地；正确地
- chosen
- 选择；挑选
- write
- 写；撰写
- his
- 他的
- own
- 自己的；拥有
- narrative
- 叙述；故事；叙述的
- style
- 风格；方式；笔法
- and
- 和；以及
- according
- 根据；依照
- best
- 最好的；最佳
- ability
- 能力；才能
- rather
- 宁可；相当
- than
- 比
- employ
- 雇用；使用；采用
- some
- 某个；一些
- else
- 其他的；别的
- is
- 是
- therefore
- 因此；所以
- entirely
- 完全地；彻底地
- production
- 产品；作品；生产
- considering
- 考虑；鉴于
- how
- 如何；怎样
- long
- 长的；长久
- dark
- 黑暗的；昏暗的
- was
- 是；曾是
- career
- 职业；生涯
- he
- 他
- run
- 跑；经历；运行
- few
- 很少的；少数的
- opportunities
- 机会；时机
- improve
- 改进；改善
- mind
- 心智；思想；介意
- since
- 自从；既然
- broke
- 打破；折断
- iron
- 铁；铁制的
- fetters
- 枷锁；束缚
- my
- 我的
- judgment
- 判断；评价；意见
- highly
- 高度地；极其
- creditable
- 值得称赞的；光荣的
- head
- 头；头脑；领导
- heart
- 心；心脏；核心
- He
- 他
- who
- 谁；哪个
- peruse
- 仔细阅读；审视
- without
- 没有；不
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