Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave — Page 9
我确信这本书的所有陈述在本质上都是真实的；其中没有任何出于恶意而写下的内容，没有任何夸大其词，没有任何出于想象的虚构；
I am confident that it is essentially true in all its statements; that nothing has been set down in malice, nothing exaggerated, nothing drawn from the imagination;
这本书对现实的描述只会不足，而绝不会在任何一个关于奴隶制现状的事实上有所夸大。
that it comes short of the reality, rather than overstates a single fact in regard to slavery as it is.
弗雷德里克·道格拉斯作为奴隶的经历并非个例；他的命运并非特别悲惨；他的遭遇可以被视为马里兰州对待奴隶方式的一个非常典型的例子。
The experience of Frederick Douglass, as a slave, was not a peculiar one; his lot was not especially a hard one; his case may be regarded as a very fair specimen of the treatment of slaves in Maryland,
而在马里兰州，人们普遍承认那里的奴隶比在佐治亚州、阿拉巴马州或路易斯安那州得到更好的饮食，受到的残酷对待也更少。
in which State it is conceded that they are better fed and less cruelly treated than in Georgia, Alabama, or Louisiana.
许多人所受的苦难远比他深重，而在种植园里，几乎没有人所受的苦难比他更少。
Many have suffered incomparably more, while very few on the plantations have suffered less, than himself.
然而他的处境是多么悲惨啊！他的身体遭受了多么可怕的惩罚！
Yet how deplorable was his situation! what terrible chastisements were inflicted upon his person!
他的精神遭受了多么令人震惊的摧残！凭借他所有高贵的才能和崇高的抱负，他却被当作畜生一般对待，
what still more shocking outrages were perpetrated upon his mind! with all his noble powers and sublime aspirations, how like a brute was he treated,
甚至是被那些自称心中怀有与基督耶稣同样精神的人如此对待！
even by those professing to have the same mind in them that was in Christ Jesus!
他不断地遭受着多么可怕的威胁！在他最艰难的时刻，他是多么缺乏友善的劝导与援助！
to what dreadful liabilities was he continually subjected! how destitute of friendly counsel and aid, even in his greatest extremities!
那黑暗的苦难之夜是多么沉重，它遮蔽了希望的最后一缕光芒，将未来填满了恐惧与阴霾！
how heavy was the midnight of woe which shrouded in blackness the last ray of hope, and filled the future with terror and gloom!
Vocabulary
- confident
- 确信的、有把握的、自信的
- essentially
- 本质上、根本上、主要地
- true
- 真实的、正确的、真的
- statements
- 陈述、声明、说法
- nothing
- 没有什么、一无所有
- set
- 设置、放置、确定
- down
- 向下、记下、制定
- malice
- 恶意、怨恨、蓄意伤害
- exaggerated
- 夸大的、过分的、言过其实的
- drawn
- 拉动、吸引、描绘（过去分词）
- imagination
- 想象、想象力、幻想
- comes
- 来、出现、发生
- short
- 短的、缺乏的、不足的
- reality
- 现实、实际、事实
- rather
- 相当、宁愿、更确切地说
- overstates
- 夸大陈述、言过其实
- single
- 单一的、单个的、未婚的
- fact
- 事实、实际、现实
- regard
- 视为、考虑、关于
- slavery
- 奴隶制、奴役、束缚
- as
- 作为、当...时、因为
- experience
- 经历、经验、体验
- slave
- 奴隶、被奴役者
- peculiar
- 奇怪的、特殊的、独特的
- lot
- 命运、很多、地块
- especially
- 特别是、尤其是、格外
- hard
- 困难的、辛苦的、硬的
- case
- 情况、案例、病例
- may
- 可能、也许、五月
- regarded
- 被视为、被认为
- fair
- 公平的、相当的、公正的
- specimen
- 标本、样本、例子
- treatment
- 对待、治疗、处理
- slaves
- 奴隶（复数）
- State
- 州、国家、状态
- conceded
- 承认、让步、同意
- better
- 更好的、更好地
- fed
- 喂养、进食（过去式）
- less
- 更少的、较少地
- cruelly
- 残忍地、无情地、冷酷地
- treated
- 对待、治疗、处理
- Many
- 许多、很多的
- suffered
- 遭受、忍受、经历
- incomparably
- 无比地、比较上、无与伦比地
- while
- 然而、虽然、一段时间
- few
- 很少的、少数的、几个
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