057 驶向新大陆

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My name is Mary Chilton. I am one of the original Pilgrims to set sail for the New World in a ship called the Mayflower

我叫玛丽·奇尔顿。我是最早乘坐一艘名叫“五月花号”的船前往新世界的清教徒之一。

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A Pilgrim is a person who makes a journey for a religious reason

清教徒是指为了宗教原因而远行的人。

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The story of the Pilgrims begins in Holland

清教徒的故事始于荷兰。

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Even though I am English, I was born in Leyden, Holland, in 1607

虽然我是英国人，但我于1607年出生在荷兰的莱顿。

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My family lived in Holland because we were not free to practice our religion in England, but Holland wasn't our home

我们一家住在荷兰，因为在英国我们不能自由地信奉我们的宗教，但荷兰并不是我们的家。

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It was a strange and foreign land

那是一个陌生而异国的土地。

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I lived there with my parents for 12 years

我和父母在那里住了12年。

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In 1619 we returned to England to prepare for a voyage to the New World

1619年，我们返回英国，为前往新世界的航行做准备。

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My parents and many other adults packed trunks and barrels with all the things we would need to begin life in the New World

我的父母和许多其他成年人把在新世界开始生活所需的所有物品装进箱子和桶里。

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They hired two ships, the Mayflower and the Speedwell, to take us to the New World

他们租了两艘船，“五月花号”和“速进号”，带我们去新世界。

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We were all very excited and a little scared

我们都既兴奋又有点害怕。

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We left England on August 5, 1620, but we had to return to England because the Speedwell was leaking

1620年8月5日我们离开了英国，但因“速进号”漏水而不得不返回。

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We tried to fix the ship, but it was too old and tired

我们试图修理这艘船，但它实在太旧太破了。

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We were forced to abandon it, leaving behind our cooking oil and some other valuables. We all piled into the Mayflower

我们被迫弃船，留下了食用油和一些其他贵重物品。我们全都挤上了“五月花号”。

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We finally set sail for the New World on September 6, 1620

我们最终于1620年9月6日扬帆起航前往新世界。

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There were 130 people aboard the Mayflower

“五月花号”上共有130人。

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There were 102 Pilgrims and about 28 crew members. Three of the women were pregnant!

包括102名清教徒和大约28名船员。其中三名妇女怀有身孕！

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It took us 66 days to reach the New World

我们花了66天才到达新世界。

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Many of us became seasick when the Mayflower was tossed around by storms and strong waves

当“五月花号”被风暴和巨浪抛来抛去时，我们很多人都晕船了。

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I spent many days being sick below deck because going above deck was dangerous

我在甲板下晕船了很多天，因为上甲板很危险。

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The wind, rain, and waves made the deck slippery, so it was easy to fall overboard

风、雨和浪让甲板变得又湿又滑，所以很容易掉到海里去。

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When it wasn't stormy and scary, the voyage was boring

当不是暴风雨和吓人的时候，航行就变得很乏味。

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At home I was never bored because I was busy helping my mother with the sewing, the laundry, or the cooking

在家的时候，我从不会觉得无聊，因为我总忙着帮我妈妈做针线活、洗衣服或是做饭。

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But, on the Mayflower, there was very little women's work that needed to be done

但是，在“五月花号”上，几乎没有什么女人做的活儿需要干。

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I could have died, not from seasickness, but from boredom

我没准儿会死掉，不是因为晕船，而是因为无聊。

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Luckily, I had two friends, Constance Hopkins and Elizabeth Tilley

幸运的是，我有两个朋友，康斯坦丝·霍普金斯和伊丽莎白·蒂利。

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They made me laugh with their stories

她们讲的故事逗得我哈哈大笑。

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Elizabeth was in love with John Howland, but he took no notice of her

伊丽莎白爱上了约翰·霍兰德，但他一点也不在意她。

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It was both funny and sad, but never boring to watch her unrequited love

看着她单相思，这真是既好笑又可怜，但绝不会觉得无聊。

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When we weren't listening to Elizabeth, we were often trying to avoid Francis Billington

我们不和伊丽莎白聊天的时侯，就常常要躲着弗朗西斯·比林顿。

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He was a bully who liked to pull our hair. He was such a troublemaker!

他是个喜欢扯我们头发的恶霸。真是个捣蛋鬼！

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Once, he started a fire on board the Mayflower when he shot his father's gun below deck

有一次，他在五月花号上引发了一场火灾，因为他在甲板下开了他父亲的枪。

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Luckily, everyone heard the sound and put the fire out

幸运的是，大家都听到了声音并把火扑灭了。

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The scariest moment aboard the Mayflower was when the ship was caught in a terrible storm for two whole days

在五月花号上最可怕的时刻，是船遭遇了一场持续了整整两天的可怕风暴。

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In the single room below deck where we all lived, we huddled together and prayed to God to save us

在甲板下我们所有人共同生活的那个单间里，我们挤在一起，向上帝祈祷，祈求祂拯救我们。

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We weren't sure that God was listening, however, because on the second day of the storm, one of the main beams below deck cracked

然而，我们不确定上帝是否在听，因为在风暴的第二天，甲板下的一根主梁裂开了。

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Many of the sailors were scared because they knew that the ship couldn't survive another storm

很多水手都吓坏了，因为他们知道这艘船经不起另一场风暴了。

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The passengers also feared they would die. But God was merciful

乘客们也害怕他们会死。但上帝是仁慈的。

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No other storms caught us, and only two men died on the voyage

我们没有再遇到其他风暴，整个航程中只有两个人去世。

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On November 9, 1620, we finally saw land

1620年11月9日，我们终于看见了陆地。

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The ship's captain called the place Cape Cod, and he said it was many miles north of Virginia

船长把这个地方称为科德角，并说它在弗吉尼亚以北许多英里处。

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We were all glad to see land after having spent 66 days in a small room with 102 seasick people

和102个晕船的人一起挤在一个小房间里度过了66天之后，我们都很高兴看到陆地。

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We were also looking forward to breathing fresh air because the Mayflower smelled most unpleasant!

我们也期待着呼吸新鲜空气，因为五月花号上的气味实在难闻极了！

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On November 13, 1620, I was the first woman to step off of the Mayflower into the New World

1620年11月13日，我是第一个踏出五月花号、踏上新大陆的女性。

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I went ashore to help with the laundry

我上岸去帮忙洗衣服。

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It was the only time in my life I was ever thankful to God for making laundry women's work, because it allowed me to stand firmly on the ground

那是我一生中唯一一次感谢上帝让洗衣服成了女人的活儿，因为这让我能稳稳地站在地上。

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We wanted to continue south to Virginia because there were other Englishmen who had settled there, but our attempt to sail south failed

我们本想继续南下去弗吉尼亚，因为那里有其他英国人在那里定居了，但我们南下的尝试失败了。

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The ship didn't dare go far from shore because of the damage to the beam

由于横梁的损坏，船不敢离岸太远。

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So we decided to remain in Cape Cod

所以我们决定留在科德角。

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We sent the men out to explore, and on December 12, 1620, the men returned

我们派男人们出去探索，在1620年12月12日，男人们回来了。

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They had found a suitable place. They had also made contact with Native Americans

他们找到了一个合适的地方。他们还与美洲原住民取得了联系。

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On December 15, 1620, we went ashore and started our new life in the New World

1620年12月15日，我们上了岸，在新大陆开始了我们的新生活。

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It wouldn't be an easy life, but we were hopeful

这不会是一个轻松的生活，但我们满怀希望。