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The next day,Samoset brings another English-speaking warrior:Squanto.
第二天 萨莫赛特领来了另一个会说英语的勇士 斯匡托
Diplomat, politician.
他是一名外交家 政治家
The man who will teach the Pilgrims To survive in the new world.
这个人将告诉朝圣者们 如何在这片新世界生活
Squanto has spent a year in Europe.
斯匡托在欧洲生活过一年
Kidnapped and sold as a slave in Spain,
曾被绑架并当做奴隶贩卖到西班牙
He wins his freedom and makes his way to London
而后他重获自由 并费尽周折来到伦敦
Where he learns English.
他在那儿学会了英语
Hired as an interpreter for English merchants,
并成为了一位英国商人的翻译
He eventually earns his passage back home.
最后他终于赚够了回乡的路费
William Bradford, governor of the Pilgrims writes:
朝圣者的总管威廉·布雷德福曾写道
"Squanto was a special instrument sent of God"
斯匡托就像是上帝派来的一个特别指导
"And never left until he died."
不离不弃 至死方休
He guides the Pilgrims through his world,Brokering friendships, alliances.
他带领这些朝圣者领略他的世界 四处调停游说 合纵连横
Their survival guide in their New World.
他还是他们在新大陆的生存向导
He taught them what he and his people had learned
他将自己与其族人在这片孤立的大陆上
in isolation over the millennia.
所学到的东西倾囊相授
The crops the Pilgrims bring from Europe
这些朝圣者从欧洲带来的作物
Have failed in poor sandy soil.
在这片贫瘠沙化的土地上颗粒无收
