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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

重点讲解

1、eventually

最终;终于

Eventually, the army caught up with him in Latvia.

最终，大部队在拉脱维亚赶上了他。

The flight eventually got away six hours late.

那个航班推迟了6个小时后终于起飞。

最后;结果

Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult.

最后，你的孩子会离开家，作为一个完全独立的成年人过她自己的生活。

She sees the bar as a starting point and eventually plans to run her own chain of country inns.

她把那间酒吧当作一个起点，最终计划是经营自己的乡村旅馆连锁店。

2、isolation

孤独;孤寂;孤立无援

Many deaf people have feelings of isolation and loneliness.

很多失聪者都有孤独无助的感觉。

He also talked briefly about the isolation he endured while in captivity.

他还简单谈及了他被俘期间忍受的孤独。

孤立地;脱离…地

Punishment cannot be discussed in isolation from social theory.

不能脱离社会理论孤立地讨论惩罚。

单独地;独自地

Malcolm works in isolation but I have no doubts about his abilities.

马尔科姆单打独干,但我对他的能力丝毫不怀疑。