高三英語課文
Unit 14 Roots
1 . He discovered that there was a group in the east of the country that shared the same family name - Kinte.他發現在該國的東部有一個家族都姓肯特。
2 . They sighed and cried out for more water, but food and water were only given out once a day.他們歎息著，嚷著要水喝，而水和食物每天只發放一次。
3 . He had found his family, and his roots at last!他終於找到了他的家族，他的「根」了！
4 . He reasoned with them, and tried to persuade them to set him free.他跟這些人講道理，試圖說服他們把他放了。
5 . He had known that it was not safe to travel alone in the forest near the coast.也聽說過獨自一人在海邊的森林裡走是不安全的。
6 . Haley jumped up and cried, That was my ancestor.哈利跳起來叫道，「那就是我的祖先。」
7 . All he knew was that his African ancestor taught his son and grandson the words in his own language for river and guitar.他所知道的只是非洲祖先用自己的語言教給兒孫們的「江」和「吉他」這兩個詞。
8 . He sat in the darkness and listened to the people around him.他坐在黑暗處，聽著周圍的人在講話。
9 . A few days later about 140 black people were taken and put on a tall sailing ship waiting off the coast.幾天以後，大約140名黑人被帶到一艘停靠在海岸邊的大帆船上。
10 . I want to find out more about my 'roots,' he said.「我想要更多地探尋我的『根』。」
11 . Heavy iron chains around his feet and hands were fixed to a metal bar that ran round the hall about ten centimetres off the ground.手上和腳上沉重的鐵鏈拴在廳堂四周離地約有10厘米的金屬桿上。
12 . He was caught, put in chains, and sent to America as a slave.他被抓住了，帶上鐐銬，送到美國當奴隸。
13 . Kunta knew it was the middle of the night, for through the small open window high in the wall he could see stars.孔塔知道已經是半夜了，因為通過牆的上方開著的小窗，他能看到星星。
14 . What shocked him most was that the men who carried him were black.最使他感到驚奇的是，把他運走的人都是黑人。
15 . He could hear their crying, also children's voices.他可以聽到婦女們的哭聲，還有孩子們的聲音。
16 . There was an argument about money, so it seemed, in a language that Kunta did not understand.看來他們在用孔塔聽不懂的語言進行了一番討價還價。
17 . The situation seemed hopeless and he knew his life was in danger.這種情況看來是毫無希望了，他知道他有生命危險。
18 . When the ship finally arrived in a port, the wooden cover was opened wide and Kunta could see in daylight for the first time across the part of the ship where he had been chained.當船終於到達一個港口時，木蓋打開了，孔塔這才第一次在日光下掃視了他被拴在那兒的那一部分船艙。
19 . The men took him in their boat to the castle on the coast where he was now held prisoner.這些人用船把他送到海岸上的城堡裡，如今他被囚禁在這兒。
20 . Once in a while sailors came down, Kunta thought, to carry sick men upstairs for treatment.偶爾水手下來，孔塔猜想是把生病的人抬上去進行治療。
21 . For all his life, he had known that people suddenly disappeared from their villages.他一生中，聽說過有的人突然間在他們的村莊失蹤了。
22 . After speaking for about half an hour he came to a sad part of the family history.大約談了半個小時之後，他談到了家族史中的一件傷心事。
23 . When he woke up, his hands and feet had already been tied together.當他醒過來的時候，他的手腳已經被捆起來了。
24 . In this way he was able to find out where they lived, how many chidren they had, and where they died and were buried.就這樣，他瞭解到祖先的住處，有多少孩子，死在何處，葬在哪裡。
25 . He did a lot of research and travelled around the USA looking for information about his ancestors.他做了大量的研究，在美國跑了許多地方，瞭解有關祖先的情況。
26 . In Gambia, as in most parts of Africa, there are few written records of family histoy.岡比亞同非洲多數地方一樣，有關家族的書面記載為數極少。
27 . Born a free man, he was now in chains.他生來本是個自由人，如今卻戴上了鐐銬。
28 . Their feet were fixed to one bar and their hands to another bar.他們的腳拴在一根鐵槓上，他們的手拴在另外一根鐵桿上。
29 . A long time ago, one of his ancestors who lived in Africa went into the forest to cut down a tree to make a drum.很久以前，他那生活在非洲的祖先中有一人走進森林去砍樹來做鼓。
30 . Another thing which shocked Kunta was that women were held in the castle too.還有一件事使孔塔感到驚奇，這就是關在城堡裡的還有婦女。
31 . But why did white people want to catch Africans and put them in chains?但是為什麼白人要把非洲人抓起來，戴上鐐銬呢？
32 . On day Haley met and African who was from Gambia, a small country on the west coast of Africa.有一天，哈利碰到一位非洲人，他來自岡比亞--非洲西海岸的一個小國。
33 . He was just able to lie down on the ground, but could not stand up.他只能躺在地上，但不能站起來。
34 . He tried to escape but was followed and caught.他曾經試圖逃跑，但是被人追上來抓住了。
35 . About a third of the people who had been chained up below at the beginning of the journey were missing.旅程開始時拴在下邊的人大約有三分之一已經不見了。
36 . His newspaper provided him with some money in order that he might travel to Gambia for his research.他的報社給他提供了一些資金，以便他可以去岡比亞進行研究。
37 . Thus they lay on hard wooden boards, unable to stand up or move around.這樣，他們就躺在硬木板上，既不能站立起來，也不能活動。
38 . Worse was to come.更糟的事就要發生了。
39 . They had rough weather, and Kunta's back bled from rolling over on the hard wooden boards.他們經歷了惡劣的天氣，孔塔的背部由於在硬木板上滾動而流了血。
40 . He collected tetters and made copies of people's diaries.他收集到一些信件，複印了一些人的日記。
41 . On his arrival he was sold to a farmer and worked in the fields.一到美國，他就被賣給了一個農場主，到地裡幹活。
42 . Another, whose language Kunta understood, was crying softly to himself.另一個人在暗自輕聲地哭訴，他的話孔塔聽得懂。
43 . The sea journey lasted over sixty days and nights.海上航行持續了60多個晝夜。
44 . But they would not listen to him. When they came to the river, a white man was waiting in the boat for them.但是他們不聽，當他們來到江邊時，一個白人正在船上等著他們。
45 . There is a journalist and writer living in America whose name is Alex Haley.有一位住在美國的記者兼作家，名叫亞歷克斯·哈利。
46 . The farmer cut off part of his foot to make sure he could not run away again.農場主把他的一隻腳砍掉了一塊，以確保他不能再逃跑。
47 . The moment he reached the country, he started his search.他一到達岡比亞，就開始探尋工作。
48 . Once on the boat, they were taken bolow and their chains were fixed to two bars that ran the length of the ship.一上船，他們就被帶進底艙，他們的鐐銬就被拴在兩根從船的一頭伸到另一頭的鐵桿上。
49 . Kunta had been seized in the forest and then hit on the head with a hard object.孔塔在森林裡被抓住以後，他的頭部就被一個硬的東西打了一下。
50 . He was never seen again.後來再也見不到這個人了。