高三英語課文
Unit 20 Gandhi
1 . He ate simply, and never ate meat. He rose early in the morning and worked at his wheel, making cotton thread.他吃得很簡單，且從不吃肉。他每天早晨早早就起床，轉動紡車，紡棉紗。
2 . The speaker was Albert Einstein.這位演講者就是阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦。
3 . Mohandas Gandhi was born in India in 1869 and was married at the age of 13, following local custom.莫漢達斯·甘地1869年出生於印度，按照當地的風俗，他13歲時就結了婚。
4 . Perhaps his greatest belief was in an Indian phrase which he called the force of truth.也許他最大的信仰就在他稱之為真理的力理"這一印度雋語裡。
5 . He believed that everyone should be prepared to do heavy work, from the leaders to the poorest peasants.他認為從領袖到最窮苦的農民，每個人都該樂於從事重體力勞動。
6 . For twenty years Gandhi played an important role in working for equal rights for Indians.二十多年間，甘地在為印度人民爭取平等權利的奮頭中發揮了很重要的作用。
7 . Gandhi hated the custom that had divided Hindu society into separate groups for thousands of years and his goal was to end this.甘地痛恨那種幾千年來把印度社會分成種姓的習慣，而他的目的就是要結束這種局面。
8 . He had a gift for thinking up ways of making political points.他有一種天賦，能想出很多辦法闡明其政治觀點。
9 . South Africa passed further laws designed to make life difficult for non-whites.而南非則通過了更多的法令，企圖給非白種人的生活造成困難。
10 . The secret lies in the title of the book which he wrote about his early life, The story of my experiments with truth.秘密在於他寫的那本關於他自己早期生活的《我體驗真理的故事》一書。
11 . In September 1888 at the age of 19, he sailed to England and after three years' study became a lawyer.1888年9月，他19歲時乘船去了英國，並在3年的學習之後成為一名律師。
12 . He was interested in all spiritual matters, not only in the Indian gods.他不僅僅對印度的神靈，而且對所有的宗教事務都感興趣。
13 . Other Indians were killed when police officers fiercely attacked their political marches.警察官員們猛烈攻擊印度人的政治遊行時，另一些印度人被殺害。
14 . Gandhi believed that one should be able to love the most ordinary being on earth as oneself.甘地認為一個人應能像愛他自己一樣去愛世界上最普通的人。
15 . He died on January 30th, 1948.他於1948年1月30日逝世。
16 . Gandhi paid great attention to the equality of women.甘地很關注婦女的平等。
17 . He was so shocked by this lack of equality and fairness that he formed an organization leading the Indians' struggle for equal rights.不平等與不公正使他如此震驚，他因此創辦了一個領導印度人為爭取平等權利而鬥爭的組織。
18 . Even before India won independence from its British rulers, it was clear that Gandhi was the key figure and leader in the struggle of 380 million Indians to govern themselves.甚至在印度從英國統治下獲得獨立之前，在3。8億印度人民爭取自治的鬥爭中，甘地很顯然是位關鍵人物與領袖。
19 . Where he made mistakes, he admitted these willingly.無論在哪裡犯了錯誤，他都樂於承認。
20 . If an unfair law existed, - and there were many that had been passed by the British rulers in India and South Africa - it was the duty of everyone to disobey this law, but without using violence.如果存在一個不公平的法律--而且在印度與南非的英國統治者已經通過了許多這樣的法律--那麼不遵守這一法律是每個人的責任，但不要使用暴力。
21 . When he returned to India he spoke in public about the situation in South Africa.當他加到印度之後，他還就南非的形勢公開發表演說。
22 . In cities he refused to travel in a rickshaw, a two-wheeled cart pulled by a bare-footed man.在城裡，他拒絕乘坐那種赤腳車伕拉的兩輪人力車。
23 . Thousands joined him when he led a march to the coast, with the purpose of making a little salt when he reached the sea.為了生產一點鹽，他帶領遊行隊伍向海濱前進，當他們到達海濱時，成千上萬的人參加了進來。
24 . All his life he reached out for the truths of spirits and gods.他的一生都在追求神靈的真諦。
25 . He was a model of a different kind of political leader.他還是一個與從不同的政治領袖的典範。
26 . In the end this political movement succeeded and Indians were allowed to make and sell salt.但最終這場政治運動以印度人獲准生產與銷售鹽而告成功。
27 . Over the next thirty-two years he fought for human rights and the rights of workers who were badly treated by their employers.在後來的32年多的時間裡，他一直為爭取人權及那些受僱主虐待的工人們的權利而鬥爭。
28 . He wrote about socialism in newspapers and started a magazine called Indian Opinion.他在報紙上撰文報導社會主義並且創辦了一份叫做《印度之聲》的雜誌。
29 . People should be ready to go to prison for their beliefs, but they should never take up arms to fight.為了信仰，人民應該準備去蹲監獄，但決不應該拿起武器去鬥爭。
30 . Following this, 60,000 Indians,including Gandhi, were put in prison.在這之後，60，000印度人，包括甘地，都被關進監獄。
31 . A further million watched as the fire, following Indian custom, turned his body to ashes.數百萬人注視著緩慢的送葬隊伍抬著他的遺體通過首都。還有上百萬人看著將他的遺體按印度習慣火化成骨灰。
32 . He felt free to talk about his failures or his difficulties.他可以隨便談論自己的失敗或困境。
33 . One day a week he would spend the whole day in silence.每週有一天他是在沉默無語中度過的。
34 . Many other struggles followed.接著還爆發了很多其他鬥爭。
35 . Because of his revolutionary views, he spent many years in prison.由於他的革命觀點，他在監獄裡度過了許多年。
36 . He quickly became the leader.他很快就成了領袖。
37 . Finally, India won her independence on August 15th, 1947, but Gandhi himself was shot five months later by an Indian who opposed his views.印度終於在1947年8月15日獲得獨立，但甘地本人卻在5個月後被一個反對他的觀點的印度人槍殺。
38 . He became a supporter of the poorest group in society, who did the lowest-paid jobs.他成為社會中那些從事工資最低的工作的，最窮種姓的支持者。
39 . Finally, he demanded an end to the British rule over India and independence for his country.最後，他要求結束英國對印度的統治，為他的祖國爭取獨立。
40 . Gandhi returned to India in 1915 and was honoured as a hero.甘地於1915年回到印度時，被推崇為英雄。
41 . The death of Gandhi gave India a chance to mourn and express how he had become father to all Indians. Millions watched the slow march that took his body through the capital.甘地之死給印度一個悼念的機會，讓人們表達他是怎樣成為全印度人民的父親的。
42 . At this period Indians living in South Africa were badly treated by South African whites, and very few of them had the right to vote.在那一時期，居住在南非的印度人受到南非白人的虐待，他們當中有選舉權的寥寥無幾。
43 . Gandhi was thrown off a train and later a mail bus for insisting on travelling in the whites-only section.旅行時，甘地因為堅持要坐白人座位，曾經先後兩次被從一列火車與一輛郵車裡扔出來。
44 . Gandhi was much more than a clever lawyer, a fine speaker, a determined fighter for human rights and a political leader.甘地遠不只是一位聰明的律師，優秀的演說家，堅定的人權戰士與政治領導人。
45 . He encouraged Indians to start making their own cotton cloth and to refuse to buy cloth made in England.他鼓勵印度人民自己著手紡紗織布，並拒絕購買英國紡織的棉布。
46 . At that time only the British government had the right to sell salt, which was taxed, so Gandhi encouraged the whole nation to make their own salt.那時，只有英國政府有權出售鹽，而且鹽是要徵稅的。於是甘地鼓勵所有的國民自己生產鹽。
47 . At the time of his death, one person praised him as follows: Future generations, it may be, will hardly believe that such a person as this walked upon this earth.未來的幾代人有可能難以相信，在這個世間曾經有這樣的一個人行走過。"
48 . Before he returned to India, he decided to live as a poor man and not to possess wealth.在回印度之前，他已決心過窮人一樣的生活，不佔有財富。
49 . The Indians declared that this Pass Law was unfair. Some of them publicly burnt their permits and many of them were put in prison.印度人宣稱，這個通行證法領"是不公平的，他們當中一些人公開把自己的許可證燒燬了，很多人也因此而被關進監獄。
50 . Because of his actions, all Hindus were finally free to draw water from the same village well, to go to the same temple to pray and even marry each other.由於他的行動，所有的印度人均可自由地從同一個村井打水，去相同的寺廟做祈禱，甚至還可相互通婚。