2 Chapter 1 A Quaker Girl

Chapter 1 A Quaker Girl

第1章贵格会女孩

The winter of 1752 was one of the worst Philadelphia had seen. Food was scarce and the snow was deep. The terrible cold froze animals as they stood in the fields. In a cabin just outside the city, Betsy Griscom was born on January 1. She joined the large family of Samuel and Rebecca Griscom. Samuel worked in Philadelphia as a carpenter, as his father and grandfather had done. Samuel built homes and furniture for the growing city.

1752年的冬天是费城经历过的最糟糕的冬天之一。 食物稀少，雪又深。 站在田野里的动物都冻僵了。 1月1日，贝特西·格里斯科姆出生在城外的一间小木屋里。 她加入了塞缪尔和丽贝卡·格里斯科姆的大家庭。 塞缪尔像他的父亲和祖父一样，在费城当木匠。 塞缪尔为这个不断发展的城市建造房屋和家具。

Philadelphia was the largest city in Pennsylvania, one of thirteen colonies in America owned by Great Britain. It was also the largest city in all the American colonies. People had been coming to America from England for more than one hundred years. In England, they could not always worship how they wanted to. They came to the colonies so

费城是宾夕法尼亚州最大的城市，是英国在美国拥有的13个殖民地之一。 它也是所有美国殖民地中最大的城市。 一百多年来，人们一直从英国来到美国。 在英国，他们不能总是按照自己的意愿去做礼拜。 他们是这样来到殖民地的

that they could follow their own religious traditions. Samuel and Rebecca's parents had made that trip across the Atlantic Ocean. The Griscoms were members of the Society of Friends, a Christian group also known as Quakers. The Quakers believed in a simple life. They wanted to work, worship, and raise their families. Twice a week, Betsy went to Quaker services with her family. At home, Betsy helped her mother and sisters with many chores, including stacking firewood, sweeping the rooms, and washing dishes.

他们可以遵循自己的宗教传统。 塞缪尔和丽贝卡的父母已经完成了横渡大西洋的旅行。 格里斯科姆一家是友会的成员，这是一个基督教团体，也被称为贵格会。 贵格会信仰简朴的生活。 他们想要工作、做礼拜、养家糊口。 贝琪每周两次和家人一起去贵格会做礼拜。 在家里，贝琪帮妈妈和姐妹们做很多家务，包括堆柴火、打扫房间和洗盘子。

THE THIRTEEN COLONIES THE BRITISH CONTROLLED ALL THE LAND ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST IN THE NEW WORLD OF AMERICA, BUT ENGLAND'S KING GEORGE III GRANTED SPECIFIC PARCELS OF LAND TO PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO COLONIZE—OR SETTLE—IT. ALTHOUGH EACH OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES HAD ITS OWN HISTORY AND ITS OWN GOVERNOR, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONIES WAS AN EXTENSION OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT.

英国的13个殖民地控制了美洲新大陆大西洋沿岸的所有土地，但英国国王乔治三世将特定的土地授予那些想在那里殖民或定居的人。 虽然13个殖民地都有自己的历史和总督，但殖民地政府是英国政府的延伸。