2 Chapter 1 Born in the South

Chapter 1 Born in the South On January 31, 1919, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in the town of Cairo, Georgia. For a black family, living in the Deep South was tough. Jackie's grandparents had been slaves. His parents farmed land as sharecroppers. That meant they didn't own their small piece of land. A white farmer did. Jackie's mother and father would plant and hoe and harvest the crops. Then they had to give part of their earnings to the farmer. There was never much money left over.

1919年1月31日，杰克·罗斯福·罗宾逊出生在佐治亚州的开罗镇。 对于一个黑人家庭来说，生活在南方腹地是艰难的。 杰基的祖父母曾是奴隶。 他的父母以佃农的身份耕种土地。 这意味着他们不拥有那一小块土地。 一个白人农民做到了。杰基的父母负责播种、锄头和收割庄稼。 然后他们必须把一部分收入给农民。 没有多少钱剩下。

MACK, JACKIE, MALLIE, EDGAR, WILLA MAE, FRANK Jackie was the youngest of five children. Brothers Edgar, Frank, and Mack came first. Then sister Willa Mae was born, and, finally, Jackie. There were many mouths to feed. Life got tougher when Jackie's father walked out the door and never came back. Now his mother, Mallie, had to care for her children and run the farm all by herself.

麦克、杰基、玛莉、埃德加、威拉·梅，弗兰克·杰基是五个孩子中最小的一个。 埃德加兄弟、弗兰克兄弟和麦克兄弟是第一名。 然后，妹妹威拉·梅出生了，最后，杰基出生了。 有许多人要养活。 当杰基的父亲走出家门再也没有回来时，生活变得更加艰难。 现在，他的母亲，马利，不得不照顾她的孩子，并独自经营农场。

The 1920s were a scary time to live in Georgia if you were black. There were race riots. White people burned down black churches and schools. Mallie wanted her children to be safe. She wanted them to feel equal to everyone and anyone—no matter their skin color. What could she do? Where could Mallie find a better life for her kids? Mallie had relatives in southern California. She'd heard things were different there for black people. So she packed up all the family belongings.

如果你是黑人，20世纪20年代住在乔治亚州是一段可怕的时期。 当时发生了种族骚乱。白人烧毁黑人的教堂和学校。 玛丽希望她的孩子们安全。 她想让他们觉得每个人都是平等的——不管他们是什么肤色。 她能怎么办呢?哪里能给她的孩子找到更好的生活呢? 马利在南加州有亲戚。 她听说那里对黑人的待遇不一样。 所以她把家里所有的东西都打包了。

Jackie was only sixteen months old when the Robinson family boarded a train that would take them all the way across the country. At midnight, the number fifty-eight train headed west. The trip took more than a week! Finally the Robinsons passed through Los Angeles. It was nighttime. Lights were glowing up and down the mountainsides. Mallie thought it was so beautiful. She had only three dollars in her pocket. But she had hope.

杰基只有16个月大的时候，罗宾逊一家登上了一列火车，这列火车将带他们穿越整个国家。 午夜，58次列车向西行驶。 这次旅行花了一个多星期!最后，罗宾逊一家经过洛杉矶。 那是晚上。灯光在山腰上下闪烁。 玛莉觉得它太美了。 她口袋里只有3美元。 但她有希望。