3 Runaway

Chapter 3 Runaway Ben left home and went to work in his brother's shop. James taught him to set type. Ben was a fast learner and was soon printing booklets and songs. As the master, James had to pay for his apprentices' food and lodging. Ben moved in with a family. James's other apprentices lived there, too. James paid the family to provide Ben with meals and a bed. Ben thought of a way to raise some cash. He

本离开家到他哥哥的店里工作。 詹姆斯教他排字。 本学得很快，很快就开始印刷小册子和歌曲。 作为师傅，詹姆斯必须支付学徒们的食宿费用。 本搬去和一个家庭住。 詹姆斯的其他徒弟也住在那里。 詹姆斯付钱给这家人，让他们为本提供食宿。 本想到了一个筹集资金的办法。 他

proposed a deal. James should stop paying the family to feed Ben. Instead, James should give Ben the meal money. Ben would feed himself— on just half the money James had been paying the family for his meals. Ben asked only one thing. Any meal money he didn't spend, he could keep. James agreed to the deal. The young apprentice found a book on cooking with vegetables. He stopped eating meat. He lived on rice, boiled potatoes, and a

提出了一项交易。詹姆斯不应该再付钱给这家人喂本了。 相反，詹姆斯应该给本饭钱。 本可以养活自己，只需要詹姆斯付给他们饭钱的一半。 本只问了一件事。没花的饭钱，他可以留着。 詹姆斯同意了这笔交易。这个年轻的学徒找到一本关于用蔬菜烹饪的书。 他不再吃肉了。他靠米饭、煮土豆和一种

cornmeal mush called hasty pudding. To his brother's surprise, Ben was able to save part of his meal money. He spent it on books. Ben liked to read poetry. He decided to write a few poems of his own. In November 1718, the pirate known as Blackbeard was killed. Ben wrote a poem about it that began: Will you hear of a bloody battle, Lately fought upon the seas? It will make your ears rattle, And your admiration cease.

玉米粥叫仓促布丁。 令他哥哥吃惊的是，本省下了一部分饭钱。 他把钱花在买书上了。本喜欢读诗。 他决定写几首自己的诗。 1718年11月，被称为黑胡子的海盗被杀。 本为此写了一首诗，诗的开头是：你会听到最近在海上发生的一场血战吗？ 它会使你的耳朵发颤，使你的羡慕停止。

James printed Ben's poems. He sent Ben out into the streets to sell them. Ben's poem about a drowning became very popular. It was called "The Lighthouse Tragedy." Soon the people of Boston were talking about the twelve-year-old poet. Another of Ben's jobs was to help print the Boston Gazette. It was one of America's first newspapers. Then, in 1721, James began his own paper, the New England Courant. Ben printed the Courant and delivered copies to customers.

詹姆斯印刷了本的诗。 他派本到街上去卖。 本那首关于溺水者的诗变得非常流行。 它被称为“灯塔悲剧”。 很快，波士顿的人们开始谈论起这位12岁的诗人。 本的另一份工作是帮助印刷《波士顿公报》。 它是美国最早的报纸之一。 1721年，詹姆斯创办了自己的报纸《新英格兰报》。 本印刷了《新闻报》，并把副本发给顾客。

Ben enjoyed the work, but his brother was a harsh master. James wanted to show his other apprentices that he did not favor Ben. When Ben made mistakes, James beat him. Ben would then talk back. James would only beat him some more.

本喜欢这份工作，但他哥哥是个严厉的主人。 詹姆斯想让他的其他徒弟知道他不喜欢本。 当本犯错误时，詹姆斯就打他。 然后本会回嘴。詹姆斯只会继续打他。

Around April Fools' Day of 1722, Ben decided to play a trick on his brother. He began writing funny articles about life in Boston. He didn't sign them with his own name. Instead, he made up a woman's name: Silence Dogood. Late at night, Ben slipped the articles under the door of the print shop. James found them. He liked Silence Dogood's articles so much that he printed them in the Courant. They appeared for half a year. People in Boston wondered: Who was Silence Dogood? Ben even heard James

大约在1722年的愚人节，本决定捉弄他的哥哥。 他开始写一些关于波士顿生活的有趣文章。 他没有签上自己的名字。 于是，他编造了一个女人的名字：Silence Dogood。 深夜，本把文章塞进印刷厂的门缝里。 詹姆斯找到了他们。他非常喜欢寂静·杜古德的文章，把它们刊登在《新闻报》上。 他们出现了半年。 波士顿的人们想知道：谁是寂静·杜古德？ 本甚至听到詹姆斯