Gandhi

Gandhi. Written by Jennifer Dobner.

《甘地》，作者：珍妮弗·多布纳。

Early Life Mohandas Gandhi was born in India into a large Hindu family on October 2, 1869. Many Hindus believe in nonviolence and caring for and respecting others. His parents taught him about these values. Gandhi went to school in London and became a lawyer. When he came back to India, he had a hard time finding work. He ended up taking a job in South Africa.

早年生活 莫罕达斯·甘地出生在印度的一个印度教大家庭，出生日期是1869年10月2日。 很多印度教徒信奉非暴力，主张关爱、尊重他人。 他的父母把这些价值观教给了他。 甘地去伦敦上学，之后成为了一名律师。 他回到印度之后，找工作遇到了很大的困难。 最后他接受了一份在南非的工作。

South Africa. The British ruled both India and South Africa at that time. In South Africa, people who were not white were treated poorly. Even though Gandhi was a lawyer, he was treated poorly too. He thought this was unfair and felt he had to do something. Gandhi stayed in South Africa to help the Indians in that country. His work brought attention to him and he became a leader among the Indian people.

南非。 当时英国同时统治着印度和南非。 在南非，非白人的民众都遭到了不公平的对待。 哪怕甘地是律师，他也一样被苛待。 他觉得这太不公平了，认为自己必须做点什么。 甘地留在了南非，帮助当地的印度人。 他做的事让大家注意到了他，他也成为了印度民众心中的领袖。

Gandhi led many nonviolent protests. He asked Indians not to follow the unfair laws and to take the punishments. Many Indians were hurt or put in jail, including Gandhi. People around the world heard about the punishments and were shocked. Gandhi stayed in South Africa for 20 years. He worked for better treatment of Indians. During this time, he stopped wearing Western clothes. Instead, he wore homemade robes and sandals.

甘地领导了很多非暴力抗议活动。 他呼吁印度人不要遵守这些不公的法律，哪怕会受到惩罚。 很多印度人受伤或是被关进了监狱，甘地也在其中。 世界各地的人们听说了这些惩罚事件，都十分震惊。 甘地在南非待了20年。 他一直为让印度人获得更公平的待遇而努力。 在这段时间里，他不再穿西式服装。 取而代之的是自制的长袍和凉鞋。

A Leader in India When Gandhi returned to India, he worked to free the country from British rule. He held protests against the British. In one protest, he asked people to stay home from work and school. Some protesters were violent, however, so Gandhi ended the protest. Some people held their own protests. At one peaceful protest, many people were hurt or killed when British soldiers shot at them.

印度的领袖 甘地回到印度之后，一直致力于让国家摆脱英国的统治。 他发起了反对英国统治的抗议活动。 在一次抗议中，他呼吁大家罢工、罢课，待在家里。 但有部分抗议者使用了暴力，于是甘地终止了这次抗议。 有些人开始自行发起抗议。 在一次和平抗议中，英国士兵向人群开枪，造成了大量民众死伤。

Gandhi was very sad about the shootings. He started another nonviolent protest. He asked Indians to stop buying British goods or working for the British in any way. Many Indians did as Gandhi asked, but a few were violent. The British blamed Gandhi for the violence and put him in prison for two years.

甘地对枪击事件感到十分悲痛。他发起了另一场非暴力抗议。 他呼吁印度人停止购买英国商品，也不要再以任何形式为英国人工作。 很多印度人按照甘地的要求做了，但还是有少数人采取了暴力行为。 英国方把暴力事件归咎于甘地，将他关进监狱关了两年。