George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver, written by Cynthia Kennedy Hensel.

乔治·华盛顿·卡弗，作者：辛西娅·肯尼迪·亨塞尔

Born a Slave George Washington Carver was born in Missouri in 1864 during the Civil War.

生来为奴 乔治·华盛顿·卡弗1864年出生于密苏里州，当时正值美国内战

George was born a slave, but when the Civil War ended, he and his older brother Jim were freed. Moses and Susan Carver, the couple who had owned them, gave the orphaned boys a home. Jim helped Moses in the fields, but George was often sick and stayed at home to help Susan. She taught him to read, write, and sew. What George liked best, though, was to garden and

乔治生来就是奴隶，但内战结束后，他和哥哥吉姆都获得了自由 原本买下他们的夫妇摩西·卡弗和苏珊·卡弗，给这两个孤儿安了家 吉姆去田里帮摩西干活，可乔治总生病，只能待在家里帮苏珊 苏珊教他读书、写字和做针线活 不过乔治最喜欢的，是打理园子，还有

Learning on his own. George taught himself about plants and animals. He wanted to go to school to learn even more, but many schools at that time were segregated. This meant that white and black students could not go to the same school. Since the nearby school did not allow black students, George left home for another school when he was 12. He lived with the Watkins family and worked for his meals and room. At 13, he moved to Kansas.

自学之路 乔治自学了关于动植物的各类知识 他想去学校学到更多知识，但当时很多学校都实行种族隔离 这意味着白人和黑人学生不能进入同一所学校上学 因为附近的学校不招收黑人学生，12岁那年乔治离家去了另一所学校 他住在沃特金斯家，靠干活换取食宿 13岁时，他搬到了堪萨斯州

When George graduated from high school, he earned a scholarship to go to a Kansas college. When George arrived at the college, however, the school turned him away because he was black. George was unhappy, but he did not give up learning. He farmed and taught himself to paint. His friends told him to try a different college. He went to Simpson College in Iowa to study art. This time, the college let him stay.

乔治高中毕业后，拿到了堪萨斯一所大学的奖学金 可乔治到学校后，学校因为他是黑人拒收了他 乔治很难过，但他没有放弃学习 他一边种地，一边自学画画 朋友劝他换一所大学试试 他去了爱荷华州的辛普森学院学习艺术 这一次，学院收下了他

Making a Difference George liked Simpson College, but he wanted to help others more. He decided to study agriculture, the science of farming, at another college in Iowa. He was the school's first black graduate. He later became the school's first black professor.

造福他人 乔治很喜欢辛普森学院，但他更想帮助更多人 他决定去爱荷华州的另一所大学学习农学，也就是耕种科学 他是那所学校的第一位黑人毕业生 后来他又成了那所学校的第一位黑人教授