美国小学英语教材5:第188课 罗伯特.E.李:从男孩到男人(2)（在线收听）

So young Robert Lee lived among inspiring surroundings. Stratford House had done much to keep alive the glory of the Lee family. Important men had lived beneath its roof. There were Robert’s cousins, the two li brothers, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Richard Henry Lee, who had signed the Declaration of Independence. And there was Robert’s own father. General Henry Lee, the famous Light Horse Harry, as he was called, who had fought in the Revolutionary War by the side of General Washington when we won our freedom from England.

所以年轻的罗伯特·李生活在令人鼓舞的环境中。斯特拉特福德庄园为维护李家族的荣誉做了很多工作。重要人物曾住在这里。有签署了独立宣言的罗伯特的堂兄弟、李氏两兄弟、以及弗朗西斯·莱特福特·李和理查德·亨利·李。还有罗伯特自己的父亲。亨利·李将军，被称为著名的轻骑兵哈里，当我们从英国赢得自由的时候，他曾在独立战争中与华盛顿将军并肩作战。

The boy was told that three generations of Lees had lived at Stratford, and that the gates had always been open wide to their friends. Everyone was always welcome at Stratford, and the finest people of the land were proud to visit the distinguished family who lived there. The house stood for the best in all things. Its library was filled with fine books. Robert’s father was a scholar as well as a soldier, and the boy always remembered him sitting in a big chair or at his desk writing an account of the battles he had fought with his beloved George Washington. The boy saw the brave spirit of the Lees still alive in his father, who was fighting constantly against ill-health. Robert himself had that same brave spirit, and he was to do even greater things than the others of his family had done.

有人告诉小男孩，李家三代人都住在斯特拉福镇，大门总是向他们的朋友敞开。在斯特拉福镇，人人都受到欢迎，当地最优秀的人都很自豪地拜访住在那里的显赫家庭。这所房子代表了一切最好的东西。书房里满是好书。罗伯特的父亲是一位学者，也是一名士兵，小男孩总是记得他坐在一张大椅子上或书桌前，写着他与挚爱的乔治·华盛顿之间的战斗。男孩看到李家的勇敢精神还在他父亲身上，他的父亲一直在与病魔作斗争。罗伯特自己也有这种勇敢的精神，他要做的事情甚至比他的家人所做的还要伟大。