Before we were fairly out of the "Golden Gate," we were treated every day with salted mackerel, which I took to be the daily and fashionable dish of Nantucket.
The cook we had made matters worse, as he did not seem to know his business and was no doubt picked up in San Francisco just to fill the vacancy. The mackerel was cooked and brought on the table without being freshened, and the Indian meal cakes that were served with it, were but half baked, so that day after day we practically all left the table disgusted and half starved.
Not only was the food bad and unhealthy, but the skipper's family was of a very low type. The skipper himself was a most profane man, and although I never heard the wife swear, yet she seemed to enjoy her husband's oaths. Their little boy who was not more than... (查看原文)
一、线索 1.容闳62岁（1909）在美国第二故乡写下这部自传——《My life in China & America》，3年后逝世。此书在中国翻译出版，易名《西学东渐记》。容闳活跃于150多年前的中美，其个人经历正是中国“西学东渐”的缩影。 2.容19岁，随教会乘帆船去美国读书，行...
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“西学东渐”这个词很有名，来自容闳的自传体回忆录《西学东渐记》，说西方的学问渐染东方，春风化雨，令东方的老大帝国焕发新生，再造少年中国。 这本书原为英文，书名 <My life in China & America>，直译为“我的中国与美国人生”，初版于1909年的纽约；1915年，恽铁樵、徐...
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4 有用 媚水之珠 2008-09-07 19:18:39
作者中英两文写就此书。晚清民国出去的人都好厉害，宋美龄厚重扎实的英文水平即为最简单一例。
0 有用 鹤翎 2022-09-05 04:53:46 德国
胜不骄，败不馁，几十年如一日，精进，坚韧，士气如虹。
3 有用 eien99 2016-05-01 13:58:44
中英双语版本，中文是浅显文言文翻译，字体是红色的，可以了解当时的人与事
0 有用 Isa 2025-03-25 08:57:16 北京
用来看看史实的，当自传看的话全书上到王侯下到船夫全是各种各样的毛病，就作者自己英勇刚正爱国无私，白莲花始祖了属于还有辫子，耶鲁第一人，仗义每多屠狗辈，负心皆是读书人，高学历精致利己主义的也是禁得起历史的追溯。不过也侧面反映出了当时的社会是多么的朴素才能滋养出这种白莲花
0 有用 momo20 2008-06-13 21:56:03
我的偶像