人教版高中英语必修4 Unit 1 Women of achieve 听力 Reading Task
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When the Quaker Elizabeth married Joseph Fry, it seemed as if her life would be comfortable and peaceful. However, Elizabeth was not content with her easy life and her growing family. She saw many poor people living near her and she wanted to help them.
One day she was asked to visit a prison. At first the prison officers did not want to let her visit the women prisoners because they feared the prisoners would attack her, but Elizabeth was not afraid. She realized that the prisoners behaved badly because they were being treated like animals. They had no beds, clean clothes, food or heating. Any child born in prison had to stay there and had no chance of an education. This When the Quaker Elizabeth married Joseph Fry, it seemed as if her life would be comfortable and peaceful. However, Elizabeth was not content with her easy life and her growing family. She saw many poor people living near her and she wanted to help them.
当贵格会成员伊丽莎白嫁给约瑟夫·弗莱时，她的生活似乎会舒适而平静。然而，伊丽莎白对自己安逸的生活和不断壮大的家庭并不满意。她看到许多穷人住在她附近，她想帮助他们。
One day she was asked to visit a prison. At first the prison officers did not want to let her visit the women prisoners because they feared the prisoners would attack her, but Elizabeth was not afraid. She realized that the prisoners behaved badly because they were being treated like animals. They had no beds, clean clothes, food or heating. Any child born in prison had to stay there and had no chance of an education. This meant they would probably have to beg or steal when they grew up and then would return to prison. So the first thing Elizabeth did was to provide food, clean clothes and straw for beds. Later she began a prison school for the children and taught the women to sew(缝纫), knit(编织) and make goods to sell. In this way they were able to make a little money for themselves and gain some self-respect. Her kindness helped her gain the friendship of the prisoners and they began to try to improve their conditions for themselves. Later Elizabeth was asked to go to the leaders of Britain to discuss how to improve the conditions for prisoners.
有一天，她被邀请参观一所监狱。起初，监狱官员不想让她去看望女囚犯，因为他们担心囚犯会袭击她，但伊丽莎白并不害怕。她意识到囚犯们的行为不好，因为他们被当作动物对待。他们没有床、干净的衣服、食物和暖气。任何在监狱里出生的孩子都必须呆在那里，没有接受教育的机会。这意味着他们长大后可能不得不乞讨或偷窃，然后回到监狱。因此，伊丽莎白做的第一件事就是提供食物、干净的衣服和稻草铺床。后来，她为孩子们开办了一所监狱学校，教她们缝纫、编织，并制造商品出售。通过这种方式，他们能够为自己赚一点钱，并获得一些自尊。她的仁慈帮助她赢得了囚犯们的友谊，他们开始努力改善自己的生活条件。后来伊丽莎白被邀请到英国领导人那里讨论如何改善囚犯的条件。
Of course she did not do all the work on her own. Other Quaker women helped her and went around the country raising money for her work. Some people did not like her ideas and quarrelled with her. They said that she should spend more time with her family. Other people said she enjoyed being famous too much. However, her husband, Joseph, supported and encouraged her, so she continued working to help improve the lives of poor prisoners till she died. Her ideas did not disappear after her death and her work was remembered in 1947 when the Quakers were given the Nobel Peace Prize.
当然，她并不是独自完成所有的工作。其他贵格会妇女帮助她，并在全国各地为她的工作筹集资金。有些人不喜欢她的想法，与她争吵。他们说她应该花更多的时间和家人在一起。其他人说她太喜欢出名了。然而，她的丈夫约瑟夫支持并鼓励她，因此她继续努力帮助改善贫困囚犯的生活，直到她去世。她的思想并没有在她死后消失，在1947年，她工作的贵格会获得诺贝尔和平奖时被人们记住。