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He had, however, learned much that is not taught in books. He knew how to take care of himself in the open,
但他學到了許多書本上學不到的知識，他知道如何在戶外照顧自己，
how to make friends with horses and dogs, how to ride and fish and swim, how to lay out camps and build campfires,
如何和馬和狗成為朋友，如何騎馬，釣魚和游泳，如何搭建帳篷和建造營火，
how to recognize the tracks of wild animals, how to blaze or mark a trail, all the thousand and one things which a quick-witted,
如何識別野生動物的足跡，如何開辟道路，這么多的事情都是這個機智的
outdoor boy learns from country life. Best of all, he had grown tall and strong and hardy from his life in the open air,
戶外小男孩在鄉(xiāng)村學到的，最好的是，他長高了，變強壯了，戶外生活讓他更堅韌了，
storing up strength and health for the time when a sound body was essential for the work he had to do.
為他今后要干的重要事情積累了能量和健康。
And with these advantages his schoolboy days began.
有了這些優(yōu)勢，他的學習生活開始了。
George Washington's school days
華盛頓的學校時光
Washington's first school was not much more than a hut in the woods,
華盛頓的第一所學校就是叢林中的一個簡陋房屋，
in charge of a schoolmaster who knew very little more than his pupils.
學校校長和他的學生知道的差不多。
In those days it was difficult to find good school-teachers in Virginia.
當時很難在弗吉尼亞找到好的學校老師。
The instructor selected for this old field school, as it was called, was a man known as Hobby,
當時我們稱老師為教練，被選擇進入這所舊學校的教練名叫赫比，
who had come over from England. How much Washington learned from this queer schoolmaster is not known.
他是從英格蘭來的，華盛頓和這名奇怪的校長學習了多少不可知。
But it is certain that he was soon taught to write, for he scrawled his name all over a volume of sermons when he was eight or nine years old.
但確定的是，他不久就學習了如何寫字，他八九歲的時候，他在一卷布道上畫滿了他的名字。
That book, with his boyish writing, can be seen today in one of the Boston libraries.
留有小孩書寫的這本書如今可以在波士頓圖書館看到。
Indeed, Washington, like a great many other boys, was rather fond of scribbling,
華盛頓和其他小男孩一樣，非常喜歡亂涂亂畫，
and some of his books which have been preserved are said to be adorned with pictures of birds, animals, people, and other drawings.
他的一些保存下來的書籍據(jù)說用鳥、動物、任務以及其它繪畫圖案進行了裝飾。
Hobby claimed in later years that his famous pupil received his best education in the little cabin schoolhouse,
赫比晚年稱他最著名的學生接受了他的教育，而且是在一間簡陋的小學堂內(nèi)，
but it is certain that the most valuable things the boy learned in those early years he owed to his father and mother.
但肯定的是，孩子早期學到的多數(shù)珍貴東西都是從父母那里學的。
They brought him up strictly but sensibly, teaching him the importance of obedience, manliness, courage, and honesty.
他們對小華盛頓很嚴厲，但是很理智，教授他服從、男子氣概、勇氣以及誠實這些重要東西。
Unfortunately for Washington, his father died when he was only eleven, but his mother proved a wise friend and counselor,
但不幸的是，父親在11歲時就去世了，但他的母親被證明是一名聰慧的朋友和顧問，
and shortly after her husband's death she sent him to an excellent school kept by a Mr. Williams near Wakefield.
她丈夫死后不久，她將小華盛頓送到了一所名叫威廉姆斯先生掌管的出色學校，這座學校靠近韋克菲爾德。
