21. What was Wheatley forced to do to get her book published?

21.为了出版书籍，Wheatley被迫做了什么？

Mrs. Wheatley observed how Phillis loved books and the care she took with them.

惠特利夫人观察到菲利斯很热爱书籍，很爱护它们。

But Wheatley was allowed by her owner to study poetry, Latin and the Bible.

但是惠特莉的农场主允许她学习诗歌，拉丁语和《圣经》。

She quickly learned how to clean around the Wheatley house and how to do the dishes.

她很快就学会如何打扫惠特利家的房子和如何洗碗。

Thankfully, Wheatley secured her freedom after returning from London.

值得庆幸的是，惠特莉从伦敦回来后获得了自由。

The board of judges questioned Wheatley extensively and ruled that she was educated enough to have written the book.

这群鉴定人问了Wheatley很多问题，最后裁定她受到了足够的教育，有写书的能力。

Mrs. Wheatley gave Phillis a pencil and paper and a little table on which to write.

惠特利夫人给菲利斯一支铅笔、一张纸和一张小桌子，让他在上面写字。

But it's incredibly unlikely Wheatley would have been able to publicly condemn slavery without serious consequences.

但惠特莉不太可能公开谴责奴隶制而不承担严重后果。

I'm Carl Azuz, and today's show goes out to Palestine Wheatley High School. It's in Palestine, Arkansas.

我是 Carl Azuz，今天的节目是巴勒斯坦惠特利高中，位于阿肯色州的巴勒斯坦。

Wheatley ends with an arresting image of life after death, trusting that divine forces " will re-animate his dust."

惠特莉的诗以一个在死后成为了惹人注目的象征的生命收尾，她坚信着神的力量 “会复活他的骨灰”。

The girl who became known as Phillis Wheatley was born about seventeen fifty-three in Senegal, Africa.

这个被称为菲利斯·惠特利的女孩大约于1753年出生在非洲的塞内加尔。

Early slaves were generally denied education, but Wheatley was allowed by her owner to study poetry, Latin and the Bible.

早期的奴隶一般都是无法接受教育的，但是Wheatley的主人允许她学习诗歌、拉丁文和圣经。

Phillis's new family had unusual beliefs for the times. John Wheatley and his wife were educated people.

菲利斯的家庭在当时有着不同寻常的信仰。约翰·惠特利和他的妻子都是受过教育的人。

Susannah Wheatley believed that all human beings, including African slaves, could learn if given the chance.

苏珊娜·惠特利认为所有的人类，包括非洲黑奴，如果有机会都可以学习。

Over the following decade, Wheatley became well versed in poetry and religious texts, eventually beginning to produce her own poems.

在接下来的十年后，惠特莉变得精通诗词和宗教文本，最终开始创作她自己的诗作。

Wheatley rarely wrote directly about her experiences as an enslaved person.

惠特莉极少直接写出她作为一个被奴役的人的经历。

And by comparing her lack of freedom to America's lack of independence, Wheatley subtly laments her own circumstances.

通过将她的缺乏自由与美国的缺乏独立相比较，惠特莉巧妙地哀叹了自己的处境。

Phillis Wheatley's first major work was An Elegiac Poem on the Death of the Celebrated Divine.

菲莉斯·惠特莉的第一个主要作品是《一首关于这位著名的神之死的挽歌》。"

It's, uh, it's Wheatley. He doesn't wanna sign.

是惠特利 他不愿意签字。

He was at one with Wheatley on the need to abandon free trade.

【one】他和惠特利意见一致，认为有必要中止自由贸易。