Phillis learned quickly. She learned the English alphabet in a few weeks.

菲利斯学得很快。在短短几周内她就学会了英语字母表。

Phillis Wheatley was a young African-American slave who belonged to landowner John Wheatley in Colonial America.

Phillis Wheatley是一个年轻的美国黑奴，为美国殖民时代的地主John Wheatley所有。

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。

It had not yet produced writers and poets like older nations. So Phillis studied the writings of European writers.

不像其他有悠久历史的国家，美国还没有诞生一些作家和诗人。所以菲利斯学习了欧洲作家的作品。

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。

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。

Mary told Phillis she would teach her to write -- on paper, not on walls.

玛丽告诉菲利斯她将教她在纸上写字，而不是在墙上。

Phillis loved to learn new words. She enjoyed the new feelings that went with the sounds.

菲利斯喜欢学习新的词汇。她喜欢伴随着这种声音而来的新感觉。

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。

Phillis came from a culture that was very different from that of the Wheatleys.

菲利斯来自一个和惠特利非常不一样的文化。

Phillis had been cleaning the dust from a book. She decided to copy the letters from the cover of the book.

菲利斯一直在清理一本书上的灰尘。她决定从这本书的封面上抄下这些信。

At times, Phillis would smell the pages of the books and hold them close to her.

有时候，菲利斯会闻书的味道，把它们抱的很近。

But Phillis usually sat at a table separate from the white people at a dinner party.

但在晚宴上，菲利斯通常不会喝白人坐在一张桌子旁。

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》。"

Phillis took care of Susannah during her long final sickness.

菲利斯在苏珊娜临终前长时间的病危时期一直照顾着她。

It was published in seventeen seventy. Phillis wrote the long poem to honor a famous clergyman who had died.

它发表于1770年。菲利斯写这首长诗是为了纪念一位已逝的有名的牧师。

When Mrs. Wheatley died in March seventeen seventy-four, Phillis wrote that she had lost a friend and parent.

当惠特利夫人于1774年3月去世时，菲利斯写道，她失去了一位朋友和母亲。

But she received urgent news from America. Mrs. Wheatley was very sick and had asked that Phillis return to Boston. Phillis returned home quickly.

但是，她收到了来自美国的紧急消息。惠特利夫人病很重，她让菲利斯返回波士顿。菲利斯就很快回家了。

After Susannah's death, Phillis was freed by the Wheatley family. But her life became more difficult.

苏珊娜死后，惠特利一家让菲利斯成为了自由人。但是，她的生活变得更加艰难了。

Phillis was about twelve years old when she began to write poetry. One of her earliest poems was about her religious faith.

菲利斯开始写诗的时候大概12岁了。她最早的一首诗是关于她的宗教信仰的。