▸ 一yī八bā六liù六liù年nián，孙中山sūn zhōng shān出生chū shēng在zài广东guǎng dōng的de一个yī ge小xiǎo村子cūn zi里lǐ。

In 1866, Sun Yat-sen was born in a small village in Guangdong.

▸ 他tā家jiā很hěn穷qióng，父亲fù qīn是shì农民nóng mín，他tā小时候xiǎo shí hou也yě要yào下xià田tián干活gàn huó。

His family was poor — his father was a farmer, and as a child he had to work in the fields too.

▸ 村cūn里lǐ有yǒu一位yī wèi老人lǎo rén，年轻nián qīng时shí参加cān jiā过guò太平天国tài píng tiān guó的de军队jūn duì。

In the village there was an old man who had served in the army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom when he was young.

▸ 老人lǎo rén常常cháng cháng给gěi孩子们hái zi men讲jiǎng洪秀全hóng xiù quán的de故事gù shì：一个yī ge穷人qióng rén的de孩子hái zi，也yě敢gǎn起来qǐ lai反抗fǎn kàng皇帝huáng dì。

The old man often told the children stories about Hong Xiuquan: a poor man's son who dared to rise up against the emperor.

▸ 孙中山sūn zhōng shān听得tīng de入rù了le迷mí，心里xīn li想xiǎng：“为什么wèi shén me官员guān yuán可以kě yǐ欺负qī fu老百姓lǎo bǎi xìng，却què没有méi yǒu人rén管guǎn？”

Sun Yat-sen listened, fascinated, and thought to himself: "Why can officials bully the common people, and nobody stops them?"

▸ 十三shí sān岁suì那年nà nián，他tā跟着gēn zhe母亲mǔ qīn坐zuò船chuán去了qù le檀香山tán xiāng shān，因为yīn wèi哥哥gē ge在zài那里nà li做生意zuò shēng yì。

The year he turned thirteen, he sailed with his mother to Honolulu, because his older brother was doing business there.

▸ 檀香山tán xiāng shān在zài夏威夷xià wēi yí，那里nà li的de一切yī qiè都dōu让ràng他tā吃惊chī jīng：干净gān jìng的de街道jiē dào、明亮míng liàng的de学校xué xiào，还有hái yǒu讲jiǎng道理dào li的de法律fǎ lǜ。

Honolulu is in Hawaii, and everything there amazed him: clean streets, bright schools, and laws that made sense.

▸ 他tā在zài西方Xī fāng学校xué xiào读书dú shū，很快hěn kuài学会xué huì了le英语Yīng yǔ，成绩chéng jì也是yě shì班上bān shàng最好zuì hǎo的de。

He studied at a Western school, quickly learned English, and had the best grades in his class.

▸ 他tā开始kāi shǐ问wèn自己zì jǐ：“为什么wèi shén me别的bié de国家guó jiā可以kě yǐ这样zhè yàng，我们wǒ men的de国家guó jiā却què不行bù xíng？”

He began to ask himself: "Why can other countries be like this, but not ours?"

▸ 十七shí qī岁时suì shí，他tā回到huí dào了le家乡jiā xiāng，可是kě shì他tā已经yǐ jīng不是bù shì原来yuán lái的de那个nà ge孩子hái zi了le。

At seventeen he returned to his hometown, but he was no longer the child he had been.

▸ 他tā看到kàn dào村民cūn mín生病shēng bìng了le不bù去qù看kàn医生yī shēng，只zhǐ去qù庙miào里lǐ拜bài神shén，非常fēi cháng着急zháo jí。

He saw that when villagers got sick they didn't see a doctor — they only went to the temple to pray to the gods — and it troubled him deeply.

▸ 后来hòu lái，他tā去qù香港xiāng gǎng学医xué yī，学习xué xí非常fēi cháng努力nǔ lì。

Later, he went to Hong Kong to study medicine, and he studied very hard.

▸ 一yī八bā九jiǔ二èr年nián，他tā以yǐ全校quán xiào第一dì yī名míng的de成绩chéng jì毕业bì yè，成了chéng le一yī名míng医生yī shēng。

In 1892 he graduated first in his whole school and became a doctor.

▸ 他tā在zài澳门ào mén和hé广州guǎng zhōu给gěi人rén看病kàn bìng，遇到yù dào穷人qióng rén，常常cháng cháng不bù收shōu钱qián。

He treated patients in Macau and Guangzhou, and when poor patients came, he often charged nothing.

▸ 病人bìng rén都dōu说shuō：“孙Sūn医生yī shēng的de医术yī shù好hǎo，心xīn更好gèng hǎo。”

His patients all said: "Dr. Sun's medical skill is good, but his heart is even better."

▸ 可是kě shì，夜深人静yè shēn rén jìng的de时候shí hou，孙中山sūn zhōng shān常常cháng cháng睡不着shuì bù zháo。

But in the still of the night, Sun Yat-sen often couldn't sleep.

▸ 他tā想xiǎng：“我wǒ能néng医yī好hǎo一个人yī gè rén的de病bìng，可是kě shì谁shéi来lái医yī这个zhè ge生病shēng bìng的de国家guó jiā呢ne？”

He thought: "I can cure one person's illness — but who will cure this sick country?"

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