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1、幼儿英文图书：VoyagetotheNewWorldMynameisMaryChilton.IamoneoftheoriginalpilgrimstosetsailfortheNewWorldintheshipcalledtheMayflower.Apilgrimisapersonwhomakesajourneyforareligiousreason.ThestoryothepilgrimsbeginsinHolland.EventhoughIamEnglish,IwasborninLeyden,Hollandin1607.WelivedinHollandbecause
2、wewerenotfreetopracticeourreligioninEngland.ButHollandwasn'tourhome.Itwasastrangeandforeignland.Ilivedtherewithmyparentsfor12years.In1619,wereturnedtoEnglandtoprepareforavoyagetotheNewWorld.MyparentsandmanyotheradultspackedtrunksandbarrelswithallthethingswewouldneedtobeginlifeintheNewWor
3、ld.Theyhiredtwoships,theMayflowerandtheSpeedwell,totakeustotheNewWorld.Wewereallveryexcitedandalittlescared.WeleftEnglandonAugust5,1620,butwehadtoreturntoEnglandbecausetheSpeedwellwasleaking.Wetriedtofixtheship,butitwastoooldandtried.Wewereforcedtoabandonit,leavingbehindourcookingoilands
4、omeothervaluables.WeallpiledintotheMayflower.WefinallysetsailfortheNewWorldonSeptember6,1620.Therewere130peopleaboardtheMayflower.Therewere102pilgrimsand28crewmembers.Thereofthewomenwerepregnant!Whenitwasn'tstormyandscary,thevoyageboring.Ittookussixty-sixdaystoreachtheNewWorld.AthomeIwas
5、neverbored,becauseIwasbusyhelpingmymotherwiththesewing,thelaundry,orthecooking.OntheMayflower,therewasverylittlewoman'sworkthatneededtobedone.ManyofusbecameseasickwhentheMayflowerwastossedaroundbystormsandstrongwaves.Ispentmanydaysbeingsickbelowdeckbecausegoingabovedeckwasdangerous.Thewi
6、nd,andwavesmadethedeckslippery,soitwaseasytofalloverboard.Icouldhavedied,notfromseasickness,butfromboredom.Luckily,Ihadtwofriends,ConstanceHopkinsandElizabethTilley.Theymademelaughattheirstories.ElizabethwasinlovewithJohnHowland,buthetooknonoticeofher.Itwasbothfunnyandsad,butneverboringt
7、owatchher"wrong-way"love.Whenweweren'tlisteningtoElizabeth,wewereoftentryingtoavoidFrancisBillington.Hewasabullywholikedtopullourhair.Hewasalsoatroublemaker.OncehestartedafireonboardtheMayflowerwhenheshothisfather'sgunbelowdeck.Luckily,everyoneheardthesoundandputthefireou
