英语翻译
On June 17,1774,the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations.The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College.In a letter the next day they refused the offer as follows:
We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges,and that the costs of living of our young men,while with you,would be very expensive to you.We are convinced that you mean to do us good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily.But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things,and you will therefore not be offended(冒犯) if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours.We have had some experience of it.Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the college of the northern provinces:they were taught all your sciences; but when they came back to us,they were bad manners,ignorant of every means of living in the woods – they were totally good for nothing.
We are,however,not the less obliged by your kind offer,though we refuse to accept it; and,to show our grateful sense of it,if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons,we will take care of their education,teach them in all we know,and make men of them.
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解答
1774年6月17日,马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州的官员与六部落印第安人举行了会谈,邀请印第安人送男孩到威廉和玛丽大学读书.在第二天的回信中,印第安人拒绝了邀请,内容如下:我们知道你们认为你们学校的教育方式很好,我们的年...
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