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After a long and hard journey, he finally reached Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia with only fifty cents in his pocket. This is Booker T. Washington's account of his journey -- starting from the dark and dangerous coal-mine and eventually ending up in his admission to the institute -- the struggle to pursue an education and to change his destiny.
经历了漫长而艰难的旅程之后，他终于到达了弗吉尼亚的汉普顿师范和农业学院，这时他身上只剩五十美分。这就是布克·T·华盛顿所描述的他的旅程——从在漆黑而又危险的煤矿里工作到最终被学院录取——为了追求教育而努力奋斗并且改变了自己的命运。
The Struggle for an Education
我的求学之路
Booker T. Washington
布克·T·华盛顿
One day, while at work in the coal-mine, I happened to overhear two miners talking about a great school for coloured people somewhere in Virginia. In the darkness of the mine I noiselessly crept as close as I could to the two men who were talking. I heard one tell the other that not only was the school established for the members of my race, but that opportunities were provided by which poor but worthy students could work out all or a part of the cost of board, and at the same time be taught some trade or industry.
一天，在煤矿上班时，我无意中听到两个矿工说道，有一所专为有色人种开设的很好的学校，在弗吉尼亚州的某个地方。矿井里一片漆黑，我悄无声息地爬到离那两人尽可能近的地方。我听到一个人对另一个说，学校不仅是为了我的种族成员而专门建立的，而且也会提供机会，使穷苦但上进的学生得以支付全部或部分食宿费用，同时也能学会一门手艺或技术。
I resolved at once to go to that school, although I had no idea where it was, or how many miles away, or how I was going to reach it; I remembered only that I was on fire constantly with one ambition, and that was to go to Hampton. This thought was with me day and night.
我当即决定要去那所学校，虽然学校在哪里，离我有多远，我又该怎么到那里，我一点概念也没有；我只记得心中有个愿望在熊熊燃烧，那就是去汉普顿。这个念头日日夜夜在我心头萦绕。
