壹蘋派生活美語　祕密花園（二）

　　Frances Hodgson Burnett was born in 1849 and grew up in England. Her father passed away when she was a child, which posed financial difficulties for her family. When the American Civil War broke out, England’s economy was affected, and Frances’s mother struggled to maintain their family business. The family had no choice but to move to the United States to seek help from a relative. To help support her family, Frances started writing and publishing stories when she was 19 years old.

　　法蘭西絲．霍森．柏內特出生於 1849 年，在英國長大。她的父親在她很小的時候就去世了，這給她的家庭帶來了經濟困難。美國內戰爆發時，英國經濟受到影響，法蘭西斯的母親艱難地維持家裡的生意。一家人別無選擇只能移居美國尋求親戚的幫忙。為了幫忙養家活口，法蘭西絲在十九歲時開始寫作和出版故事。

 

生活必備字詞：

financial　a. 財務的

economy　n. 經濟

have no choice but to V　　除了……之外別無選擇

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