美国老人詹姆斯·阿鲁达·亨利几年前仍是个文盲,在他90多岁高龄时,他才开始学习识字,并在近百岁时出版了自己的自传。亨利出生于葡萄牙,随父母移居美国后,他小学3年级即辍学,干过建筑工,当过面包师,还从事拳击运动,后来在海上以捕捞龙虾为生。亨利有不少值得自豪的事,他亲手建造了房屋,以捕虾收入养家糊口,抚养孩子成人。但不认识字一直让他十分羞愧。亨利在自传中说,多年来,他看不懂餐馆菜单,只能等有人点完东西后,照样再要一份。如果没有人,他宁愿饿着也不 Aged a few years ago, the elder James Arruda Henry remained illiterate. When he was in his 90s, he began to learn to read and published his autobiography when he was almost a hundred years old. Born in Portugal, with his parents immigrating to the United States, Henry dropped out of school in the third year of primary school, worked as a construction worker, worked as a baker, practiced boxing, and later reared lobster at sea. There are quite a few things Henry is proud of. He built his own home to catch shrimp and feed his family and raise children as adults. But he did not know the word has always made him very ashamed. Henry said in his autobiography that over the years, he could not understand the menu of a restaurant, but only after someone finished ordering something. He would rather be hungry if nobody