1791年9月22日,在英国萨里郡纽因顿一个贫苦的铁匠家庭里,一个小男孩呱呱坠地。小男孩的出生并没有给这个家庭带来多大的欢乐,反而使他的父亲忧心忡忡。像这样贫困的家庭,增加一口人,就意味着生活的艰难又增加一分。小男孩天资聪慧,是老师们眼中的“神童”。可就在他9岁那年,父亲去世了。随着家庭经济的日渐窘困,初中还没有读完,他就不得不告别校园,进入当地一家私人书店当学徒。老板交给他的任务是, On September 22, 1791, a young boy was born in a poor blacksmith family in Newington, Surrey, England. The birth of the little boy did not bring much joy to the family, but worried his father. Adding a family to a poor family like this means adding more to the hardship of life. The innate talent of the little boy is the “prodigy” in the eyes of the teachers. But at the age of nine, his father passed away. As the family economy is getting more and more embarrassed, junior high school has not yet finished reading, he had to say goodbye to campus, into a local private bookstore apprenticeship. The boss gave him the task is,