Van Gogh enjoyed a relatively uneventful childhood save for the birth of five siblings (three by the time he was six and two more by his fourteenth year) and his attendance at two different boarding schools.
梵高有五个兄弟姐妹（六岁时出生三个，十四岁出生两个），而且上过两个寄宿学校。除此之外，他的童年还算平静。
In rural Zundert he took long walks in the Brabant countryside and developed a naturalist’s love of animals and plants.
津德尔特是布拉邦省的乡下小镇，在那里居住时，他常常在乡野漫步，渐渐养成了博物学家那般对动植物的喜爱。
At his two boarding schools, he excelled at his studies and laid down the foundation for his lifelong facility in French and English.
在待过的两个寄宿学校，他都成绩优异，打下了夯实的法语和英语基础，令他一生受用无穷。
The family’s decision to apprentice him at sixteen to Uncle Vincent’s art gallery in The Hague was far from a nepotistic last resort.
他十六岁时，家里决定让他去文森特叔叔在海牙的艺术馆当学徒，这并不是因为任人唯亲。
Uncle Vincent, called “Cent,” had transformed an art supply store into a prestigious art gallery and had become a senior partner in Goupil et Cie., one of the largest art-dealing firms in Europe.
文森特叔叔，大家都叫他“森特”，不仅成功把一家艺术品店发展成艺术馆，还成了Goupil et Cie.（欧洲最大的艺术品交易公司之一）的资深合伙人。
Vincent had not better opportunity for advancement than working at The Hague branch of Goupil’s.
除了在Goupil公司的海牙分处工作，梵高没有更好的发展机会。
And it was a testament to Vincent’s abilities that the childless “Uncle Cent” took a paternal interest in him and arranged for his position as Goupil’s youngest employee.
没有儿女的“森特叔叔”慈父般地关怀梵高，提供了这个工作机会，使他成为Goupil公司最年轻的职员，足以证明梵高能力非凡。
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