(单词翻译:单击)
Adams County’s Gold
亚当斯县的黄金
Adams Academy was a good school.
亚当斯学院是一所好学校。
Boys lived there and took classes.
男孩们住在那里上课。
Tom worked hard all week.
汤姆整个星期都在努力工作。
On a spring Saturday, he wanted to do something fun.
在一个春天的星期六，他想做一些有趣的事情。
He asked his friend Jeff to go to the movie theater.
他邀请他的朋友杰夫去看电影。
"Sorry," Jeff answered. "I'm going to a concert."
“对不起，”杰夫回答。“我要去听音乐会。”
So Tom asked Joe to go to the movies.
于是汤姆邀请乔去看电影。
But Joe’s soccer team had a game.
但是乔的足球队有一场比赛。
Next, Tom went down the hall to Brad's room.
接着，汤姆穿过大厅来到布拉德的房间。
Brad was reading a very large old book.
布拉德正在看一本很大的旧书。
"Hi, Brad,"Tom said. "Are you reading a dictionary? It looks ancient."
“嗨，布拉德，”汤姆说。“你在看字典吗?”它看起来很古老。”
"No. This is called The Wealth of Adams County.
“没有。这是名叫亚当斯县财富的书。
It's about hidden gold in Adams County. It's more than a century old. It was published in 1870! Look, it even has the original cover on it."
它是关于亚当斯县隐藏黄金的。它有一个多世纪的历史了。它出版于1870年！看，它甚至还有原来初始的封面。”
Tom asked,"Where did you get it?"
汤姆问:“你从哪儿弄来的?”
"It's from my dad's friend. He is a nice gentleman,an officer in the army," answered Brad.
“这是我爸爸的朋友送的。他是一个很好的绅士，是一名军官，”布拉德回答。
"The gold doesn't really exist, does it?" Tom asked.
“里面的黄金其实并不存在，对吧?”汤姆问。
"I don't know, but maybe! There are clues in this book. Let's find it!"
“我不知道，不过也许吧！这本书里有一些线索。让我们找到它！”
Looking for gold sounded like fun.
找金子听起来很有趣。
The first clue was to find a flat tree underground.
第一个线索是在地下找到一棵扁平的树。
"It must be in the forest,"Tom said.
“它一定在森林里。”汤姆说。
Brad said,"The flat tree could be a board under the dirt.
布拉德说:“那棵扁平的树可能是泥土下面的一块木板。
It could cover the gold."
它可以盖住黄金。”
Tom and Brad dug in the dirt all morning.
汤姆和布莱德整个上午都在挖土。
The process of looking for gold made them hungry.
寻找黄金的过程让他们感到饥饿。
They were ready to stop for lunch.
他们准备停下来吃午饭。
But then Brad hit something hard. It was a board!
但后来布拉德撞到了什么硬物。那是一块木板！
Brad pounded on the board until it broke.
布拉德不停地敲打着木板，直到它裂开。
There was a small hole under it.
它下面有一个小洞。
"Look!" He held up a gold coin.
“看！”他举起一枚金币。
Tom saw a piece of paper in the hole.
汤姆看到洞里有一张纸。
"Brad, there's more. It's a map to the rest of the gold!"
“布拉德，还有呢。这是一张指引其他黄金的地图！”
Brad smiled. "Let's go!"
布拉德笑了。“我们走吧！”
And they hurried to find the wealth of Adams County.
他们急忙去寻找亚当斯县的财富。
