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