The Farmer’s treasure 農(nóng)夫的寶藏

There once was an old farmer. He was a hardworking man， so every year his harvest was very great.

One day， he became sick. He knew he would die soon. He wanted his two sons to look after the farm. “Long ago，” he told them， “I put a great treasure in one of the vineyards.”

After the farmer died， the sons began to dig carefully around the vines. Every day， they woke up early and worked until night. “We have to dig everywhere and find the treasure!” they said.

The two sons dug all summer， but they didn‘t find the treasure. They were tired and sad. They sat down near the fields and talked one day.

“Maybe our father was only dreaming，” said the older son. The younger son was looking at the vineyards. The vines were full of big， juicy grapes. Suddenly， he understood. “Brother， this great harvest is our treasure!”

The older brother looked at the vines. “You’re right! Our father has taught us a wonderful lesson： Hard work brings great rewards.”

Vocabulary

1. harvest n. 收獲，獲得

2. treasure n. 寶藏，珍貴物

3. vineyard n. 葡萄園

4. dig v. (dig-dig-dig) 挖;(用工具、手等)掘土

5. field n. 田地;原野

6. juicy adj. 多汁的

7. grape n. 葡萄

8. reward n. 報酬

英語補給站

Language Notes

look after 照顧

until 直到

解析1

look after 類似于 take care of， 都有照顧(某人事物)的意思。

Adam looked after my house while I was gone.

我不在的時候，亞當替我看房子。

解析2

until 指直到，后面接一個時間點或句子，表示持續(xù)做某事，到一個特定時間點才停止。

He kept working until it was dark.他一直工作到天黑。

加上否定詞的句型not…until…則是表示直到……才開始……

She didn’t show up until ten o’clock.她十點才出現(xiàn)。(她十點之前都沒有出現(xiàn))