难度系数: ☆☆☆☆
　　Long long ago, there lived a farmer. He hadthree sons. The three sons were all lazy(1 ) boys. Oneday, the farmer fell ill and was dying( 2 ) . He calledhis sons together and told them that he had hidden(3)a treasure(4 ) in the fields. “Turn the earth(5 ) over forit, ”he said.
　　After the farmer died, his lazy sons began toturn the earth in the fields. At first they used hoes(6 )to dig( 7 ) the earth. They dug and dug, but found notreasure. Then they used a plough(8) to turn the earthover. They ploughedas deep as ( 9 ) theycould. But they couldnot find the treasure.
　　It was time forsowing( 10 ) . One of theboys said, “Now that (11 ) theearth is already turned, let’ssow some rice ( 12 ) in thesefields.”
　　“That’s fine,”the otherssaid. And they began to sow.
　　When autumn came, they were surprisedto see(13 ) a golden rice harvest( 14 ) in the fields.Their harvest was better than the harvest in anyof their neighbor’s (15 ) fields. Then the boys understood(16 ) what their father said. The fieldsgive treasure to those who work hard.
　　
　　
　　翻译小擂台
　　1.They ploughed as deep as they could.
　　2.It was time for sowing.
　　3.When autumn came, they were surprised tosee a golden rice harvest in the fields.
　　4.Their harvest was better than the harvest inany of their neighbor’s fields.
　　5. The fields give treasure to those who workhard.
　　
　　(1) lazy 懒惰的
　　(2) dying 临死的
　　(3) hidden 是动词hide 的过去分词, 埋藏
　　(4) treasure 财宝
　　(5) earth 泥土;我们学过theearth 意为“地球”
　　(6) hoe 锄头
　　(7) dig 开挖; 其后的dug 是dig的过去式
　　(8) plough 这里是名词指农作工具“犁”; 也可作动词表示“犁地”。
　　(9) as deep as和……一样深
　　(10) sow 播种
　　(11) now that既然
　　(12) rice 稻子
　　(13) be surprisedto see 看到⋯⋯感到很惊奇
　　(14) harvest收成, 丰收
　　(15) neighbor’s邻居的
　　(16) understood是动词understand的过去式,明白
　　
　　阅读提示:
　　
　　同学们, 这是一个人人都听过的故事。可是, 在这儿用英文讲给大家听, 是希望大家潜心学习一下文章的遣词造句, 争取背诵下来, 让它们变成自己的英语“财宝”。