The Farmer and His Sons
Welcome to Dict.cn. I'm Valena, and today we'll learn a new article, "The Farmer and His Sons".
An old farmer called his sons to his bedside to read them his will.
"Children," he said, "the time has come for me to die. You will find all my treasure hidden in the vineyard."
As soon as the old Man was dead the Sons took their spades, their hoes and every tool they could find and began to dig in the vineyard to look for the treasure. They turned the soil over and over, digging deep into the rich, dark earth and breaking up the heavy lumps just as their Father had intended.
You are much more likely to get rich from hard work than from a lucky win.
New words:
treasure n.金银财宝，财富；珍品
spade n.锹，铲子
vineyard n.葡萄树；藤本植物
lump n.小方块，（肿）块
农夫和他的儿子们
一个老农夫把儿子们叫到床前,向他们宣读遗嘱。
"孩子们," 他说,"我就要离开人世了,你们在葡萄园裏能找到我埋藏的金银财宝。"
老人刚一去世,他的儿子们就拿上铁锹、锄头和所有能找得到的工具,到葡萄地里去挖寻财宝了。他们把土翻了又翻,一直挖到了肥沃的黑土,还把大土块捣碎,丰收之后的收获正像他们父亲期望的一样。
靠艰苦劳动比靠侥幸更可能致富。
