花园的财宝

Treasure in the Garden A long time ago in a small village,and old man lived with his three sons. One son was tall and skinny,another son was short and fat,and third son was somewhere in between. The old man loved his sons very much,but there was one thing about them he disliked. He disliked the fact that they were lazy. The man tried everything to encourage his sons to work hard. He told them they would be rich. He told them they would marry beautiful brides. He told them that they would he happy and proud in their old age. The lazy sons didn't listen because they weren't interested in work at all. The first son liked to talk,the second son liked to eat,and the third son liked to drink; however,each thought work was boring. Many years past,and the lazy sons still lived at home. The tall son was skinny,the short son was even fatter,and the third son was now bald. The old man was very old,very sick,and too tired to work. His farm was falling into disrepair,and the vineyard was overgrown and neglected. One night,the old man called his sons into his room. "My sons,I am very old,very sick,and very tired. I will not live much longer,but there is something that I must tell you before I die. I have hidden something very special in the vineyard. Find it and it is yours." The old man passed away that night,and in the morning the sons talked. The first son asked,"What do you think father hid in the vineyard?" "I don't know,"the second son replied,"but he must have put it there years ago because he has been too old, too sick,and too tired to go into the vineyard for many years." "I agree,"said the first son,"but what do you think it could be?" The third son guessed,"It must be money,and a lot of it. This farm was rich once. If we find that money,we'll never have to work." The sons set to work immediately. They cleared the overgrown vineyard of weeds,bushes,and plants. Then they began to dig. Each dug very quickly because each son wanted to be the one to find the treasure. Several years passed,but the sons did not find the treasure. The sons had changed. The first was tall and muscular;he was no longer skinny. The second son had lost a lot of weight,so he was no longer fat. The third son was still bald,but he no longer looked old because he was so healthy from hard work. Each son married a beautiful bride. There was also one other change; the farm was prosperous again because the vineyard had been cleared and cared for by the brothers. The lazy sons were wealthy,but not from treasure. The wealth had come from their own hard work. And they all lived happily eve after. 花园的财宝 很久以前，在一个小村庄里，住着一个老汉和他的三个儿子。 一个儿子又高又瘦，另一个儿子又矮又胖，是第三个儿子介于两者之间。 老人非常爱他的儿子，但他们有一件事他不喜欢。 他不喜欢的原因是他们都很懒惰。 这个老人试用了很多办法鼓励他的儿子努力工作 他告诉他们，他们将会很富有。 他告诉他们，他们将会与美丽的新娘结婚。 他告诉他们，他们会在晚年时感到高兴和自豪。 懒惰的儿子们听不进去，因为他们没有感兴趣的工作。 第一个儿子喜欢说话，第二个儿子喜欢吃，第三个儿子喜欢喝酒; 然而，他们每个人都觉得工作很无聊。 很多年过去了，懒惰的儿子仍住在家里。 高大的儿子更瘦了，短的儿子更胖了，第三个儿子现在光头了。 老人更老了，病得很重，工作太累了。 他的农场落败了，葡萄园被闲置了，杂草丛生。 一天晚上，老人叫他的儿子进他的房间。 “我的儿子，我很老了，病得很重，太累了。 我活不了多久了，但在我死之前有一些事，我必须告诉你们。 我已经在葡萄园里藏了非常特殊的东西。找到它，它是你们的了。” 老人那天晚上去世了，早上儿子们在讨论着。 第一个儿子问：“你觉得父亲藏了什么在葡萄园？” “我不知道，”第二个儿子说，“但他必须把它藏这好几年了，因为这些年他进葡萄园已经太老， 太虚弱了，太累了。” “我同意，”第一个儿子说，“但你认为它可能是什么？” 第三个儿子猜到，“它必须是钱，很多的钱。这个农场之前很富有。 如果我们发现这些钱，我们将永远不用工作了。” 儿子们立即开始动手。 他们清理长满杂草，灌木，植物的葡萄园。然后，他们开始挖。 每个人都挖很快，因为每个儿子都想第一个找到宝藏。 几年过去了，但儿子们没有找到宝藏。 儿子们都变了。第一个儿子高大，肌肉发达，他没有那么瘦了。 第二个儿子也已经瘦了很多，所以他没有那么胖了。 第三个儿子仍是光秃秃的，但他看起来没有那么老了，因为他辛勤工作所以很健康。 每个儿子都娶了一个美丽的新娘。葡萄园也有变化; 被清除过的农场再次繁荣，因为葡萄园有兄弟们的照顾。 懒惰的儿子变富裕了，但不是找到了财宝。 财富是用自己辛勤的劳动换来的。后来，他们都幸福地生活着。 这些小故事能更好的激起小朋友的英语学习热情，兴趣就这里培养吧！ 参考资料：幼儿英语网：www.yeyyw.com