The Black Stones
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
The Stones Tala glanced over her shoulder before she picked up the two small black stones near the river’s edge at the base of Apache Leap Mountain.
在她取出位于Apache Leap山地底的河边附近的两块小黑石之前,
If her brother was watching, he’d want the stones for himself, and she didn’t want to give them to him.
她不想把石头送给他。
She had found them, and they were hers.
她找到它们了 它们是她的
Paco was busy tossing pebbles into the river, so Tala bent down and picked up the dark black stones.
帕克忙于将卵石扔入河中,于是塔拉弯倒取出深黑石.
When she held them up to the sun, the light made them glow softly.
当她把它们抱向太阳时,光使它们轻轻地发光.
“Hey, let me see!”
"嘿,让我看看!"
her brother called.
她哥哥打电话来
Tala groaned and closed her fist tightly over the stones.
塔拉叹了口气,紧紧地把拳头关在了石头上.
If she were quick enough, she might be able to hide them from her twin.
如果她够快,她可能可以 隐藏他们与她的双胞胎。
Tala hugged her knees and listened to her brother’s footsteps as he ran over to her.
Tala抱住她的膝盖,
When he was behind her, she rose and started to walk away.
当他站在她身后时,她起身并开始走开.
“Come on!”
"来吧!"
Paco said.
柏可说.
“Show me what’s in your hand.”
“给我看看你手里拿来的东西。 “
Tala knew that if she showed him the stones, her brother would beg her to give them to him.
Tala知道,如果她给他看石头,她的兄弟会求她把石头交给他。
She knew that he would keep on begging until she blew up or gave in.
她知道他会继续乞讨,直到她被炸死或屈服。
Tala swung around to face him.
塔拉四处晃来晃去面对他.
“These stones are mine!”
“这些石头是我的!”
she shouted.
她喊着
“I found them, and I’m keeping them, no matter what you say.”
“我找到他们了, “
“Just show them to me!”
“给我看看! “
Paco shouted back as he grabbed her fist and tried to pry it open.
帕克在抓住她的拳头想打开时大叫.
“Mom!”
妈妈!
Tala cried.
塔拉哭了起来。
“Mom!
“妈妈!
Paco’s bothering me again.”
Paco又烦我。 “
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates stood up from the rock where she had been sitting quietly for the last half hour.
Yates从岩石上站起来 在那里她静静地坐了半个小时
She had been thinking about how difficult her life had become.
她一直在想她的生活变得多么艰难。
The death of her husband three years ago had left her very sad.
三年前她丈夫的去世使她非常伤心。
Somehow her children had taken the anger they felt over their father’s death and turned it against each other.
她的孩子们对父亲的死感到愤怒,
If only they could learn to get along, she thought as she made her way down to the river.
要是他们能学着相处的话 她就想到她下河的时候
If only they could be friends.
如果他们能成为朋友就好了
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates dragged her twins apart and sat them down on either side of her.
Yates把她的双胞胎分开 放在她两边
She waited to see if either of them would apologize, but neither of them said a word.
她等着看他们是否愿意道歉,但两人都没有说一句话.
“I was the one who found the stones,” Tala said.
Tala说,“发现这些石头的人是我。”
“Paco tried to take them away from me.
“Paco试图把他们从我身边带走。
It’s his fault.
这是他的错。
I didn’t do anything.”
我什么也没做。 “
“Yes, you did!”
“是的,你做到了!”
Paco yelled.
帕可大叫着.
“You wouldn’t even let me see what they looked like.
“你甚至不让我看看他们的样子。
I saw you holding them up to the light.
我看见你把他们拖到灯光下
I just wanted to look at them.”
我只是想看看他们。 “
“They’re mine!”
" 他们是我的! "
Tala shouted.
塔拉大叫着
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates closed her eyes.
耶茨闭上了眼睛。
Their fighting was making her tired.
他们的战斗让她厌倦了
Volcanoes and Magic “Your arguments make me very unhappy,” Mrs.
火山和魔法 “你的论点让我很不高兴。”
Yates said softly.
叶茨说得温柔.
“You are brother and sister—twins, even!
"你们是兄弟姊妹的,
You could be best friends for your entire lives if you would only try a little harder to get along.
你可以成为你一生最好的朋友 如果你只会尝试 更努力地相处。
Will you try?”
你会试试吗? “
Tala and Paco stared silently at the river.
塔拉和帕可默默地注视着河流.
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates could tell that they did not plan to get along, now or ever.
Yates知道他们现在或永远都不打算相处
She sighed and held out her hand.
她叹息并伸出了手。
“Give me the stones, Tala,” she said.
她说,“塔拉,把石头给我。”
“But that’s not fair,” Tala whined.
Tala抱怨道,
“I found them, not Paco.
“我找到他们了,不是Paco。
They’re mine.”
他们是我的。 “
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates waited.
叶茨等.
Tala was filled with anger, but she dropped the shiny black stones onto her mother’s palm.
塔拉充满了愤怒,但她把闪闪发光的黑色石头倒到她母亲的手掌上.
“It’s okay to be angry,” her mother said.
她母亲说,
“Sometimes life seems very unfair.
“有时,生活似乎非常不公平。
Sometimes the things we love get taken away from us, and there’s nothing we can do about it.
有时我们所爱的东西被夺走,
That is why we must be thankful for our friends and family.
这就是为什么我们必须感谢我们的朋友和家人。
They are more important than the objects we find in the world.”
它们比我们在世界上发现的东西更重要。 “
Tala was furious.
塔拉很愤怒
She’d found the stones, hadn’t she?
她发现了石头,
Her brother could find his own treasures.
她的哥哥可以找到自己的宝藏
Why did he need to take hers?
他为什么要拿走她的?
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates told them both to hold out a hand and dropped one stone onto each child’s palm.
Yates让他们伸出一只手,
Then she led them both up the trail and home for dinner.
然后她带他们上路回家吃饭
Tala and Paco were twins, but they were very different.
Tala和Paco是双胞胎,但他们很不一样。
Tala looked at the world as a scientist.
塔拉视世界为科学家.
She wanted to know why the sky turned orange at sunset and how a seashell made a sound when she held it to her ear.
她想知道为什么在日出时天空会变出橙色,以及海贝在她把声音抱在耳朵上时是如何发出声音的.
Paco, on the other hand, saw the world as a magical place filled with poems waiting to be written.
而帕克则将世界视为充满了等待被写作的诗歌的神奇之地.
Paco admired the beauty of an orange sunset and the mystery of a seashell’s echo.
Paco欣赏橙色日落之美和海贝回声之谜.
Paco wondered if his stone could take him into magical worlds.
帕克想知道他的石头能否将他带入神奇的世界.
Maybe if he rubbed it three times, a genie would appear.
也许如果他擦了三次 精灵就会出现
Or perhaps it was a good-luck charm that would protect him all his life.
也可能是幸运的魅力 能保护他一生
When Tala looked at her glassy stone, her mind filled with questions.
当塔拉看着她玻璃的石头时,她的头脑充满了问题.
How long had the stone been there?
石头在那里多久了?
How old was it?
几岁?
Had it been formed by a volcano?
是火山形成的吗?
The twins argued about what it was and what it wasn’t, and who was right and who was wrong, and— “Stop it!”
双胞胎争吵到底什么是非,谁对谁错,以及——"住手!
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates shouted when she just couldn’t bear to listen to them for one more minute.
Yates大声喊道:
“But it is a volcanic glass rock,” Tala said.
Tala说,“但这是一块火山玻璃岩。”
“I know it came from inside the earth.”
“我知道它来自地球内部。 “
“You’re wrong!”
“你错了!”
Paco yelled.
帕可大叫着.
“I know it’s a magical goodluck stone.”
“我知道这是一个神奇的幸运石。 “
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates groaned and led the twins to the computer.
耶茨叹息并带领双胞胎来到了电脑.
She sat down between them and turned it on.
她坐在他们中间,打开了它。
The Experiment As the computer started up, the twins started to argue about what website they would look at first, but their mother quickly stopped them.
实验 随着电脑的起动,双胞胎开始争论他们首先会看什么网站,但他们的母亲很快就阻止了他们.
“May I ask the two of you for a favor?”
“我可否请你们帮个忙? “
she said quietly.
她悄悄地说
The twins waited.
双胞胎等待。
“I would like you to do an experiment,” she continued, “as a gift to me.
她接着说,“我要你做一个实验,”作为给我的礼物。
I would like you both to research your stones without arguing, just this once.
我希望你们俩不要争吵,只此一次
I’ll work with you to find the answers, but no fighting.
我将和你们一起寻找答案,
I want you to understand that life is much more peaceful if you work together to solve your problems.
我希望你们明白,如果你们共同努力解决自己的问题,生活就会更加平和.
Okay?”
好吗?”
Tala and Paco looked at each other for several seconds, and then they shrugged.
Tala和Paco相视了几秒钟,然后他们拉了一阵.
“Okay,” they agreed.
“好吧,”他们同意。
“What do you think we should search for first?”
“你认为我们应该首先寻找什么? “
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates asked.
叶茨问.
“I know what we should do!”
“我知道我们应该做什么!”
Paco said.
柏可说.
“We should.
“我们应该。
The sad look on his mother’s face made him stop.
他母亲脸上的悲伤表情使他停了下来。
Maybe there was a better way to go about this project.
也许有更好的方法来完成这个项目。
“You can decide,” he said to his sister.
" 你可以决定, " 他对他的姐姐说。
“Maybe we should search for the name of our stones,” Tala suggested.
“也许我们应该寻找我们石头的名字,”塔拉建议。
“Let’s type the words volcanic glass into the search engine and see what comes up.”
让我们把火山玻璃打入搜索引擎, “
“I don’t care about volcanoes,” Paco said.
Paco说:「我不在乎火山,
“Let’s type in good-luck stones.”
“让我们用幸运的石头来打字。 “
“Volcanic glass!”
“火山玻璃!”
“Good-luck stones!”
幸运的石头!
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates put a gentle hand on each of their shoulders.
叶茨将温柔的手放在了每一肩上.
When they were quiet, she made a suggestion.
当他们安静的时候, 她提出了一个建议。
“How about both?”
“两者如何? “
she said.
她说。
“And how about we add where you found the stones as well?”
“我们再补充一下你发现石头的地方如何? “
She typed the words volcanic glass good-luck stones Apache Leap Mountain into the search engine and waited to see what would happen.
她把火山玻璃好运气的石头 Apache Leap Mountain打入了搜索引擎 等着看看会发生什么
When their search results appeared, Paco and Tala looked at them together.
当他们的搜索结果出现时,帕克和塔拉一起看着他们.
One of the short website descriptions used nearly all of the words they had used to search.
其中一个简短的网站描述几乎使用了他们以前搜索过的词.
“Let’s go to that one,” the twins said at the same time.
双胞胎同时说,
Paco and Tala looked at each other in surprise.
帕可和塔拉惊讶地相视.
For once, they had agreed on something.
有一次,他们达成了协议。
While the website loaded, the phone rang.
当网站装入时,电话响起。
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates went to answer it, leaving Tala and Paco alone.
耶茨去接了电话,留下了塔拉和帕克一个人.
They both wondered if they could get along without her.
他们都想知道没有她他们能不能相处融洽
Searching for Answers The website showed a picture of rocks that looked like the stones Tala had found.
寻找答案 网站显示一幅岩石相片,看上去像塔拉所发现的石头.
Paco and Tala compared their stones to the ones on the page in front of them and grinned.
Paco和Tala把他们的石头和他们前面的页面上的石头比作笑了.
“That’s our stone!”
“那是我们的石头!”
they said at exactly the same time.
他们说完全在同一时间。
“I told you!”
“我告诉过你!”
Tala shouted, poking her brother.
塔拉大叫出声,戳她的兄弟。
“Our stones came from inside the earth.
“我们的石头出自地中。
They are obsidian and were made by a volcano.
它们是由火山制造的
So I’m right!”
我是对的!
Paco was too busy reading a different part of the page to listen to his sister.
Paco忙于阅读页面的另一部分,听不到他姐姐的歌.
When he finished, he said, “I’m right!
他说:“我是对的!
I told you these stones were good-luck stones!”
我告诉你这些石头是幸运的! “
“See that?”
" 看到了吗? “
Tala said as she pointed to the part of the page she was reading.
Tala说,当她指向她正在阅读的一页。
Paco followed her finger to the words volcanic glass and read that part of the page.
帕克跟着她的手指去读取"火山玻璃"等词,并读取了那部分的页面.
Then he pointed to the words good-luck stones and watched as she read.
后来他指出"好运气"的字眼并看着她读书.
“We were both right,” Paco said.
Paco说,“我们都是对的。”
“Yes, we were both right,” Tala agreed.
“是的,我们都是对的,”塔拉同意。
“Let’s read more about the legend of the Apache Tears,” Paco said.
Paco说:「让我们多读一下阿帕奇之泪的传说。
“It doesn’t explain much on this page.”
“这页没有多少解释。 “
The twins went back to the search page, typed in Apache Tears, and waited as several results came up.
双胞胎回到了搜索页面,用"Apache Tears"打字,并等待着几个结果出现.
One website mentioned the Pinal Apache, which was a name once given to a band of Apache in Arizona, where Tala and Paco lived.
一个网站提到"平纳尔阿帕奇"(Pinal Apache),这个名字曾经被赐给亚利桑那州的一个阿帕奇乐队,塔拉和帕克住在那里.
“Let’s try that one,” Paco said, and his sister agreed.
Paco说:「让我们试试看,
Paco began to see that he was tired of fighting about every little thing.
Paco开始看到,他厌倦了每件小事的争吵.
The webpage showed an illustration of an Apache warrior.
网页展示了一个阿帕奇战士的插图.
Tala and Paco read the poem on the webpage slowly and carefully.
Tala和Paco在网页上慢慢地仔细地阅读了这首诗.
Paco noticed that his sister was rubbing her stone between her fingers as she read, and he wondered if she was making a wish.
帕克注意到他姐姐在读书时正在她手指间摩擦出她的石头来,他怀疑她是否在许愿.
Tala didn’t usually like legends; she enjoyed reading about science.
Tala通常不喜欢传奇;
But Paco could tell that his sister was really interested in this story.
但是Paco能说出他姐姐对这个故事非常感兴趣.
Paco decided that he would read more about volcanoes and try to understand how the river made rough rocks into smooth stones.
Paco决定,他将更多地阅读火山,并试图理解河流如何将粗糙的岩石制成平滑的石头.
Maybe he would finally understand why these things interested his sister so much.
也许他最终会明白 这些东西为什么对他妹妹这么感兴趣
For now, Paco and Tala decided to write down the legend so that they would have it to remember.
目前,帕克和塔拉决定把传说写下来,以便让他们记住.
Apache Teardrops The Legend of the Apache Tears Long, long ago, before the white men came, the Apaches roamed free.
Apache 泪滴 "阿帕奇之泪"的"传说"(The Legend of the Apache Tears Long),很久以前,在白人来之前,阿帕奇人游走自由了.
But a time came when the white men began to move west in search of new land.
但此时白人开始向西移动去寻找新的土地.
Hoping to protect their lands, Apache warriors came out to meet them, but the white men killed many Apache warriors.
希望保护他们的土地, 阿帕奇勇士出面迎接他们,但白人杀死了许多阿帕奇勇士.
Some were driven to the edge of a cliff.
有些人被赶到悬崖边
Rather than be captured, the Apache warriors jumped from the cliff to their deaths.
阿帕奇战士们不是被俘虏,而是从悬崖上跳下而死.
The Apache women heard of their warriors’ deaths, and they were filled with great pain.
阿帕奇妇女听说了她们战士的死亡,她们充满了极大的痛苦。
Their despair was so deep that the Great Father embedded their tears into the black stones that rested in the river.
他们的绝望是如此之深,以至于大父将眼泪嵌入了沉入河中安息的黑石中.
Whoever carries these stones will have good luck always.
无论谁携带这些石头,总是有好运的.
And whoever keeps these stones close will never again cry tears, for the Apache women have cried tears in their place.
无论谁把这些石头贴近,都不会再哭出眼泪来,因为阿帕奇人的女人已经哭出眼泪来取而代之了.
Paco and Tala sat back and studied their stones in silence.
帕克和塔拉坐后静静地研究了他们的石头.
They raised them to the light and looked into their centers.
他们把他们抬到灯光下 并查看他们的中心。
They thought about the women who had cried for their men, and they felt sad.
他们想到那些为男人哭泣的女人,感到悲伤.
Then they shut down the computer and held their stones tight.
然后他们关闭了电脑,紧紧地握住他们的石头.
When their mother returned, they told her the legend of the Apache Tears.
他们的母亲回来后,告诉她"阿帕奇之泪"的传说.
They took turns speaking, without talking over each other.
他们轮流发言,没有相互交谈。
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates was touched to see how the story had affected her children.
Yates被感动地看到这个故事如何影响了她的孩子.
“Can you see the tear of an Apache woman?”
“你能看到一个阿帕奇女人的眼泪吗? “
Paco asked her, as he held his stone up to the light.
Paco问她,因为他把石头抬到光线上。
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates took the stone and held it up to the light.
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“I think I do see it,” she said.
她说:“我想我确实看到了,”
“It’s a tear for the man she lost, and it’s a tear for the sad children he left behind.”
“这是她所失去的人的一滴泪, “
She gave the stone back to Paco, closed his fingers over it, and squeezed his hand lightly.
她把石头还给了帕克,把手指关上,并轻轻地捏住他的手.
“It’s a tear that says ‘I wish my children were happy.’”
”这是眼泪,
Paco and Tala gave each other a long look.
帕可和塔拉互相长相相看.
They understood that their father was not coming back and that they needed to find a way to live peacefully as a family again.
他们知道,他们的父亲不会回来,他们需要找到一种方式,作为一个家庭和平地生活。
That night, after talking it over, Paco and Tala gave their stones to their mother.
当晚,帕克和塔拉在谈完后,把石头交给了母亲.
At first, Mrs.
初为相.
Yates wouldn’t take them because the stones seemed to have made her children friends again.
Yates不愿接受, 因为石头似乎让她的孩子再次成为朋友。
In time, Paco and Tala convinced her that they wanted her to have the Apache Tears.
及时,帕可和塔拉说服她,他们希望她有"阿帕奇之泪".
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates slept with the stones under her pillow that night.
Yates在她枕头下睡了一会儿
The next day, she went to a jeweler and had the stones made into a necklace.
第二天,她去了一个珠宝店,把石头做成项链.
When the necklace was ready, she slipped it on and never took it off again.
项链准备好后,她滑倒了,再也没有脱下.
Apache Tears really had brought them all good luck!
阿帕奇之泪真的给他们带来了好运!