The Black Stones
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents The Stones.
内容列表 The Stones.
4 Volcanoes and Magic.
4 火山与魔法.
9 The Experiment.
9"实验".
13 Searching for Answers.
13"寻找答案".
16 Apache Teardrops.
16 Apache泪滴.
20 Glossary.
20 词汇表。
23 The Stones Tala glanced around nervously before snatching up the two small black stones near the riverbank at the base of Apache Leap Mountain.
23 斯通斯塔拉在阿帕奇·莱普山地底的河岸附近抢走两块小黑石之前,紧张地看了一眼。
If her brother was watching, he’d desire the stones for himself, and she had no intention of surrendering them to him.
她无意将石头交给他。
She had discovered them; they were her personal property now.
她发现了它们,现在是她的个人财产。
Paco seemed preoccupied and was tossing pebbles into the swift-flowing river, so Tala knelt down and plucked the shimmering black stones out of the water.
帕克似乎很忙碌,正把卵石扔入流出快的河中,于是塔拉跪下取出出水中发光的黑石.
The jet black stones were as dark as a starless night and as smooth as glass—glass forged through natural processes, fashioned by the rapid cooling of lava.
喷气式黑石像无星之夜一样黑暗,也像玻璃一样光滑——玻璃由由熔岩快速冷却而成的自然过程而成.
When she raised the translucent stones up to the sun, the light glittered through them faintly.
当她把半透明石块升到太阳上时,光线微微地闪过它们.
As he drew nearer, her heart pounded loudly in her chest.
当他走近时,她的心在胸口大叫。
She was already irritated, knowing that he would behave like a blood-sucking leech, the way he always did.
她已经很烦恼了,知道他的行为会像吸血的吸血者一样,就像他一直做的一样.
When he was behind her, she rose suddenly and walked away without a backward glance.
当他站在她身后时,她突然起身而去,没有回头看。
“Show me what’s in your hand!”
”给我看看你手中的是什么!”
Paco said.
柏可说.
Tala knew that if she revealed the stones to her brother he would beg and plead with her to give them to him until she became furious or gave in to his outrageous demands.
Tala知道,如果她把石头透露给她的兄弟,他就会乞求并恳求她把石头交给他,直到她发怒或屈服于他令人发指的要求。
Tala spun around to confront him.
塔拉四处跑去和他对峙
“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 darted forward and grabbed her fist, then tried to pry it open.
帕可向前飞去并抓住了她的拳头,然后想把拳头打开.
“Mom!”
妈妈!
Tala cried, struggling to pull her fist away while tightening her grip on the stones.
Tala哭了,在收紧她对石头的握力的同时挣扎着把她的拳头拉走.
“Mom!
“妈妈!
Paco’s pestering me again.”
Paco又在烦我。 “
Paco gazed at the movements of the currents, trying to memorize the complex patterns revealed within them.
帕克凝视了洋流的移动,试图去记住其中所揭示的复杂模式.
Each pilgrimage to the riverbank offered new opportunities to observe interesting details for his painting of the landscape.
每次去河岸朝圣都为观察他画地貌的有趣细节提供了新的机会.
The river whispered secrets to his subconscious mind; he hoped to reveal those secrets through his painting.
河流悄悄地把秘密告诉了潜意识中的他;他希望通过他的画来揭示这些秘密.
He was also scouring the riverbank looking for a good-luck piece, a talisman, possibly an arrowhead or a pebble of unusual coloring.
他还在河岸上寻找一个幸运的地块,一个护身符,可能是一箭头或不寻常的彩色石块.
A quail was his guide; whenever she stopped and pecked at the earth, he searched for his talisman in that location.
他的向导是 A;每当她停下来并啄地时,他在那里寻找他的护身符。
If something caught his eye, he’d examine it, then lob it into the river if it was not perfect.
如果有什么东西吸引了他的目光,他会检查它,然后,如果它不完美,就把它扔入河中。
At one point, he glanced up and saw his sister holding something up to the sun.
有一次,他一眼看见他姐姐拿着东西向着太阳站.
“Hey, Tala, what did you find?”
"嘿,塔拉,你发现什么了? “
She immediately dropped her hands to her sides.
她立即将双手倒向了侧面.
“Let me see!”
让我看看!
her brother called.
她哥哥打电话来
Tala groaned and clutched the stones tightly, thinking that if she were quick enough, she might be able to conceal them from her annoying twin.
Tala叹息并紧紧地把石头接了起来,想着如果她足够快,她也许可以把石头藏在她烦人的双胞胎面前.
She hugged her knees and listened to her brother’s footsteps as he scurried from rock to rock, moving closer and closer.
她抱起她的膝盖,听从她哥哥的脚步声,他从岩石往岩石上走去,越来越近了。
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates sighed and hurriedly raised herself from the flat rock where she had been sitting quietly for the last half hour, thinking about how challenging her life had become.
Yates叹息并匆忙地从平坦的岩石上站起来,她过去半小时静静地坐在那里,想着她的生活变得多么有挑战性.
The death of her husband three years ago had been difficult, but seeing their children take the anger and resentment they felt over his death and turn it against each other was becoming unbearable.
三年前她丈夫的死是困难的,但看到他们的孩子为他的死感到愤怒和怨恨并相互对立正在变得难以忍受.
She knew that she needed to find a way to bring Tala and Paco together, but nothing she had tried so far had worked.
她知道她需要想办法把塔拉和帕克拉拉在一起,但迄今为止她所尝试的都没有奏效.
Perhaps today would be different.
也许今天会不同
Maybe this time she would find a way.
也许这次她会想办法的
For a few precious minutes, the twins hadn’t been arguing, which was unusual for them.
这对双胞胎来说是不寻常的。
But things were back to normal now—they were at it again, hammer and tongs.
但是现在情况恢复正常了,他们又在做,锤子和ng子。
If only they could learn to get along—if only they could be friends, she thought.
她认为,如果他们能学会相处的话,
She ran toward her quarreling children, whose yelling was growing more frenzied as they struggled with something in Tala’s hand.
她向争吵的孩子跑去,在他们用Tala手中的东西挣扎时,他们的叫声越来越疯狂了。
At the riverbank, she dragged her twins apart and sat them down on a boulder.
在河岸,她把双胞胎拉开,坐在一块石上.
She positioned herself squarely between them, letting them calm down before she spoke.
她将自己固定在他们中间 让他们在说话前冷静下来
She waited to see if either of them would apologize.
她等着看他们是否愿意道歉
Paco shifted restlessly, and Tala jabbed the toe of her shoe into the dirt repeatedly, but neither said a word.
帕克不安地转来转去,塔拉反复地将她的鞋脚趾打入了泥土中,但一言不发.
The landscape seemed infected with the twins’ anger: the river grew agitated, the sky darkened, and two Harris hawks shrieked and circled in the sky.
这片地貌似乎被双胞胎的愤怒所感染:河流变得焦躁,天空变暗,两只哈里斯鹰在天空中颤抖并盘旋.
Tala clutched her stones tightly and thought about how the river had smoothed and polished them, gradually eroding the rough edges over countless lifetimes.
塔拉紧紧地将她的石头接起并想起河道如何平滑并磨光了它们,在无数生平中逐渐侵蚀出粗糙的边缘.
These thoughts distracted her from her anger—but just for a moment.
这些想法分散了她的怒火,但只是片刻而已。
“I found the stones,” she said when she grew a bit calmer.
“我找到石头了”,她说,当她变得比较平静时。
“Paco tried to steal them from me, the way he tries to take everything.
“Paco试图从我这里偷走它们,
This argument is his fault; I didn’t do anything.”
这个论点是他的错;我什么也没做。 “
“Yes, you did!”
“是的,你做到了!”
Paco insisted.
帕克坚持
“You wouldn’t let me see them—not even for a second!
“你不会让我看到他们,
Why wouldn’t you let me see what they looked like?
为什么不让我看看他们长什么样?
I didn’t want to take them from you; I just wanted to look at them.”
我不想从你身上夺走它们, “
“They’re mine!”
" 他们是我的! "
Tala shouted.
塔拉大叫着
“Everything is yours!”
"一切都属于你!"
Paco shouted back.
帕可大叫回来。
“It just seems like I’m always trying to take things from you because you never want to share anything.”
似乎我总是想夺走你的东西, “
“Oh yeah, right.”
“哦,是的,没错。 “
Tala’s eyes burned like lasers at her brother.
Tala的眼睛像激光一样烧着她的兄弟。
“Name a single thing I own that you haven’t wanted to use or keep for yourself.”
也不愿为自己使用或保存。 “
Paco fumed silently.
帕克无声地熏了
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates closed her eyes to gather her thoughts and to block the sight of her children’s angry faces; she was exhausted by their fighting, and her heart felt heavy.
Yates闭上了眼睛来收集她的想法并屏蔽她孩子愤怒的面孔;她被他们的战斗所耗尽了,她的心脏感到沉重.
Volcanoes and Magic “Your constant fighting makes me very unhappy,” Mrs.
火山和魔法 “你的不断战斗让我很不高兴,”
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 to get along or, failing that, to at least tolerate each other.
如果你只是试着相处,或者,如果做不到这一点,至少可以容忍对方,你就可以一辈子成为最好的朋友。
Will you please try?”
你能试试吗? “
Tala and Paco stared silently at the river, and Mrs.
塔拉和帕可静静地注视着河水,而夫人.
Yates could tell by the way their jaws tightened and their backs tensed that they had no intention of trying to get along—now or ever.
Yates的下巴被收紧, 背部紧张,
They were more alike than either of them realized, both tight knots of stubbornness, no matter what their mother did to loosen them.
他们比他们中任何一个都更相似, 无论他们的母亲做了什么来放松他们。
Stubborn like their father, she thought to herself.
她像他们的父亲一样固执地思考
At least they share that.
至少他们也有同感
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 it’s not fair,” Tala whined, still refusing to face her mother.
Tala抱怨仍拒绝面对母亲。
She was furious, but she knew she’d cave in if she looked her mother in the eyes, and she wasn’t ready to surrender her anger—it was justified.
她很生气, 但是她知道如果看着她母亲的眼睛,
“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’s lips were rigid with anger, but she dropped the shiny black stones onto her mother’s palm.
Tala的嘴唇很僵硬,
“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 treasure our friends and family.
这就是为什么我们必须珍惜我们的朋友和家人。
They are more important than the material things we find in the world.”
它们比我们在世界上发现的物质更重要。 “
Tala folded her arms and felt her whole body stiffen.
塔拉折开双臂,感觉全身僵硬.
Was it such a crime that she wanted to keep something she had found on her own?
她想保留自己发现的东西吗?
She didn’t have anything special to herself, not even her own birthday.
她自己没有特别的东西,
Her brother could discover his own treasures; why did it always feel like he needed to take hers?
她的哥哥可以发现自己的宝藏;为什么总是觉得他需要取走她的宝藏?
A moment later, Mrs.
一会儿再说,夫人
Yates told them to hold out a hand as she dropped one stone onto each child’s outstretched palm.
Yates让他们伸出一只手,
She expected each sibling to complain that the other had received the better stone, but the twins were silent.
她期望每个兄弟都抱怨对方得到了更好的石头,但双胞胎却保持沉默.
The silence continued as she led both of her children back up the trail to the car, and no one said a word during the drive home.
当她带领她的两个孩子回到车道时,沉默仍在继续,在开车回家期间,没有人说一句话。
Tala and Paco may have been twins, but their perspectives on life were very different.
Tala和Paco可能是双胞胎,但他们对生活的看法大相径庭.
Tala looked at the world as a scientist, which meant that everything was a question with answers that led to interesting hypotheses and theories.
塔拉将世界看成是一个科学家,这意味着一切是一个有答案的问题,导致有趣的假设和理论.
She wanted to know why the sky turned orange at sunset, how a seashell produced a sound when she held it to her ear, and what created lightning.
她想知道为什么天空在日出时会变成橙色,海贝壳在她把声音抱在耳朵上时是如何产生出声音的,是什么创造了闪电.
She wished her brother could see the beauty of reality instead of always creating fanciful explanations for everything.
她希望她的兄弟能看到现实的美丽,而不是总是为一切创造出幻想的解释.
Paco wished that his sister could see that beauty was something worth appreciating for its own sake.
帕克希望他的姐姐能看到 美丽是值得欣赏的
There was more to life than scientific explanations for everything.
生命不止是科学解释
He saw the world as a magical place filled with poems waiting to be written.
他把世界看成一个充满了等待被写作的诗歌的神奇之地.
He marveled at the beauty of an orange sunset, the mystery of a seashell’s echo, the frightening yet exciting power of lightning.
他对橙色日落的美丽、海贝的回声之谜,
He wondered if his stone was a portal into magical worlds.
他想知道他的石头是否是魔法世界的门户.
Maybe if he rubbed it three times a genie would appear, or perhaps it was a good-luck charm that would protect him all his life.
也许如果它被他擦了三次 精灵就会出现 也许它是一个幸运的魅力 能保护他一生
Maybe these stones were part of the secret the river was trying to communicate to him.
也许这些石头是河里试图与他沟通的秘密的一部分
When Tala looked at her glassy stone, questions bubbled up in her mind: How long had the stone been there?
塔拉看着她玻璃的石头时, 问出她心中的泡泡: 石头在那里多久了?
How old was it?
几岁?
Had it been formed by hot lava spewing out of a volcano?
是火山喷出热熔岩形成的吗?
“Stop it!”
"停下来!"
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates shouted when she just couldn’t stand to listen to them bicker for another minute.
Yates大叫, 她无法再听他们吵一分钟。
“But it’s a volcanic glass rock,” Tala insisted.
Tala坚持说,
“It erupted from inside the earth, and was cooled, and—” “You’re wrong!”
" 从地里喷出,被冷却了, " 你错了!
Paco hollered.
帕可大叫着
“It’s a magical good-luck stone.”
这是一块神奇的幸运石。 “
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates groaned and led the twins to the computer, sat down between them, and switched it on.
耶茨叹息并带领双胞胎到电脑上,坐在他们之间并打开了.
The Experiment As the computer booted up, the twins argued about what website they should access first.
实验 随着电脑的启动 双胞胎争论 他们应该先访问什么网站
“We need to visit a website about talismans,” Paco insisted, but his sister shook her head out of frustration.
Paco坚持认为“我们需要访问一个关于护身符的网站,
“That will take forever, and we won’t find anything about these particular stones,” she said.
她说:「这需要很长时间,
“We need to start with geology, with a site about volcanoes—” “That is so boring—” “They’re my stones, so—” “Hey!”
“我们需要从地质学入手,从火山遗址入手——” " 太无聊了, " 他们是我的石头," "嘿!
Their mother held her hands up.
他们的母亲举起手来。
“May I ask the two of you for a favor?”
“我可否请你们帮个忙? “
she said.
她说。
The twins waited.
双胞胎等待。
“I would like you to do an experiment,” she said, looking at her daughter, who had perked up at the word.
她说,“我希望你做个实验,”她看着她的女儿,她对这个词心动不已。
“As a gift to me,” she continued, now looking at her son, “I would like you both to research your stones without arguing, just this once.
她继续说,“作为送给我的礼物,”她现在看着她的儿子,“我希望你们俩研究一下你们的石头,不要争吵,就这一次。
I’ll work with you to search for the answers, but no fighting.
我将与你合作寻找答案,
Life is much more enjoyable if you cooperate to solve your problems.
如果你合作解决你的问题 生活就更快乐了
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 reluctantly.
“好吧,”他们勉强同意。
“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, her hands on the keyboard.
Yates问,她的手在键盘上。
“I know exactly what we should do,” Paco announced.
Paco宣布:「我知道我们应该做什么,
“We should.
“我们应该。
The look on his mother’s face made him hesitate.
他母亲脸上的表情让他犹豫不决。
Maybe there was a better way to approach this experiment.
也许有更好的方法来进行这个实验。
“You can decide,” he said to his sister, who immediately suggested searching for the name of the stones.
他对姐姐说,“你可以决定”,她立即建议寻找石头的名字。
Paco was annoyed that she didn’t even pause to thank him for letting her start.
她甚至没有停下来感谢他让她开始。
“Let’s type the words volcanic glass into the search engine and see what websites come 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, and her firm but loving touch had a soothing effect.
叶茨将温柔的手放在了每一只肩膀上,而她坚定而相爱的触摸产生了安慰的效果.
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 said as she typed the words volcanic glass good-luck stones Apache Leap Mountain into the search engine.
她说,当她打 火山玻璃好运气 石头阿帕奇 Leap Mountain 在搜索引擎。
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates knew that the more specific they made their search, the more likely they were to get the results they wanted.
耶茨知道,他们越是具体地进行搜索,就越有可能得到他们想要的结果.
When the long list of search results appeared, Paco and Tala studied them together, reading the website names and brief descriptions.
当长长的搜索结果列表出现后,帕科和塔拉一起研究,阅读了网站名称和简要说明.
One of the descriptions mentioned nearly all of the terms they had used in their search.
其中一项描述提到他们搜索时所用的几乎所有术语。
They both pointed to the screen and said, “Let’s go to that one,” at exactly the same time.
他们都指向屏幕,并说, " 让我们去那个, " 正好同时。
Paco and Tala looked at each other in amazement; they had actually agreed on something.
Paco和Tala互相惊叹地看着对方,他们实际上达成了一些协议。
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates hid a small smile and clicked on the website link.
Yates隐藏了一小笑并点击了网站链接.
While the website loaded, Mrs.
网站装入时,太太
Yates went to answer the phone, leaving Tala and Paco alone.
耶茨去接电话,让塔拉和帕克一个人呆着.
Her empty chair was a vast chasm between them, and neither of them really believed they could cross it.
她的空椅子是他们之间的巨大裂缝,他们两人都没有真正相信他们能够穿过.
Searching for Answers The website showed various images of rocks that looked similar to the shiny stones Tala had found.
寻找答案 网站显示各种岩石图像,
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 in unison, but this time they didn’t look at each other; they just smiled to themselves.
他们一致地说,
They wouldn’t have admitted it to each other, but working together really was kind of fun.
他们不会互相承认,
The twins sat up straight and silently read the words on the monitor together.
双胞胎坐直而默默地一起阅读了显示器上的话.
“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 called obsidian, and they were ejected from a volcano.
他们被称为"被遗忘" 他们被从火山中喷出
So I’m right!”
我是对的!
Paco was too busy reading a different part of the page to listen to his sister, and when he was finished, he said, “I’m right!
Paco忙于阅读页面的另一部分,听不到他姐姐的话,在他完成后,他说:"我是对的!
I told you these stones were good-luck stones.”
我告诉过你这些石头很幸运 “
“See that?”
" 看到了吗? “
Tala said as she pointed to the part of the page she was reading, and Paco followed her finger to the words volcanic glass and read that part of the page.
塔拉在指她正在阅读的一页部分时表示,而帕克也跟着指向"火山玻璃"等词并阅读了一页的部分.
Then he focused his sister’s attention on the words good-luck stones and watched as she read.
然后他把姐姐的注意力集中在幸运石上,
“It looks as if we were both right,” Paco said.
Paco说,“看来我们都是对的。”
“Yes,” his sister agreed.
“是的”,他姐姐同意。
“These stones are probably millions of years old.
“这些石头很可能有数百万年的历史。
They came from inside the earth, and they have brought luck to countless people.”
他们来自地球内部,为无数人带来了好运。 “
For once, they were working together as a team.
一次,他们作为一个团队一起工作。
“Let’s read about the legend of the Apache Tears,” Paco finally suggested.
Paco最后建议:
“It doesn’t explain much on this page.”
“这页没有多少解释。 “
“I guess we should do more research,” Tala agreed.
“我想我们应该做更多的研究,”塔拉同意。
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 from near Superior, Arizona, where Tala and Paco lived.
一个网站提到了"平纳尔阿帕奇"(Pinal Apache),这个名字曾经被赐给一群来自亚利桑那州Superior附近的阿帕奇人,塔拉和帕克住在那里.
“Let’s try that site,” Paco said, and when his sister agreed, he was happily surprised.
Paco说:「让我们试试这个网站,
He began to realize that he was tired of fighting with her about every little thing.
他开始意识到他厌倦了与她争吵每件小事.
This webpage showed an illustration of an Apache warrior above a poem called “Apache Tears.”
这个网页在一首名为“Apache Tears”的诗上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, and when they were finished, they read it again.
Tala和Paco在网页上慢慢地仔细地读取了这首诗,完成后,他们又读取了.
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—but Paco could tell that his sister was intrigued by this story.
Tala通常不喜欢传奇, 她喜欢阅读科学,
He decided that he would read about volcanoes and the various types of rocks, and he would try to understand how erosion transformed rocks into smooth stones.
他决定阅读火山和各种类型的岩石,并试图理解侵蚀如何将岩石转化为平滑的石头.
Maybe in the process, he would learn why these things fascinated his sister so much.
也许在这个过程中,他会知道 为什么这些东西会迷上他的妹妹。
Maybe it was his turn to think about sharing.
也许该轮到他考虑分享了
For now, Paco and Tala decided to write down their own version of the legend so that they would have it to remember.
现在,帕克和塔拉决定写下他们自己版本的"传说",以便他们能够记住.
As Paco wrote the words, he realized that this must have been the story the river had been trying to tell him.
当帕克写下这些话时,他意识到这一定是河里一直想告诉他的故事.
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 land.
但是一个时候,白人开始向西移动去寻找土地.
Hoping to protect their lands, Apache warriors came out to meet them, but the white men killed several Apache warriors.
希望保护他们的土地, 阿帕奇战士出场迎接他们,但白人杀死了几名阿帕奇战士.
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.
When the Apache women heard of their warriors’ deaths, they were filled with pain and despair so profound that the Great Father embedded their tears into the black stones that rested in the river.
当阿帕奇妇女听到她们战士的死讯时,她们充满了痛苦和绝望,以至于大父将眼泪嵌入了河中安息的黑石上.
Whoever carries these stones will have good luck always, and whoever keeps these stones close will never again cry tears, for the Apache women have cried tears in their place.
携带这些石头的人总是有好运气的,把这些石头贴上的人再也不会哭出眼泪来,因为阿帕奇人女人代替了她们哭出眼泪来.
Paco and Tala sat back and studied their stones in silence, raising them to the light and gazing into their centers, thinking about the women who had cried for their men.
帕克和塔拉坐后静静地研究了他们的石头,把石头抬到光线上并凝视在中心,想着那些为男人而哭的女人.
A blanket of sadness covered them both.
两人身上被一毯忧伤.
They shut down the computer and thought about what they had learned.
他们关闭了电脑,思考他们学到了什么。
When their mother returned, they told her the legend of the Apache Tears, taking turns naturally, without talking over each other.
当他们的母亲回来时,他们告诉她"阿帕奇之泪"的传说,自然地轮流来,没有互相交谈.
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates was touched to see how the legend had affected her children.
Yates被感动地看到传说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.
帕克问她 当他把石头放在灯光下
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Yates took the stone and let the light filter through it.
耶茨取出石头,让光线过滤穿过.
“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 mournful children he left behind.”
“这是她失去的人的泪水, “
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.’
“这是一滴泪, " ; "
Paco and Tala gave each other a long look.
帕可和塔拉互相长相相看.
They understood that their quarreling was only adding to their mother’s grief over their father’s death.
他们知道,他们的争吵只会增加母亲对父亲死亡的悲痛。
They understood that their father was not coming back and that they needed to find a way to live in harmony 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法,作为一个家庭重新和谐地生活。
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 refused to take them since the stones seemed to have made her children friends again.
Yates拒绝带走他们,因为石头似乎使她的孩子再次成为朋友.
Eventually, Paco and Tala convinced her that they wanted her to have the Apache Tears, so Mrs.
最终,帕克和塔拉说服她,他们希望她有"阿帕奇之泪",于是夫人.
Yates slept with the obsidian 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!