The Lucky Knife

幸運匕首

I’ve devoted my life to studying past generations. Last year, I had a unique chance to work with my uncle. Our job was to find old treasures for a school’s history foundation. He also hired a crew of students. They signed a contract to work with him. He was the boss. The place was strange, though. I dined on many things that I had never tasted before. They had an unusual flavor.

我用盡畢生精力去研究我們的先輩。去年，我獲得了一個獨一無二記得機會，那就是和叔叔一起去工作。我們的工作是去一所學校的遺址尋找古老的寶藏。叔叔還雇了一幫學生，大家簽訂了工作合同，跟著我叔叔一起工作。雖然那是一個很奇怪的地方，但我在那里嘗到了很多以前沒吃過的東西，而且口味都很不錯。

We had been there about a month and hadn’t found anything. One day, I began to dig in the soil. The ground’s layers got wetter. Soon I was digging in the mud. My shovel began to get very heavy. It felt like it had doubled in weight because the ground had absorbed a lot of water.

我們在那待了一個月，一無所獲。有一天，我開始挖土，我發現泥土濕度越來越大，不久就挖到了泥巴。我的鐵鍬開始變得很重。因為上面沾滿了泥巴，所以比原來要重上兩倍。

Finally, I saw something in the mud. It was an old knife! The handle felt smooth in my hand. I elevated it so I could see it better. There was writing on it.

終于，我在泥巴里發現了一些東西。那是一把古老的匕首！它的把手很光滑，我把它拿出來以便能更好地看看。匕首上面還刻著字。

It says it will bring good luck, my uncle said with a smile. “Why don’t you keep it?”

“上面寫著這把匕首會帶來好運，”我叔叔笑著說。“要不你留著吧？”

I put it in my tent. The next day, we found many more things. There were pots, jewelry and weapons. My uncle donated all of the things to a special committee. Many newspapers wrote stories about it. It seemed the knife really did bring good luck!

我把匕首放在帳篷里。第二天，我們找到了更多的東西，有壺，有珠寶，還有武器。我叔叔把這些所有的東西都捐贈給了一個特別的委員會。許多報紙紛紛報道此事。看來那把匕首確實帶來了好運！

單詞表

absorb v.吸收

boss n.老板

committee n.委員會

contract n.合同

crew n.隊

devote v.致力于

dig v.挖掘

dine v.進餐

donate v.捐贈

double adj.兩倍的

elevate v.舉起

flavor n.味道

foundation n.基金會

generation n.一代人

handle n.把手

layer n.層

mud n.泥巴

smooth a.平滑的

soil n.土壤

unique adj.獨特的