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 hoes¹ and every tool they could find and began to dig² in the vine-yard 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．Exercises：
    判断对（T）、错（F）：
    ①The old farmer left his children a lot of treasure．②The brothers found nothing at all．③You are much more likely to get rich from hard work than from a lucky win．

1 hoes   

锄头( hoe的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Some African farmers now use ploughs instead of hoes. 有些非洲农民现在用犁，而不用锄头。
• The farmers counted their rakes and hoes and plows. 农民清点耙，锄和犁。

2 dig   

v.挖（洞，沟等）；掘

参考例句：

• It is difficult to dig the ground when it is frozen.地面冻住了就不易挖掘。
• In those days we often went to dig for wild vegetables.那时候我们常常出去挖野菜。