0 Who WasAbigail Adams

Who Was Abigail Adams? By True Kelly Illustrated by John O'Brien

阿比盖尔·亚当斯是谁？作者：True Kelly John O'Brien

Who Was Abigail Adams? On June 17, 1775, at 3:00 a.m., Abigail Adams woke up with a start. Her bed was shaking. The dull boom of cannons ten miles away in Boston shook the whole house. The British and the American colonists were at war. Abigail had almost gotten used to hearing the boom from cannons every day as the armies fought. But this time was different. The cannon fire went on and on and on.

阿比盖尔·亚当斯是谁？1775年6月17日凌晨3点，阿比盖尔·亚当斯被惊醒。 她的床在摇晃。十英里外波士顿传来的沉闷的炮声震动了整座房子。 英国人和美国殖民者处于战争状态。 阿比盖尔几乎已经习惯了每天军队打仗时的炮声。 但这一次不同了。 炮声不停地响着。

Abigail's first thoughts were for the safety of her four children. She had managed the Adamses' small farm and big family by herself for months because her husband, John, was away. He had been nervous about leaving his family in a danger zone. However, he and Abigail both felt that he had to be at an important meeting in Philadelphia. John was

阿比盖尔首先想到的是她四个孩子的安全。 几个月来，她独自管理亚当斯家的小农场和大家庭，因为她的丈夫约翰不在。 他一直对把家人留在危险地带感到紧张。 然而，他和阿比盖尔都觉得他必须去费城参加一个重要的会议。 约翰是

among a growing number of people who wanted the colonies to break free from British rule. The meeting would decide the future of the thirteen American colonies. At daybreak, Abigail and her seven-year-old son, John Quincy, climbed the hill behind their house to see what was happening. They could hear the guns roaring even louder. They stood on a pile of rocks at the top to get a better view. What they saw was horrifying. Beyond the British warships in Boston Harbor, flames and black smoke rose above the city. Abigail and her son held hands and walked down the hill in tears.

越来越多的人希望殖民地摆脱英国的统治。 这次会议将决定美国13个殖民地的未来。 黎明时分，阿比盖尔和她七岁的儿子约翰·昆西爬上房子后面的小山，想看看发生了什么事。 他们听到炮声更响了。 他们站在山顶的一堆岩石上，以便看得更清楚。 他们看到的是可怕的。 在波士顿港的英国军舰之外，火焰和黑烟在城市上空升起。 阿比盖尔和她的儿子手牵着手，流着泪走下山。

The battle was one of the most important of the Revolutionary War—the Battle of Bunker

这场战役是独立战争中最重要的战役之一——邦克战役

Hill. Soon Abigail wrote about it to her husband. John showed her letters to General George Washington, the new head of the American army. Abigail was living in amazing times, and she described them and her life in amazing letters: She wrote over three thousand letters in her lifetime!

山。不久，阿比盖尔就把这件事写信给她丈夫。 约翰把她的信拿给美国陆军新任统帅乔治·华盛顿将军看。 阿比盖尔生活在一个神奇的时代，她在令人惊叹的信件中描述了他们和她的生活：她一生中写了三千多封信！