2 A New Family

Chapter 2 A New Family Abigail's mother and father didn't think John Adams was good enough for Abigail. They didn't like that he came from a family of farmers. But when Abigail was almost twenty and John was almost twenty-nine, Abigail's parents changed their minds and let them marry in the Smith family home. After the ceremony they rode to their first home in nearby Braintree.

阿比盖尔的父母认为约翰·亚当斯配不上阿比盖尔。 他们不喜欢他来自一个农民家庭。 但是当阿比盖尔快20岁，约翰快29岁的时候，阿比盖尔的父母改变了主意，让他们在史密斯家结婚。 婚礼结束后，他们骑马去了他们在布伦特里附近的第一个家。

It was a small saltbox house and farm right next door to where John had been born and raised. Their house was called a "saltbox" because it looked like a type of wooden box used to store salt in those days. The house had a sloping roof with two stories in the front and only one story in the back.

那是一座盐碱地式的小房子兼农场，就在约翰出生和长大的地方隔壁。 他们的房子被称为“盐盒”，因为它看起来像当时用来储存盐的一种木箱。 这所房子有一个倾斜的屋顶，前面两层，后面只有一层。

Though John was a lawyer, he loved farming. Abigail loved being a farm wife: cooking, sewing, spinning, churning butter, smoking meats, gardening, and caring for the sheep, chickens, and cows.

虽然约翰是个律师，但他喜欢务农。 阿比盖尔喜欢做农妇：做饭、缝纫、纺纱、搅拌黄油、熏肉、园艺、照顾羊、鸡和牛。

Soon Abigail was a mother, too. Nabby (Abigail) was born in 1765. Two years later, John Quincy was born. The Adamses hired help, but the days were still full for Abigail. She also managed to get up early or stay up late to write letters to friends and family. Even as a young girl,

不久，阿比盖尔也做了母亲。 纳比（阿比盖尔）出生于1765年。 两年后，约翰·昆西出生了。 亚当斯夫妇雇了帮手，但阿比盖尔的日子还是很充实。 她还设法早起或熬夜给朋友和家人写信。 即使作为一个小女孩，

Abigail had loved writing letters to people close to her. One of the few times in her life when she stopped writing was in 1770, when their baby girl, Susanna, died. John often had to be away from home. His law practice took him all over New England. He was also speaking out against British taxes that Americans had to pay. Most of all, colonists like

阿比盖尔喜欢给亲近的人写信。 她一生中少有的几次停止写作是在1770年，当时他们的小女儿苏珊娜去世了。 约翰经常不得不离开家。 他的律师工作使他跑遍了新英格兰。 他还公开反对英国向美国人征税。 最重要的是，殖民者喜欢

John Adams were furious over the Stamp Act, which was a tax on most printed materials. With John away, Abigail was left home to take charge, and she did it very well. But she was lonely. In 1768, the Adams family moved to Boston so John could be nearer to his work. They had a little girl, Susanna, who, sadly, died in 1770. She was only a year old. Both John and Abigail were broken hearted. That same year their son Charles was born, and in 1772 they had another son, Thomas.

约翰·亚当斯对《印花税法案》非常愤怒，因为该法案对大多数印刷品征税。 约翰走了，阿比盖尔被留在家里负责，她做得很好。 但她很孤独。1768年，亚当斯一家搬到了波士顿，这样约翰就能离他的工作更近一些。 他们有一个小女孩苏珊娜，不幸的是，她在1770年去世了。 她只有一岁。约翰和阿比盖尔都心碎了。 同年，他们的儿子查尔斯出生，1772年，他们又有了一个儿子托马斯。