3 Trouble Brewing

Chapter 3 Trouble Brewing John and Abigail were happy about the Boston Tea Party. They could see that it was a turning point. More and more colonists wanted freedom from England, even if it meant war. In 1774, John was elected to go to

约翰和阿比盖尔为波士顿倾茶事件感到高兴。 他们可以看出这是一个转折点。 越来越多的殖民者希望摆脱英国的统治，即使这意味着战争。 1774年，约翰被选为

Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress. Men from the different colonies were to decide what America should do. Again, Abigail was left to run the household. She wrote to John, but it took two weeks for her letters to reach him. Her letters were full of news and advice. She reported the movements of the British troops. John's letters to her complained about how little was getting done at the Congress. Abigail always called John "dearest friend" in her letters. They missed each other terribly. John missed his children, too. Abigail wrote in a letter to her friend Mercy Warren that she could see no way to avoid war. She was right. Shortly after that letter, in April 1775, the British and colonists fought battles in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, twenty miles from Braintree. The Revolutionary War had begun. George Washington was put in command of the new Continental Army. From Philadelphia, John wrote to Abigail, "In case of real danger... fly to the woods with our children."

费城召开第一届大陆会议。 来自不同殖民地的人将决定美国应该做什么。 阿比盖尔又一次被留下来操持家务。 她写信给约翰，但她的信过了两个星期才送到他那里。 她的信里充满了消息和忠告。 她报告了英军的动向。 约翰在给她的信中抱怨国会做得太少。 阿比盖尔总是在信中称约翰为“最亲爱的朋友”。 他们非常想念彼此。 约翰也想念他的孩子们。 阿比盖尔在给她的朋友默西·沃伦的信中写道，她看不到避免战争的办法。 她是对的。在那封信之后不久，1775年4月，英国人和殖民者在距离布伦特里20英里的马萨诸塞州的列克星敦和康科德开战。 独立战争开始了。 乔治·华盛顿被任命为新大陆军的指挥官。 约翰从费城写信给阿比盖尔，“万一真的有危险…… 和我们的孩子们一起飞到树林里去。”

In June, after the Battle of Bunker Hill took place across the bay from the farm, Abigail wrote to John. She said, "The constant roar of the cannon is so distressing that we cannot eat, drink, or sleep." Later she found out that one of their closest friends had been killed in the battle.

6月，农场对岸的邦克山战役爆发后，阿比盖尔写信给约翰。 她说：“持续不断的大炮轰鸣声让人痛苦，我们吃不下、喝不下、睡不着。” 后来她发现他们最亲密的朋友之一在战斗中牺牲了。

Can you imagine what it was like to be living in the middle of a war? Abigail sheltered people fleeing Boston and Continental soldiers on their way into the city. The house was full of friends and strangers. Abigail fed everyone. They would

你能想象生活在战争中是什么感觉吗？ 阿比盖尔庇护了逃离波士顿的人和前往城市的大陆士兵。 房子里到处都是朋友和陌生人。 阿比盖尔喂饱了所有人。他们会

sleep in the parlor, the attic, and the barn. Abigail described it as a "scene of confusion." Because nothing was coming from England, people in Boston were running out of things they needed. Abigail made soap and spun cloth. She made ink from ashes and berries! She even melted down pewter spoons to make bullets for the soldiers.

睡在客厅、阁楼和谷仓里。 阿比盖尔将其描述为“混乱的场景”。 因为没有来自英国的东西，波士顿人的生活必需品就要用完了。 亚比该做肥皂，纺布。 她用灰烬和浆果做墨水！她甚至把锡勺熔化，给士兵们做子弹。

Money was short. Abigail asked John to send her six thousand pins. They weren't for her to use. She wanted to sell them. In the midst of all the upheaval, she was going into business! In the summer of 1775 there was a dysentery epidemic. Dysentery is caused by unclean food or water, and it hits a person's stomach. Eight of the Adamses' neighbors died of dysentery in one week alone. John's brother died, and so did the Adamses' servant Patty. John and Abigail's three- year-old son, Thomas, and another servant also got very sick. Abigail's mother came to help nurse everyone. In October, she caught dysentery herself and died.

钱很短缺。阿比盖尔要约翰寄给她六千枚别针。 它们不是给她用的。 她想卖掉它们。在所有的动荡之中，她要从商了！1775年夏天发生了一场痢疾流行。 痢疾是由不干净的食物或水引起的，它会袭击人的胃。 亚当斯家的八个邻居在一个星期内死于痢疾。 约翰的哥哥死了，亚当斯家的仆人帕蒂也死了。 约翰和阿比盖尔三岁的儿子托马斯和另一个仆人也病得很重。 阿比盖尔的妈妈来帮忙照顾大家。 10月，她自己感染了痢疾，去世了。