My Older Brother

My Older Brother My brother is the oldest among the six children in our family. He is smart, but he had to drop out of school at the age of twelve to help our parents—there were too many mouths to feed. Late fall was the season for harvesting. My brother took me to the field where the sweet potatoes had just been harvested. We got up early to look for any sweet potatoes that had been left in the field. With a heavy shovel, my brother started digging. My job was to watch the ground to see if any sweet potatoes appeared. It was still a little dark. My eyes opened wide while my brother dug in the soil.

我哥哥 我哥哥是们六个孩子中最大的 家庭。他很聪明，但是他在12岁的时候不得不辍学来帮助我们的父母——因为要养活的人太多了。 晚秋是收获的季节。我哥哥带我到刚刚收获红薯的田里。我们起得很早，去找地里还剩下的红薯。 我哥哥拿着一把很重的铲子开始挖。我的工作是观察地面，看是否有红薯出现。 天还是有点黑。我哥哥挖土的时候，我睁大了眼睛。

“ Wait! I saw one! ” I yelled. My brother stopped digging. I picked up the sweet potato and put it in a basket. We were so happy. We felt like we had found a gold mine! An hour later, when the other people had come to the field, our basket was filled with sweet potatoes.

“等等!我看见一个!”我喊道。我哥哥不再挖了。 我拿起红薯，把它放在篮子里。我们很高兴。我们觉得自己找到了金矿! 一个小时后，当其他人都来到田里时，我们的篮子里装满了甘薯。