2013高中英语阅读素材：The Californians tale 加州的传说.docVIP

The Californians tale 加州的传说 “她在结婚半年后回去看望她的父母，在回来的路上，也就是六月的一个星期六晚上，印第安人抓住了她。此后再也没有人看到过她。亨利疯了。他一直认为她还活着。每当六月来临时，他就认为她去看望她的父母，于是他就等待着她回来。他拿出那封信，我们来看他，他向我们朗读她的来信。在预计她回来的星期六晚上，我们来到这里和他在一起，于是在以后的一年中他就能够平安度过。19年来，每年的六月，我们都这么做。第一年，我们才27岁。”When I was young, I went looking for gold in California. I never found enough to make me rich. But I did discover a beautiful part of the country. It was called “the Stanislau.” The Stanislau was like Heaven on Earth. It had bright green hills and deep forests where soft winds touched the trees. 　Other men, also looking for gold, had reached the Stanislau hills of California many years before I did. They had built a town in the valley with sidewalks and stores, banks and schools. They had also built pretty little houses for their families.　At first, they found a lot of gold in the Stanislau hills. But their good luck did not last. After a few years, the gold disappeared. By the time I reached the Stanislau, all the people were gone, too.Grass now grew in the streets. And the little houses were covered by wild rose bushes. Only the sound of insects filled the air as I walked through the empty town that summer day so long ago. Then, I realized I was not alone after all.　A man was smiling at me as he stood in front of one of the little houses. This house was not covered by wild rose bushes. A nice little garden in front of the house was full of blue and yellow flowers. White curtains hung from the windows and floated in the soft summer wind.Still smiling, the man opened the door of his house and motioned to me. I went inside and could not believe my eyes. I had been living for weeks in rough mining camps with other gold miners. We slept on the hard ground, ate canned beans from cold metal plates and spent our days in the difficult search for gold.Here in this little house, my spirit seemed to come to life again.I saw a bright rug on the shining wooden floor. Pictures hung all around the room. And on little tables there were