1、PAIREDREADChicago:Jazz CentralHistoricalFictionby David Murphyillustrated by Carl PearceHARD TIMESProgram:CR 14Component:LRG5U5W2-O PDFVendor:Learning MediaGrade:5CV_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 3CV_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 312/03/12 2:36 PM12/03/12 2:36 PMSTRATEGIES&SKILLS*The total wor
2、d count is based on words in the running text and headings only.Numerals and words in captions,labels,diagrams,charts,and sidebars are not included.Word Count:2,581*ComprehensionStrategy:Make PredictionsSkill:Compare and ContrastVocabulary StrategyIdiomsVocabularyassuming,guarantee,nominate,obviousl
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5、HID:0-02-119247-2Printed in the United States.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DOC 15 14 13 12 11 10IFCIBC_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 2IFCIBC_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 212/03/12 2:37 PM12/03/12 2:37 PMPAIREDREAD Chapter 1A Tough Decision .2Chapter 2Life Without Daddy .7Chapter 3Together Again.12Respon
6、d to Reading.16Chicago:Jazz Central.17Focus on Genre.20Essential QuestionHow do shared experiences help people adapt to change?by David Murphyillustrated by Carl PearceHARD TIMESProgram:CR 14Component:LRG5U5W2-OPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:50001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 1001_009_CR14_LR
7、_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 113/03/12 9:50 AM13/03/12 9:50 AM“We can t go on like this.”Ruth and Ritchie had just blown out the candle on their birthday cake.It was the twins twelfth birthday,but it did not feel like a party in the little dining room.Their father,John Tillerman,spoke from the head of
8、the worn table.The lines on his face had deepened with each letter from the bank.Things were serious.It was 1933,four years since the Great Depression had begun.Those four years had been desperately hard for the Tillerman family as they battled to scrape a living from their small farm.“The way I fig
9、ure it,if we don t do somethin soon,”John continued,“we ll have to pack up and head west,along with a million other poor souls in search of the Promised Land.”Just this morning,the latest in a parade of sorry-looking automobiles had passed by their place with boxes and suitcases roped to their roofs
10、.Ruth had waved,but no one had waved back.They never did.The stock market crash of October 1929 had spread chaos across America and the rest of the world.All through the Midwest,farmers who could not afford the repayments on their loans were packing up and heading west to California.CHAPTER 1A TOUGH
11、 DECISION2Program:CR 14Component:LRG5U5W2-OPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:50001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 2001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 213/03/12 9:50 AM13/03/12 9:50 AM“They say there s work at the corn-processing plant,”said Martha.“Can t rely on rumors these days,Ma,”John sa
12、id.“By the time you get to hearin about it,they coulda filled those jobs ten times over.Anyway,it s 30 miles there and back.Gas for the truck would drink every last cent.”Ritchie spoke up.Seeing his father looking so careworn made his stomach ache.“Mrs.Norris said she d give Ruth and me 10 cents a w
13、eek for milking her cows and helping her do other chores after school.I assume that would help,”he said.Program:CR 14Component:LRG5U5W2-OPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:503001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 3001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 313/03/12 9:50 AM13/03/12 9:50 AMJohn looked at
14、 the two children and smiled gently.Ruth had straight red hair,freckles,and Martha s blue eyes,while Ritchie s hair was brown and tousled and his eyes a deeper brown.“But it s not just their features that are different,”John thought.“Ritchie is the responsible,serious twin,Ruth the impulsive,fiery o
15、ne.”“Mrs.Norris is bein real kind,”John said finally.“I appreciate the sympathy,but I d never rest easy if we accepted charity from someone who can t afford it any more than we can.”“I could sell my trumpet,”Ritchie offered.“And I could sell Bridget,”Ruth said with a quaver in her voice.Bridget migh
16、t be slow and a little ornery,but Ruth loved that old mare.“You ll do no such thing.”Martha reached out and took her children s hands.“Things ll get better soon,I guarantee.Playing your music and ridin Bridget give you kids a lot of pleasure.We all need somethin to do to take our minds off these har
17、d times.”Martha paused,then added,“I enjoy singing.”She did not mention that she had loved playing the piano too,until they had sold it the year before.“And your daddy s got his sketching,”she continued.“Why,you know he can draw someone s face in the blink of an eye.”4Program:CR 14Component:LRG5U5W2
18、-OPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:50001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 4001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 413/03/12 9:50 AM13/03/12 9:50 AM“Daddy,I have an idea about how we could make some money,”said Ruth.“Spit it out,then,”her father said.“Why don t you go around to people and offer to
19、 draw them?They could pay whatever they could afford.”There was a pause while John gave the idea his usual serious thought.“Clever idea,”he said,“and I appreciate your being so supportive,but no one around here has the money to pay for somethin they don t need.”“I was reading a magazine in the gener
20、al store.It was all about Chicago,”Ritchie broke in excitedly.“It said there were still thousands of rich people there.It said the ladies were dripping with diamondsdripping!They d surely want your portraits there,Daddy.”“And what would happen to the farm while I was gone?”said John.“Who d do all th
21、e hard work?”Ritchie looked glum.He had always done his chores,but without much enthusiasm.He preferred to figure out a new recipe or to play his trumpet.It was Ruth who loved the farm.5Program:CR 14Component:LRG5U5W2-OPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:50001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 5001_009
22、_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 513/03/12 9:50 AM13/03/12 9:50 AM Martha had been listening quietly to the discussion.“The kids ideas are the best we ve had so far,John,”she said.“We d miss you every day,but between the three of us,we could handle the farm work,and it d just be for a short time.”“
23、But what about somewhere to stay?”John said.“You could stay at my sister s place.Times are bad for them too,but they won t turn kin away,and you could help out with the rent.”“I don t know,Ma,”John said.“Chicago s an awful long way away,and what if somethin happened?”“We ve got the Norris farm right
24、 by,and the kids are gettin so grown up they ll be a great help.We ll be fine.”“And we ll write to you,”Ruth said tearfully.“When you write back,you can tell us all about those fancy rich people and how much they like your pictures.”“Okay,”John said,“I ll send money for the bank payments,and I ll wr
25、ite when I can.That s a promise.”6Program:CR 14Component:LRG5U5W2-OPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:50001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 6001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 613/03/12 9:50 AM13/03/12 9:50 AMFour months later,Ruth woke one morning to the sound of crows calling from high in th
26、e beech trees.She slid out of bed and dressed quickly.Ritchie was in the kitchen pantry getting flour and eggs to make pancakes.“Thank goodness he likes to cook!”Ruth thought.She reckoned Ritchie must have been given her share of cooking talent.It seemed that every time she tried to make something,i
27、t burned.Ruth collected the milking pail from outside the back door and headed for the field where Doris,the home cow,was waiting.“Ma!Breakfast s ready,”Ritchie called when Ruth returned.“Ma s got so thin,and she s looking beat,”Ruth thought when her mother came into the dining room.Obviously,Ritchi
28、e noticed too,because he piled his mother s plate high with pancakes.Martha sat at her usual place with Ruth to her left,Ritchie to her right,and the place at the head of the table vacant.CHAPTER 2 LIFE WITHOUT DADDY7Program:CR 14Component:LRG5U5W2-OPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:50001_009_CR14_LR_G5
29、_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 7001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 713/03/12 9:50 AM13/03/12 9:50 AM“Another busy day coming up,”Martha said.“The nights are gettin colder,so we need to build up the woodpile.Think you can handle the big saw by yourself,Ruthie?I d send Ritchie with you,but I need him to
30、 help with the roof.”“I m no weakling,Ma,”said Ruth,firing up.“I m 12 years old.”Martha looked from her son to her daughter.There was Ritchie,neatly assembling his food onto his fork,eating slowly and carefully,and there was Ruth,her plate all a mess,piling food into her mouth as if she hadn t eaten
31、 for a month.Ritchie so calm and Ruth with a temper that flared at any sign of preference for her twin.“I m not assuming that you re weak,Ruthie,”Martha said.“I m very proud of you for pullin your weight so well.Now,Ritchie,I need you to make some new shingles and then we ll fix up the roof together
32、 this afternoon.You think I can nominate you for that job?”“Reckon so,”said Ritchie.Martha sighed,“And it looks as if the truck might have a gas-line blockage.I d better fix that first off so I can drive down to the store while you kids get started on your work.”8Program:CR 14Component:LRG5U5W2-OPDF
33、Vendor:Learning MediaLevel:50001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 8001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 813/03/12 9:50 AM13/03/12 9:50 AMWhen Ruth went outside after breakfast,she sniffed the air as if it were perfume.She loved the outdoors and life on the farm.She knew the names of all the
34、flowers in the woods around their place and was learning the names of different birds.Ruth took an apple over to Bridget,collected the saw from the barn,and set out for the back field.John had felled some beech trees before he left,and had hauled one log onto the sawbuck in a clearing at the edge of
35、 the woods.Ruth looked at the big log resting in the notch on the sawbuck.Then she gripped the big saw with both hands.Program:CR 14Component:LRG5U5W2-OPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:509001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 9001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 913/03/12 9:50 AM13/03/12 9:50 A
36、MAn hour later,there was a pile of logs at Ruth s feet that were the right size for the stove.The September sun was blazing down,and Ruth was hot and her hands felt raw.There was a stream nearby in the woods where she could wash her face,have a drink,and take a rest.When she reached the stream,Ruth
37、hitched up her dress,crouched down,and cupped her hands to scoop up the ice-cold water.Then she heard a strange noise and thought,“It sounds like a baby playing with a rattle!”She looked up.There on the other side of the stream,its long body coiled,its tongue flicking,its eyes fixed on her,was a Bac
38、k at the house,Ritchie heard the scream.He dropped his ax and dashed toward the sound.“Ruthie!Ruthie!”When he found her,she was kneeling,her body rigid but shaking with fright.No more than five or six feet away was a rattlesnake.Every few seconds,its tail made a deathly sound.“Stay very calm,”Ritchi
39、e whispered,placing his hands on Ruth s shoulders.“Stand up and step back slow as you can.Rattlers don t attack unless they feel threatened.She s probably protecting some eggs.Just lean back against me.It s gonna be fine.”10Program:CR 14Component:LRG5U5W2-OPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:50010_016_CR1
40、4_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 10010_016_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 1013/03/12 9:51 AM13/03/12 9:51 AMRuth and Ritchie backed away until they reached a bend in the trail,and then they turned and ran back to the house.“Gosh,Ritchie,how d you know what to do?”asked Ruth when they had reached the
41、kitchen and she had gathered her breath.“I read about rattlesnakes in Daddy s almanac,”said Ritchie.“When they re going to strike,they open their jaws and form their bodies into curves.That one was coiled up with its head on its body.The rattle was just telling you to stay away.”“You saved my skin,”
42、said Ruth.“Nah,it was nothin.”At supper that evening,Martha frowned when she heard the story.“Well,”she said after a few seconds thought,“I guess it all worked out.We won t tell your daddy,though.”11Program:CR 14Component:LRG5U5W2-O PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:50010_016_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247
43、.indd 11010_016_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 1113/03/12 9:51 AM13/03/12 9:51 AMCHAPTER 3 TOGETHER AGAINFinally,the day they had been looking forward to for weeks had arrived.It was Thanksgiving,and for the first time since he had left for Chicago,John Tillerman was coming home.Ritchie and Martha
44、 had gone all-out to create a feast.They couldn t manage a turkey,but there was roast chicken,and Ritchie had dreamed up something he called“Variations on a Potato Theme by Richard Tillerman.”Martha s famous apple pie sat under a cloth,ready to go into the oven when the chicken came out.It was late
45、morning when the Chicago bus pulled over on the main highway and came to a stop with a hiss of brakes.When John stepped down with his small suitcase and a big canvas bag,he was engulfed.Martha,Ruth,and Ritchie threw their arms around him,and they all held on tightly.The Tillermans were together agai
46、n at last!After a long moment,they piled into the truck and headed up the road to the farm.12Program:CR 14Component:LRG5U5W2-O PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:50010_016_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 12010_016_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 1213/03/12 9:51 AM13/03/12 9:51 AM13Program:CR 14Componen
47、t:LRG5U5W2-O PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:50010_016_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 13010_016_CR14_LR_G5_U5W2L50_O_119247.indd 1313/03/12 9:51 AM13/03/12 9:51 AMAfter lunch,they opened the presents John had brought.There was a battered mute for Ritchie s trumpet,a book for Ruth,and material for Ma
48、rtha to make a new dress.“A trumpet player named Louis Armstrong gave me the mute,”said John.“He was playing at one of the clubs on the south side.I drew his portrait,and he said to me,Hey,fella,that s some mighty fine skill you got there.I told him about you,Ritchie,and he gave me his mute plus fiv
49、e aces.”“What re five aces?”asked Ruth.“An ace is a dollar bill.I picked up all kinds of slang on Chicago s south side.Baloney means nonsense,and when somethin s real fine,it s snazzy or the cat s meow.”“Do you make much money?”asked Ritchie.“Not much,”John said.“Sometimes I jus get nickels and dime
50、s,sometimes a dollar or two.”“Enough to come back home?”asked Ruth.“I ve been thinking on that,Ruthie,”said John.“Being apart has been hard for all of us,and the Depression is showing no sign of coming to an end.I reckon we should all move to Chicago.Your aunt s happy for us to share with her until
