新概念英语第二册

LESSON 55

not a goldmine

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原文

Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently. A new machine called the revealer has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground. The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where, it is said, pirates used to hide gold. The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it.

Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground. Very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep. They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless.

The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly, but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. In spite of this, many people are confident that the revealer may reveal something of value fairly soon.

译文

寻找失落宝藏的梦想最近几乎实现了。一种称为揭示仪的新机器已经发明,它已被用来探测埋在地下的黄金。该机器是在海边附近的一个洞穴中使用的,据说海盗过去常常在那里藏匿黄金。海盗们常常将黄金埋在山洞里,却无法取走。

带着这台新机器,一支搜索队进入洞穴,希望找到埋藏的宝藏。队伍的领导者正在检查洞穴入口附近的土壤,这时机器显示地下有金子。一行人很兴奋,挖了一个两尺深的洞。他们终于找到了一枚几乎不值钱的小金币。

随后,一行人将整个山洞彻底搜查了一遍,但除了一个空锡箱外,什么也没找到。尽管如此,许多人仍然相信揭露者可能很快就会揭露一些有价值的东西。