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课文30 幽灵之死
! o/ _4 _8 ]& `# u$ S" ]$ w552. For years, villagers believed that Endley Farm was hunted., z# i) f, E0 m! x+ l
多年来,村民们一直认为恩得利农场在闹鬼。
$ ~" p( N0 u; a" a553. The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bob Cox.8 J2 }# ?( W" h. T; h
恩得利农场属于乔.考科斯和鲍勃.考科斯兄弟俩所有。
8 g/ }( B5 [7 p554. They employed a few farmhands, but no one was willing to work there long.
* J8 [9 r6 d- g2 W 他们雇了几个农工,但谁也不愿意在那儿长期工作下去。
: G' |/ j, G* A) q- \3 a: X4 N555. Every time a worker gave up his job, he told the same story.
" A0 e- B3 G( _. w. l5 M! b 每次雇工辞职后都叙述着同样的故事。9 j0 E& T9 m9 \2 g4 ]5 l
556. Farm labourers said that they always woke up to find that work had been done overnight.& l% y( U. N( c, W: y4 s+ h# H. ]
雇工们说,常常一早起来发现有人在夜里把活干了,3 b6 w8 ?6 ~6 U5 m# P5 F; W
557. Hay had been cut and cowsheds had been cleaned.6 `9 @, n% X0 x: K& ~, \) k/ l
干草已切好,牛棚也打扫干净了。* O. }% y( { `3 T# c
558. A farm worker, who stayed up all night claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn in the moonlight.
& H4 R$ S J% x 有一个彻夜未眠的雇工还声称他看见一个人影在月光下收割庄稼。' h( L/ ?- f( d# n3 h3 R8 p3 w4 }
559. In time, it became an accepted fact the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.
. z! b- h+ a" Y: o! a/ P. Z 随着时间的流逝,考科斯兄弟雇了一个尽心尽责的鬼,他们家的活大部分都让鬼给干了,这件事成了公认的事实。/ h+ N w) _1 U% m% I
560. No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.
1 K# f( y$ x% d% j/ i I3 [ 谁也没想到农场竟会有一个从未露面的人。
6 {5 h2 B6 t9 z. Q4 g& D( c2 K561. This was indeed the case.
% [- J4 w1 X; T; D& F# c 但事实上确有此人。
+ |! o |% S) R9 @0 F9 r4 ^562. A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had died.0 O0 P* ^: w. J" Z% o c+ |8 R+ I
不久之前,村民们惊悉恩得利农场的鬼死了。
1 R5 ] M2 ~" o$ `; q/ L563. Everyone went to the funeral, for the 'ghost' was none other than Eric Cox, a third brother who was supposed to have died as a young man.
* E' n1 K: l- f \" K2 W, w* Z 大家都去参加了葬礼,因为那“鬼”不是别人,正是农场主的兄弟埃里克.考科斯。人们以为埃里克年轻时就死了。
, {. h' J: p: h1 m564. After the funeral, Joe and Bob revealed a secret which they had kept for over fifty years.
. F5 e/ Y: t/ t 葬礼之后,乔和鲍勃透露了他们保守了长达50多年的秘密。 j1 @) t% w8 E( S# G8 B5 X. v5 ]- _
565. Eric had been the eldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers.4 q/ \2 _8 U0 H! l7 _- B0 n. D. O
埃里克是这家长子。年龄比他两个弟弟大很多,4 o$ e0 Q7 P% p% V/ H. ^9 b; b( S) b
566. He had been obliged to join the army during the Second World War./ x* \$ z U$ e6 c8 b3 T |; C
第二次世界大战期间被迫参军。
7 B0 v8 C- T) l6 `& s567. As he hated army life, he decided to desert his regiment.
9 P8 P( u: V2 W3 {# y) D- H 他讨厌军旅生活,决定逃离所在部队。1 R9 F6 e/ [8 ?0 G* s1 ~
568. When he learnt that he would be sent abroad, he returned to the farm and his father hid him until the end of the war.
+ _0 L2 ~6 I% ? A+ z% U* T 当他了解自己将被派遣出国时,他逃回农场,父亲把他藏了起来,直到战争结束。# q- v" y' \# {! m7 B2 c3 Q6 W9 ]/ e
569. Fearing the authorities, Eric remained in hiding after the war as well.3 [. a' i) P2 C( B' g* ?8 W0 Y
由于害怕当局,埃里克战后继续深藏不露。7 F- Z; D5 R: B# u3 I. o" c
570. His father told everybody that Eric had been killed in action.
6 n. B. p; [' t$ I" p 他的父亲告诉大家,埃里克在战争中被打死了。
" C2 `, P! m- C# F# ?( A7 p3 c( X571. The only other people who knew the secret were Joe and Bob.; h: R& F- b7 G) l2 n+ p6 C
除此之外,只有乔与鲍知道这个秘密。% m) z4 }# Z# b$ |' ~
572. They did not even tell their wives.) Z, a$ k# ]5 w/ e) k
但他俩连自己的妻子都没告诉。
# T2 h! x8 t4 b9 v/ U' \573. When their father died, they thought it their duty to keep Eric in hiding.
C; ~- }+ Z& D: i2 I6 w" o 父亲死后,他们兄弟俩认为有责任继续把埃里克藏起来。$ |2 l' ]- d" [9 Y
574. All these years, Eric had lived as a recluse.
]9 E, }& |0 f2 N7 a J 这些年来,埃里克过着隐士生活,+ \0 a! @( K& D% _7 @& P5 O( `. D
575. He used to sleep during the day and work at night, quite unaware of the fact that he had become the ghost of Endley.
9 o. u% N) V. |* s 白天睡觉,夜里出来干活,一点不知道自己已成了恩得利家场的活鬼。
* J/ S9 k- c, p1 V5 z, G9 V576. When he died, however, his brothers found it impossible to keep the secret any longer.( o- g6 ^6 w4 T6 _* G* ^- A! ?
他死后,他的弟弟们才觉得无法再保守这个秘密了。 |
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