新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 30

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课文30  幽灵之死
552. For years, villagers believed that Endley Farm was hunted.
        多年来，村民们一直认为恩得利农场在闹鬼。
8 A# W3 z+ W- ]5 @! J% p553. The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bob Cox.
        恩得利农场属于乔.考科斯和鲍勃.考科斯兄弟俩所有。
6 N  S0 ]. d7 @) w% i554. They employed a few farmhands, but no one was willing to work there long.
        他们雇了几个农工，但谁也不愿意在那儿长期工作下去。
555. Every time a worker gave up his job, he told the same story.
        每次雇工辞职后都叙述着同样的故事。
556. Farm labourers said that they always woke up to find that work had been done overnight.
/ d& a3 j  A' C9 }, J' [* H        雇工们说，常常一早起来发现有人在夜里把活干了，
557. Hay had been cut and cowsheds had been cleaned.
9 A7 L9 E' U$ S2 U+ M* Y; U6 F        干草已切好，牛棚也打扫干净了。
558. A farm worker, who stayed up all night claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn in the moonlight.
        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。
559. In time, it became an accepted fact the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.
! _3 Z6 |% F5 k+ |        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。
* T, b. }$ O/ L+ f7 C560. No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.
        谁也没想到农场竟会有一个从未露面的人。
1 z- r8 g8 T" z% r, p561. This was indeed the case.
        但事实上确有此人。
562. A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had died.
6 l: Q# g: `) M& M1 [3 }        不久之前，村民们惊悉恩得利农场的鬼死了。
563. 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.
        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。
! q+ r, I* q* q# j' w564. After the funeral, Joe and Bob revealed a secret which they had kept for over fifty years.
* Y0 d  V4 P: q) x% \9 m        葬礼之后，乔和鲍勃透露了他们保守了长达50多年的秘密。
) ]  _& C; }2 A5 p4 o565. Eric had been the eldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers.
        埃里克是这家长子。年龄比他两个弟弟大很多，
. |  T* ^7 Q: ~/ O& c5 J566. He had been obliged to join the army during the Second World War.
, m0 _8 m  _* M- j        第二次世界大战期间被迫参军。
567. As he hated army life, he decided to desert his regiment.
* k- s  \- `- S$ j2 j        他讨厌军旅生活，决定逃离所在部队。
: Z% W4 C9 Y: A) w* p568. 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.
  j1 \$ J3 F, N8 t( x' C6 C        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。
569. Fearing the authorities, Eric remained in hiding after the war as well.
7 b+ \) g+ m- j/ w5 |' C% N+ f5 O. p5 a  J        由于害怕当局，埃里克战后继续深藏不露。
570. His father told everybody that Eric had been killed in action.
        他的父亲告诉大家，埃里克在战争中被打死了。
571. The only other people who knew the secret were Joe and Bob.
  e; c. B1 L' K( M9 y- ]        除此之外，只有乔与鲍知道这个秘密。
% z9 h' M: F0 F( M; S4 W4 r572. They did not even tell their wives.
        但他俩连自己的妻子都没告诉。
573. When their father died, they thought it their duty to keep Eric in hiding.
$ o: R# c# d1 T9 m        父亲死后，他们兄弟俩认为有责任继续把埃里克藏起来。
574. All these years, Eric had lived as a recluse.
        这些年来，埃里克过着隐士生活，
9 ?& l- |& |% S575. He used to sleep during the day and work at night, quite unaware of the fact that he had become the ghost of Endley.
* X( @. W: ?4 d% A/ h" o9 B        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。
8 M- f3 ^% G  x5 H# a, }+ U576. When he died, however, his brothers found it impossible to keep the secret any longer.
, C3 l/ m3 C1 C+ {0 q  T        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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敬佩您的奉献精神。
很不好意思，句子５５２的最后一个词似乎应该是＂haunted＂