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 j) _- y5 Y0 I553. 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。
' }) D% W+ y( @! s3 x554. 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。
% o( a! I! t' b. X# y# `3 [555. Every time a worker gave up his job, he told the same story.
# ~! m) F, i  u        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.
        雇工们说，常常一早起来发现有人在夜里把活干了，
$ z9 D! t. Q" V% p9 {0 e557. Hay had been cut and cowsheds had been cleaned.
        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.
* c6 x, O) u" n" D* l        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。
( I$ K7 ~8 M0 x5 u+ Y% P559. In time, it became an accepted fact the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.
        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。
# Y% Y1 k$ D# m1 H5 j560. No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.
/ h9 `6 N( \! d# r  {- b! {        谁也没想到农场竟会有一个从未露面的人。
: ?# E( L5 U& b/ T" f* n561. 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.
        不久之前，村民们惊悉恩得利农场的鬼死了。
+ y- R7 l, k, v/ c  ^! m563. 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.
# W' y3 S  A0 e; |3 N3 y4 B# m* j8 d        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。
; X& u9 V& a8 f# o564. After the funeral, Joe and Bob revealed a secret which they had kept for over fifty years.
        葬礼之后，乔和鲍勃透露了他们保守了长达50多年的秘密。
565. Eric had been the eldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers.
- H7 Z/ H" [7 J. h+ p2 A7 l        埃里克是这家长子。年龄比他两个弟弟大很多，
) P; m0 y& \( y) v566. He had been obliged to join the army during the Second World War.
        第二次世界大战期间被迫参军。
& ^& g* l; }# W; Q567. As he hated army life, he decided to desert his regiment.
+ E! x* k5 k' ]" A* U1 P, t        他讨厌军旅生活，决定逃离所在部队。
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.
# j) w. }8 l2 g: M        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.
        由于害怕当局，埃里克战后继续深藏不露。
. j0 E* w% G  T  C7 [9 L570. His father told everybody that Eric had been killed in action.
) |6 I: y2 u# |% W3 V3 j1 R7 }        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.
        除此之外，只有乔与鲍知道这个秘密。
8 B& m) W' v$ {7 i572. 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.
5 L1 N0 N, L8 C        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，
. e; Y% `6 L1 i# C. U6 F4 W3 A6 x. I  h575. He used to sleep during the day and work at night, quite unaware of the fact that he had become the ghost of Endley.
        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。
0 n, G$ s3 ^9 @& L! b8 u576. When he died, however, his brothers found it impossible to keep the secret any longer.
        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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% u9 h1 D' ?: H  `0 H$ v很不好意思，句子５５２的最后一个词似乎应该是＂haunted＂