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.
. P: e& }0 L. D! z0 e        多年来，村民们一直认为恩得利农场在闹鬼。
% ]% N% f& \" p) ~553. 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。
554. They employed a few farmhands, but no one was willing to work there long.
% M# W) n# S; \! ]% v: p9 B        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.
& V& K9 q- J3 z$ c        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.
        干草已切好，牛棚也打扫干净了。
' V1 d: \4 K9 [4 E! Z2 t8 p  h558. A farm worker, who stayed up all night claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn in the moonlight.
6 X5 B: E/ o) N! ~* w% b        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.
        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。
560. No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.
! s. [4 O9 q8 _$ C        谁也没想到农场竟会有一个从未露面的人。
0 P' d+ C2 k' C; }561. This was indeed the case.
9 w# p% \) y0 s9 }        但事实上确有此人。
" j" b0 [6 }" g562. 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。
% z1 I' G4 E1 b563. 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.
5 P5 h3 ]8 R3 ~7 C( N1 W' k        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。
6 |9 y" |1 }# |, q+ {564. After the funeral, Joe and Bob revealed a secret which they had kept for over fifty years.
: Z& A7 Z3 F/ ?        葬礼之后，乔和鲍勃透露了他们保守了长达50多年的秘密。
8 J4 `" Y" k+ _' `& y565. Eric had been the eldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers.
9 A0 {$ D3 t2 m  ?: V( w& t3 g        埃里克是这家长子。年龄比他两个弟弟大很多，
& W6 z4 H) @$ P" D566. He had been obliged to join the army during the Second World War.
  F& V# ]( E) n) ]0 b- R        第二次世界大战期间被迫参军。
4 |6 }7 N  H$ c5 Q; c567. As he hated army life, he decided to desert his regiment.
, B1 |9 U7 }& v' u" {        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.
6 G' Z5 y& x. B4 Q  ]        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。
" B; s7 U' d2 w+ V3 N( e, h  V569. Fearing the authorities, Eric remained in hiding after the war as well.
* C) e2 Z, z4 a7 ?8 h3 ?$ E        由于害怕当局，埃里克战后继续深藏不露。
8 \$ O5 \& a% z- I, e8 i' d' K! z570. His father told everybody that Eric had been killed in action.
4 G8 [  T* A6 c        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。
6 u% W1 q, T) Y# S* O572. They did not even tell their wives.
! H6 S7 x' w3 F8 i; s: r        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.
$ B- G6 q) K4 o4 A        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.
2 n; B5 A# N: M9 I        这些年来，埃里克过着隐士生活，
8 p% C5 ~! N+ |. O575. He used to sleep during the day and work at night, quite unaware of the fact that he had become the ghost of Endley.
! K- W  k0 f) i! D        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。
# q5 o9 i' W9 t; w576. When he died, however, his brothers found it impossible to keep the secret any longer.
4 a1 u9 l- t6 _* P* 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。
% M0 E, v2 ]4 a% a! b0 V很不好意思，句子５５２的最后一个词似乎应该是＂haunted＂