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.
9 G3 I& N. I3 D# h$ L        多年来，村民们一直认为恩得利农场在闹鬼。
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。
% \# ?% D$ V' E4 T554. 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。
- V& I$ g, W% |  e" L* W. D% I555. 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.
/ i- L7 \& S- Z& \) {        雇工们说，常常一早起来发现有人在夜里把活干了，
6 E9 ^% v$ C& r1 h. a# z557. Hay had been cut and cowsheds had been cleaned.
        干草已切好，牛棚也打扫干净了。
) u9 u! R8 v. S$ D! y2 x558. A farm worker, who stayed up all night claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn in the moonlight.
) K/ k7 e$ f8 K7 V        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。
2 r) C6 [" w) X* ~560. 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。
561. This was indeed the case.
/ S# E# }- C0 R8 M( E        但事实上确有此人。
$ h' ?" Z& X/ k+ Q0 Z562. A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had died.
6 e  s4 _4 u1 Y! }6 p7 f% }        不久之前，村民们惊悉恩得利农场的鬼死了。
' R7 ^- @0 C5 O4 B" [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。
564. After the funeral, Joe and Bob revealed a secret which they had kept for over fifty years.
* W% G( {# _: Q( ^. O! h2 v        葬礼之后，乔和鲍勃透露了他们保守了长达50多年的秘密。
2 z# d) d" Z! P2 H* v# Z* z! A565. Eric had been the eldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers.
! Y+ s6 u2 u9 R6 ]8 e% Z        埃里克是这家长子。年龄比他两个弟弟大很多，
566. 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。
567. As he hated army life, he decided to desert his regiment.
- F% s% w5 J7 B4 r" X, K        他讨厌军旅生活，决定逃离所在部队。
. `- J0 L1 z4 c' }# \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 S! d% z  D2 t1 k" x        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。
0 ?" T% X5 N! ^7 c' D# A2 P569. 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。
570. His father told everybody that Eric had been killed in action.
2 l$ C7 c- Q8 n& _        他的父亲告诉大家，埃里克在战争中被打死了。
/ n) T$ T$ O% A; A4 y571. 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。
572. They did not even tell their wives.
        但他俩连自己的妻子都没告诉。
& {4 }# C; |+ P0 B3 W* s573. When their father died, they thought it their duty to keep Eric in hiding.
/ L: G" m& _- {/ F        父亲死后，他们兄弟俩认为有责任继续把埃里克藏起来。
( H" ?4 H9 _( q& s$ c* D7 U574. All these years, Eric had lived as a recluse.
0 w0 |1 o+ a7 L* {/ n        这些年来，埃里克过着隐士生活，
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.
        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 q/ W" |) V) u- c. |- b576. When he died, however, his brothers found it impossible to keep the secret any longer.
6 q5 P; n  E+ J% t: Q" O* G        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＂