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。
553. The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bob Cox.
, V8 t! U/ y+ D) Q        恩得利农场属于乔.考科斯和鲍勃.考科斯兄弟俩所有。
1 F0 G+ X  H; Q  ~7 n554. 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.
4 n4 J. ~3 Q6 `2 \5 X        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.
' m! h4 \0 P* ]- [2 q2 E' U0 r        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.
/ c6 }( u6 h' g" \        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.
  o: x3 o: U3 t. G1 }7 P% H% R8 p        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.
- u1 q- d% S5 l% i: p! Z2 o        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. Y8 C6 _- ~6 F3 f+ }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.
# @& [0 f% h# P% q        但事实上确有此人。
$ D9 H  D) @3 l9 j7 A/ g562. A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had died.
% Y0 G: _4 A! z" ^        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.
1 A3 q& ?; o& w8 A0 x: E% E" {        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.
        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.
3 ~6 j9 i1 {% E3 l9 _        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.
" \" C7 {: f1 G! r        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.
  U+ }4 @1 T/ B- v* I        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.
; L# m7 H6 u& O, Y        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。
  |- @) {) Y- E1 X$ ?  n569. Fearing the authorities, Eric remained in hiding after the war as well.
5 i; L( I2 w6 K- r        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.
5 h. j2 w2 i& K8 k0 J' n; L& ?        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 y) q* F0 E9 V8 @  K572. They did not even tell their wives.
5 P! H% `  r& U4 }% B        但他俩连自己的妻子都没告诉。
5 P! u2 T1 ^+ |# S/ i+ W2 y573. When their father died, they thought it their duty to keep Eric in hiding.
        父亲死后，他们兄弟俩认为有责任继续把埃里克藏起来。
! L/ y0 p& ~- \) ]574. All these years, Eric had lived as a recluse.
; L9 ?3 k% U' W6 i- P        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。
6 K4 d3 y$ f5 U, u2 Y( m! G7 m576. 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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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＂