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。
0 O. }% `) h/ C553. The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bob Cox.
; w  m# V2 H& m        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.
0 G2 a! O9 c) ?% q, Q        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。
5 ?, i. u. \" [  }& U556. 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，
557. 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.
! i1 P& b! ~9 g$ I* 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。
/ s. }- ^' p% [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。
3 o8 C8 O2 ~) h. i( ?# h560. 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 }1 V3 S1 O* k6 G2 l& c561. 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.
! Q/ D+ H9 H/ B4 k9 d" j! _. M        不久之前，村民们惊悉恩得利农场的鬼死了。
! h+ Y* x4 j+ X+ ?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.
, j, [% \/ ?/ 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。
* c8 Q  G# n) v! l0 Y564. 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。
6 ^) k3 G' D- Y# v6 p565. Eric had been the eldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers.
/ z% v9 y8 r) f, ?( }) W4 U6 }        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.
% b$ K9 _6 c# ?( X8 |3 Z4 L7 A) V        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.
0 S7 R0 O4 W; H0 ?9 j        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.
        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# w( C3 K# t8 B' o' K- g569. 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。
8 y4 Q/ G+ U7 p570. His father told everybody that Eric had been killed in action.
) S4 Z' |5 W+ [9 Z) ?. j. s        他的父亲告诉大家，埃里克在战争中被打死了。
  z9 Y: p0 Q8 b8 G571. The only other people who knew the secret were Joe and Bob.
' m6 y3 c) ~3 L" z. `6 p        除此之外，只有乔与鲍知道这个秘密。
572. They did not even tell their wives.
0 ?5 y! F9 r1 d9 o, Z* T1 L; a        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.
        父亲死后，他们兄弟俩认为有责任继续把埃里克藏起来。
* s& t" l2 C7 G: d! D0 l574. All these years, Eric had lived as a recluse.
        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.
0 R; C2 M5 q* Z; V        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。
576. When he died, however, his brothers found it impossible to keep the secret any longer.
' K8 i9 C" _5 O4 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。
) p. |% W& ~6 y: }1 J- ~+ Y很不好意思，句子５５２的最后一个词似乎应该是＂haunted＂