新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 30

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课文30  幽灵之死
2 ^1 w0 |8 G& }7 \5 |: K552. 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.
. U: V  Z! l% L% c7 g, ?        恩得利农场属于乔.考科斯和鲍勃.考科斯兄弟俩所有。
; i) T' U1 V0 G! l. d554. They employed a few farmhands, but no one was willing to work there long.
' ], l2 i1 ?: S' ?2 U2 @        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.
+ l, q0 |- [  a        每次雇工辞职后都叙述着同样的故事。
) C3 i1 [+ T! Y) J3 l556. Farm labourers said that they always woke up to find that work had been done overnight.
9 [' |3 W' l, ?8 c7 O: k$ K        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.
1 w! G' A5 C" `4 J        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.
        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。
9 Z* z6 h, w" _+ Z) D5 M559. In time, it became an accepted fact the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.
7 G* h) E, B: M& ^" c, Q        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.
/ K9 o  z, z) q& }  r        谁也没想到农场竟会有一个从未露面的人。
561. This was indeed the case.
        但事实上确有此人。
6 b- Y: p% |" \; Q! i; W4 a562. 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。
9 N# G- y. a) `$ V* p' X563. 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.
        葬礼之后，乔和鲍勃透露了他们保守了长达50多年的秘密。
1 L7 C$ K4 {3 j  |565. Eric had been the eldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers.
1 V8 }& s8 ]" x+ w' n, B        埃里克是这家长子。年龄比他两个弟弟大很多，
) k0 q$ a2 Y9 j7 s7 g2 W566. 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。
6 J2 h# b- R( j9 E( O/ l567. As he hated army life, he decided to desert his regiment.
8 X: }$ j) O/ x! v5 b: m! ^0 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.
. X3 {% d: c& ~, r' P) Y4 L8 [        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.
% i* m# g2 m4 r/ B% f; t& @        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.
- q5 [% ^- R* s8 U5 i        他的父亲告诉大家，埃里克在战争中被打死了。
! ?$ p! Z5 A" `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 ?3 x- d: v' s572. 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.
4 d8 j5 `% N% C! k        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.
( Q9 M* |4 l( j# P8 Q        这些年来，埃里克过着隐士生活，
5 i  H* a7 Q! A5 ^& T( l575. 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 ~& M1 D" B( Y576. 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＂