新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 30

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课文30  幽灵之死
4 i# B6 N+ a1 t; w* q5 |% _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。
( Q) Y  A, a  L% J553. 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.
/ u2 U' n* W" ?, 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.
' ~9 k5 I" z$ Z: P- j- f1 k, q        每次雇工辞职后都叙述着同样的故事。
% Q$ }8 e' x$ q1 p4 g556. Farm labourers said that they always woke up to find that work had been done overnight.
. e$ G- k8 f. G* _- }" t        雇工们说，常常一早起来发现有人在夜里把活干了，
0 G" g( s) `/ T" P) N557. Hay had been cut and cowsheds had been cleaned.
1 z# G4 P% j! ~6 m, z6 z        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。
559. In time, it became an accepted fact the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.
) `  p3 I, c/ n; p% 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.
9 y- c& T& |* j& j2 a        谁也没想到农场竟会有一个从未露面的人。
561. This was indeed the case.
/ R( o  C8 N1 O) P        但事实上确有此人。
& i0 `. G# S/ ?& J+ r- w" w562. A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had died.
8 s0 B7 X' s3 N! {. G) X        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.
) N$ |* y  E& S        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。
, b+ y2 h# K, E5 F5 j& _6 k8 s564. 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.
- w) w; ^7 T; Y! \0 @* q        埃里克是这家长子。年龄比他两个弟弟大很多，
; D' L5 _7 i5 J# I566. He had been obliged to join the army during the Second World War.
; T$ B8 e2 K- [  f        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.
& A1 H( S+ L9 @0 K2 S7 s        他讨厌军旅生活，决定逃离所在部队。
( r1 w6 I8 e* K: x& r0 L2 J( ^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。
9 @  |/ C( t) K1 j9 b, |0 R569. Fearing the authorities, Eric remained in hiding after the war as well.
% B0 x( E, L2 W2 u1 c        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.
8 S/ l- G8 \1 h" 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.
8 V- y, x( I3 D( `+ }" @& [+ _        除此之外，只有乔与鲍知道这个秘密。
' `0 {0 g* U/ U' E- Y572. They did not even tell their wives.
1 I/ k/ x! g! }        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。
574. 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.
        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。
2 @% J7 u5 E4 x2 d3 }576. When he died, however, his brothers found it impossible to keep the secret any longer.
7 c' A) x/ ?& _  T* b/ ~        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＂