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.
        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.
        他们雇了几个农工，但谁也不愿意在那儿长期工作下去。
4 G* j, |. E3 t4 _! X555. Every time a worker gave up his job, he told the same story.
4 C( h5 t& y" w        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.
        雇工们说，常常一早起来发现有人在夜里把活干了，
" i: T/ x. `7 p# ^& S+ s% [6 \& L9 L' G557. 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.
% |' R" w8 W. Y0 I0 a        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。
8 ^9 b7 M6 i) M559. In time, it became an accepted fact the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.
8 s! B* Q) g5 T& t# ~& g+ ^: G        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。
/ T- N. l* j$ l8 {; u4 D; B560. No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.
9 v2 `5 b# T0 l, J/ V0 H        谁也没想到农场竟会有一个从未露面的人。
6 g, s: u! z4 D0 a" |+ H561. 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.
! ]2 C0 o6 b& g- v        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.
: S6 i% F# j6 F" `        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。
* t+ c4 R) I7 C% d564. 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.
; x& l9 q! [) B# O: d& F% P        埃里克是这家长子。年龄比他两个弟弟大很多，
8 w( b% r. N$ U$ Y3 B8 w' U566. He had been obliged to join the army during the Second World War.
% L. ^. ~' B& t+ w+ |- t  t        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.
" V) {' V: _  Z        他讨厌军旅生活，决定逃离所在部队。
; P6 t$ U+ E  P% R% k5 s# x568. 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.
2 Y4 ^& J4 f3 j        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.
        由于害怕当局，埃里克战后继续深藏不露。
5 c' S4 e) G8 w570. His father told everybody that Eric had been killed in action.
        他的父亲告诉大家，埃里克在战争中被打死了。
" f: n8 H# O% `' g( R571. 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。
0 j7 Z9 I4 C) X- i5 r$ h9 Q572. They did not even tell their wives.
+ }' _' m' q% q9 A  T        但他俩连自己的妻子都没告诉。
% w8 {, s: Z. k  r573. 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。
' f! b6 ]+ a1 P+ s. W574. 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。
$ g& ]  N. n& K* e2 C6 c576. 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＂