课文对话 · Not a gold mine 并非金矿（课本 Lesson 55，印刷页 256-259）
1Dreams of finding lost treasure /'treʒə/ n. 财宝 almost came true recently.
最近，找到失踪宝藏的梦想差一点儿变成现实。
2A new machine called 'The Revealer /rɪ'viːlə/ n. 探测器' has been invented /ɪn'ventɪd/ v. 发明 and it has been used to detect /dɪ'tekt/ v. 探测 gold which has been buried in the ground.
一种叫“探宝器”的新机器已经发明出来，并被人们用来探测地下埋藏的金子。
3The machine was used in a cave /keɪv/ n. 山洞 near the seashore /'siːʃɔː/ n. 海岸 where — it is said — pirates /'paɪərəts/ n. 海盗 used to hide gold /ɡəʊld/ n. 金子.
在靠近海边的一个据说过去海盗常在里面藏金子的岩洞里，这种机器被派上了用场。
4The pirates would often bury /'beri/ v. 埋藏 gold in the cave and then fail to collect it.
海盗们过去常把金子埋藏在那个洞里，可后来却没能取走。
5Armed /ɑːmd/ v. 武装 with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure.
一支用这种新机器装备起来的探宝队进入了这个岩洞，希望找到埋藏着的金子。
6The leader of the party was examining the soil /sɔɪl/ n. 泥土 near the entrance /'entrəns/ n. 入口 to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground.
当这个队的队长正在检查洞口附近的土壤时，那台机器显示出它的下面埋有金子。
7Very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep.
队员们异常激动，就地挖了一个两英尺深的坑。
8They finally /'faɪnəli/ adv. 最后 found a small gold coin which was almost worthless /'wɜːθləs/ adj. 毫无价值的.
但最后找到的是一枚几乎一钱不值的小金币。
9The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly /'θʌrəli/ adv. 彻底地 but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk /trʌŋk/ n. 行李箱.
队员们接着又把整个洞彻底搜寻了一遍，但除了一只空铁皮箱外什么也没找到。
10In spite of this, many people are confident /'kɒnfɪdənt/ adj. 有信心的 that 'The Revealer' may reveal something of value /'væljuː/ n. 价值 fairly soon.
尽管如此，很多人仍然相信“探宝器”很快就会探出值钱的东西来。
点击句子或【播放】即可听读（只朗读英文），红色为单词音标释义，蓝框为中文翻译；
顶部两个标签默认隐藏，可分别点击显示 / 隐藏「音标释义」与「句子翻译」；右上【🖨 打印版】可打开打印稿。