新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 55 Not a gold mine
1 . Very excited, the party dug a hole two feel deep.隊員們異常激動，就地挖了一個兩英尺深的坑，
2 . Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure.一支用這種新機器裝備起來的探寶隊進入了這個巖洞，希望找到埋藏著的金子。
3 . The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where -- it is said -- pirates used to hide gold.在靠近海邊的一個據說過去海盜常在裡面藏金子的巖洞裡，這種機器被派上了用場。
4 . A new machine called 'The Revealer' has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground.一種叫「探寶器」的新機器已經發明出來，並被人們用來探測地下埋藏的金子。
5 . The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground.當這個隊的隊長正在檢查洞口附近的土壤時，那台機器顯示出它的下面埋有金子。
6 . The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it.海盜們過去常把金子埋藏在那個洞裡，可後來卻沒能取走。
7 . They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless.但最後找到的是一枚幾乎一錢不值的小金幣。
8 . Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently.最近，找到失蹤寶藏的夢想差一點兒變成現實。
9 . The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk.隊員們接著又把整個洞徹底搜尋了一遍，但除了一隻空鐵皮箱外什麼也沒找到。
10 . In spite of this, many people are confident that 'The Revealer' may reveal something of value fairly soon.儘管如此，很多人仍然相信「探寶器」很快就會探出值錢的東西來。