NCE02055 not a gold mine 并非金矿

gold n. 金，黄金
mine n. 矿
gold mine 金矿
treasure n. 财富，财产
lost treasure 遗失的宝藏
revealer n. 启示者；探测器
invent vt. 发明
detect vt. 探测
bury vt. 埋葬；隐藏
cave n. 洞穴
seashore n. 海滨；海岸
pirate n. 海盗
arm vt. 武装
be armed with 用….装备起来的
party 一群人
soil n. 泥土
entrance n. 入口
finally adv. 最后
worthless adj. 无价值的；不值钱的
thoroughly adv. 彻底地
trunk n. 行李箱
tin trunk 铁皮箱
confident adj. 有信心的
value n.价值
not a gold mine 并非金矿
come true 变成现实
Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently 最近, 找到失踪宝藏的梦想差一点儿变成现实
the door came open 门开了
A new machine called…. 一种叫…的机器
The Revealer 探宝器
has been invented 已经发明出来
and it has been used to detect gold 并被人们用来探测金子
which has been buried in the ground 地下埋藏的
The machine was used in a cave near the seashore 机器在一个海岸附近的山洞被使用
where–it is said 据说
it is said the house is haunted 据说这所房子闹鬼
pirates used to hide gold 过去海盗常在里面藏金子
used to do something 过去常常做某事
The pirates would often bury gold in the cave 海盗们过去常把金子埋藏在那个洞里
would do something 过去的习惯性动作,总是….
he would sit for hours doing nothing . 他常常什也不做，一坐就是好几个小时
and then fail to collect it 可后来却没能取走
fail to do sth … 没能做某事
my dream failed to come true . 我的梦想没有实现
if you receive a request like this ,you can not fail to obey it. 如果你收到这样的恳求，你是不会不遵照执行的
collect taxes 收税，征税
Armed with the new machine 配备好这些机器
a search party went into the cave 探宝队进入这个岩洞
hoping to find buried treasure 希望找到埋藏的金子
The leader of the party was examining 这个队的领队在检查
the soil near the entrance to the cave 检查靠近洞口处的土壤时
when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground 机器显示出地底下有黄金
entrance to …入口
the entrance to the building 大楼的入口
we played outside till sunset,when it began to rain 我们在外面玩到日落，这时天开始下雨。
Very excited 非常激动
a hole two feet deep 两英尺深的洞
the party dug a hole two feet deep 这个团队非常兴奋地挖了一个两英尺深的洞
They finally found a small gold coin 最后找到的是一枚小金币
which was almost worthless 几乎一钱不值的小金币
The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly 这个探测队接著把整个山洞彻底地搜寻了一遍
but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk 但是，除了一只空铁皮箱以外什麽也没找到
In spite of this 尽管如此
many people are confident that 许多人相信
The Revealer’ may reveal something of value fairly soon 这架探测器不久便会探出有价值的东西来
fairly ,quite ,rather,pretty ,very … 相当…
the bed is fairly soft. 这床还算软