(完整版)新概念英语第二册笔记_第55课

Lesson 55 Nota gold mine 并非金矿

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What did the team find?

Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently. A new machine called 'The Revealer' has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground. The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where -- it is said -- pirates used to hide gold. The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it. Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. 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. Very excited, the party dug a hole two feel deep. They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless. The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. In spite of this, many people are confident that 'The Revealer' may reveal something of value fairly soon.

【课文翻译】

最近，找到失踪宝藏的梦想差一点儿变成现实。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。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。海盗们过去常把金子埋藏在那个洞里，可后来却没能取走。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。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。队员们异常激动，就地挖了一个两英尺深的坑，但最后找到的是一枚几乎一钱不值的小金币。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。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。

【New words and expressions】

gold n. 金子mine n. 矿

treasure n. 财宝revealer n. 探测器

invent v. 发明detect v. 探测

bury v. 埋藏cave n. 山洞

seashore n. 海岸pirate n. 海盗

arm v. 武装soil n. 泥土

entrance n. 入口finally adv. 最后

worthless adj. 毫无价值的thoroughly adv. 彻底地

trunk n. 行李箱confident adj. 有信心的

value n. 价值

★ gold

同义词precious yellow metal, gold dust 变化形名复golds

（1）n. 金子

pure gold 纯金；a gold medal 金牌

a gold ring ； a gold necklace

a gold watch ； a gold mine 金矿；a goldfish 金鱼

pay in gold 以黄金支付

eg：All that glitters is not gold . 闪闪发光者并非都是金子。

（2）有价之物、高贵 a voice of gold 金嗓子

（3）golden adj. 金的、金色的、贵重如金、幸运的、珍贵的

a golden opportunity 良机；golden days（一生中的）幸福时光

eg：Speech is silver ；silence is golden . 雄辩是银沉默是金。

silver 银子； a silver coin 一枚银币

silvery 银白色；silver gray 银灰色

★ mine

（1）我的eg：He is a friend of mine .

（2）矿 a coal-mine煤矿； a gold-mine

a mine worker ＝a miner 矿工

（3）（知识等的）丰富的资源

eg：He is a mine of information about the political situation of that country.

他非常熟悉该国的政情。

mineral adj. [ˈminərəl]矿物，矿石，矿的、矿泉的

mineral water ['minərəl.wɔ:tə] 矿泉水

a mineral spring 一个矿泉

★ treasure

（1）n. 金银财宝、财富（gold , silver , jewel ,etc.）

buried treasure 埋藏的珍宝

the treasure of the wrecked ship 遇难的船上的宝物

（2）n. 贵重物品

a national treasure 国宝；art treasure 艺术珍品

（3）n.（口）宝贝的人、宝贝my dearest treasure 我的宝贝儿

（4）v. 珍视、珍爱

cherish sb’s friendship ＝treasure sb’s friendship珍视某人的情谊

treasure sth up in one’s heart 将某事物铭记于心

★ reveal v. 透露、泄露、揭露

reveal sth to sb（bring sth to light）