美情侶裝修廚房發(fā)現(xiàn)寶藏考研英語閱讀

　　Imagine you're doing some home DIY, you knock through a wall, discover a safe and inside find $50,000 and a treasure hunt.

　　想象一下，你正在自己動手整修住宅，敲穿一處墻壁后，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個保險(xiǎn)箱，里面有5萬美元和一個尋寶游戲。

　　It's almost too fun to be true, but it happened to a couple in Phoenix, US.

　　這種事太美妙，不大可能是真的，但美國鳳凰城的一對情侶真的遇到了。

　　Posted on imgur, a woman has described an incredible tale of finding a series of clues inside a decades-old safe.

　　一名女子在圖片分享網(wǎng)站imgur上曬出了自己的離奇經(jīng)歷：她在一個有幾十年歷史的保險(xiǎn)箱里發(fā)現(xiàn)了一系列線索。

　　She and her partner were demolishing their kitchen when they found the safe.

　　她和伴侶拆廚房時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個保險(xiǎn)箱。

　　They remembered that when they moved in they found a safe code in the back of a medicine cabinet and after half a dozen attempts the safe opened.

　　他們記得搬進(jìn)這個住處時(shí)曾在藥柜后面發(fā)現(xiàn)一串保險(xiǎn)箱密碼，試了好幾次后，保險(xiǎn)箱終于打開了。

　　And inside? Just $51,080, mostly in $100 notes and a bottle of bourbon dated 1960.

　　里面有什么？不過是51080美元現(xiàn)金，大多數(shù)是面值100的`美鈔，還有一瓶1960年的波旁威士忌。

　　She writes: ""We stared in disbelief.

　　她在網(wǎng)上寫道：“我們難以置信地瞪大了眼睛。”

　　"Time stood still.

　　“時(shí)間靜止了�！�

　　"I started to reach in the safe and Eddie yelled, ‘Wait it might be booby trapped!’ I’m still laughing at that one."

　　“我開始試圖把手伸進(jìn)保險(xiǎn)箱，埃迪（Eddie）大叫：'等等，萬一有陷阱呢！’現(xiàn)在想想還覺得好笑�！�

　　But also inside was a book, entitled 'A Guide for the Perplexed by E.F. Schumacher' published in 1977.

　　里面還有一本書，是1977年出版的E·F·舒馬赫（E.F. Schumacher）的著作《迷途指津》（A Guide for the Perplexed）。

　　And inside that was a black and white photo of a mystery man and written on the back is the message: "Alan, I have a book you must read.

　　書中夾著一張黑白照片，上面是個神秘的男人，照片背面寫著：“艾倫（Alan），我有一本書，你必須讀讀。

　　"I’ve underlined a few key passages.

　　“我在幾個關(guān)鍵段落劃了線�！�

　　"Your friend, Vincent."

　　“你的朋友，文森特（Vincent）�！�

　　And THEN on several pages there are a series of what seem to be clues.

　　然而還真有幾頁上的內(nèi)容看上去像是線索。

　　On page seven, an underlined passage of the chapter titled, ‘On Philosophical Maps’ reads: “One way of looking at the world as a whole is by means of a map, that is to say, some sort of plan or outline that shows where various things are to be found.”

　　在第7頁，《論哲學(xué)地圖》這一章內(nèi)容里劃了這樣一段：“全面看世界的一個方式是看地圖，也就是有助于找到各色事物的某種平面圖或草圖�！�

　　And tucked into page seven is a card with the state of Arizona on it.

　　第7頁還塞有一張畫有亞利桑那州（Arizona）地圖的卡片。

　　Then on page eleven is a photo of a house with 'there yielded such fruitful results" written underneath.

　　另外，第11頁有一所房子的照片，下面寫著“此處碩果累累”。

　　On the back of the photo, which depicts a tree split into three, "Where one tree becomes three" is written.

　　照片背面畫著一棵一分為三的樹，并寫著“在一棵樹一分為三的地方”。

　　The woman writes: "There might be a keen eye out there who recognizes this place and I’d be curious about that three-headed tree!"

　　這位女子寫道：“要是有誰眼光好，能認(rèn)出這個地方，我很好奇那棵三頭樹的事！”

　　On page 14, an underlined passage reads: “Most Modern Readers will be reluctant to believe that perfect happiness is attainable by methods of which their modern world knows nothing.”

　　在第14頁，有段劃線的文字是這樣的：“多數(shù)現(xiàn)代讀者將不愿意相信，完美的幸�？梢酝ㄟ^現(xiàn)代世界一無所知的方法實(shí)現(xiàn)�！�

　　And even more - a Bingo card has three numbers circled.

　　里面甚至還有張賓果卡（Bingo card，一種游戲卡片），上面有三個圈著的數(shù)字。

　　The woman and her partner said they don't know what they will do with the money yet but she wrote: "If Alan is still out there, it was meant for him after all.

　　該名女子和她的情侶說還不知道該怎么處理這些錢，但她寫道：“如果艾倫還活著，這錢注定是他的�！�

　　"But we’re keeping the bourbon!"

　　“但波旁威士忌我們要啦！”

　　Vocabulary

　　demolish：拆除

　　bourbon：波旁威士忌

　　booby trap： 設(shè)置陷阱

　　attainable：可以獲得的

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