新概念英语第二册Lesson 55 Not a gold mine 并非金矿 讲义

新概念英语第二册第55课 Lesson55 Not a gold mine并非金矿 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 feet 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. New words and expressions生词和短语 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 海盗 n. 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 参考译文 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。 课文解释 1 .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。 1)句中的ost在这里不是动词lose的过去分词，而是用作形容 词， 意思是“失踪的、遗失的”。例如： a lost book 一本丢失了的书 'm still looking for that lost file.我还在找那份丢失的 档案。 另外，形容词OSt还可以表示“迷路的、走失的”或“茫然的、 迷茫的”或“丧失的、消逝的”或“浪费掉的、错过的”等含 义。例如： I took a wrong turn and we got lost in the mountains. 我拐错了弯，我们便在山里迷了路。 I feel lost and lonely in a strange town alone. 在陌生的城镇里只身一人，我感到不知所措、孤单寂寞。 They are a lost generation in search o