英语悠选脱口秀 第42期:消失的黄金列车(下)

 　　讲解

　　Today’s key word is Legend

　　Legend 传奇；传说

　　A legend is a very old and popular story that may be true.

　　If you refer to someone as a legend, you mean that they are very famous and admired by a lot of people.

　　The 2007 American science fiction film “I Am Legend” is really cool.

　　言归正传，今天呢，我们来扒一扒最近闹的沸沸扬扬的消失黄金列车。

　　This train is definitely a legend. Recently, Poland has confirmed the discovery of an armored(装甲的) World War II Nazi¹ train that local legend says is full of gold and other loot(战利品).

　　波兰表示，这事儿9成9是真的。 这火车还要从二战说起。

　　After Adolf Hitler became the German Chancellor², 他就开始抢夺各种奇珍异宝。

　　据说，希特勒当时拥有的战利品价值5亿美元左右，放到今天就是46亿美元。无数的黄金被融化，铸成12公斤金锭藏在了这辆火车上。除了各种名画，黄金，珠宝，古董之外，我们上次提到的 the amber³ room is reportedly also hidden in

　　this train.

　　And we all know that Allies⁴ win the World War Two and Hitler shot himself.

　　但胜利的盟军并木有找到这辆传说中的黄金列车。

　　Someone said that the train has disappeared like a ghost in Poland in a spring in the year of 1945. Actually, there were no evidences to prove the existence of the train. Until, two young men told the world that they found the train!

　　为此，波兰还专门成立了一个突发事件委员会调查此事。在新闻发布会上，波兰当局公布了一张雷达探测到的火车照片。虽然不清晰，但还是有火车的轮廓。 到底这个火车存不存在呢？

　　Let’s wait and see.

1 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

2 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

3 amber   

n.琥珀；琥珀色；adj.琥珀制的

参考例句：

• Would you like an amber necklace for your birthday?你过生日想要一条琥珀项链吗？
• This is a piece of little amber stones.这是一块小小的琥珀化石。

4 allies   

联盟国，同盟者； 同盟国，同盟者( ally的名词复数 )； 支持者； 盟军

参考例句：

• The allies would fear that they were pawns in a superpower condominium. 这个联盟担心他们会成为超级大国共管的牺牲品。
• A number of the United States' allies had urged him not to take a hasty decision. 美国的一些盟友已力劝他不要急于作决定。