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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
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,你正在自己动手整修住宅,敲穿一处墙壁后,发现了一个保险箱,里面有5万美元和一个寻宝游戏。
这种事太美妙,不大可能是真的,但美国凤凰城的一对情侣真的遇到了。
Posted on imgur, a woman has described an incredible tale of finding a series of clues inside a decades-old safe.
一名女子在图片分享网站imgur上晒出了自己的离奇经历:她在一个有几十年历史的保险箱里发现了一系列线索。
She and her partner were demolishing2 their kitchen when they found the safe.
她和伴侣拆厨房时发现了这个保险箱。
现金、陈年威士忌和寻宝游戏
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.
他们记得搬进这个住处时曾在药柜后面发现一串保险箱密码,试了好几次后,保险箱终于打开了。
And inside? Just $51,080, mostly in $100 notes and a bottle of bourbon dated 1960.
里面有什么?不过是51080美元现金,大多数是面值100的美钞,还有一瓶1960年的波旁威士忌。
She writes: ""We stared in disbelief.
她在网上写道:“我们难以置信地瞪大了眼睛。”
"Time stood still.
“时间静止了。”
"I started to reach in the safe and Eddie yelled, ‘Wait it might be booby trapped!’ I’m still laughing at that one."
“我开始试图把手伸进保险箱,埃迪(Eddie)大叫:'等等,万一有陷阱呢!’现在想想还觉得好笑。”
But also inside was a book, entitled 'A Guide for the Perplexed3 by E.F. Schumacher' published in 1977.
里面还有一本书,是1977年出版的E·F·舒马赫(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.
书中夹着一张黑白照片,上面是个神秘的男人,照片背面写着:“艾伦(Alan),我有一本书,你必须读读。
"I’ve underlined a few key passages.
“我在几个关键段落划了线。”
"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.
然而还真有几页上的内容看上去像是线索。
On page seven, an underlined passage of the chapter titled, ‘On Philosophical4 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页,《论哲学地图》这一章内容里划了这样一段:“全面看世界的一个方式是看地图,也就是有助于找到各色事物的某种平面图或草图。”
And tucked into page seven is a card with the state of Arizona on it.
第7页还塞有一张画有亚利桑那州(Arizona)地图的卡片。
Then on page eleven is a photo of a house with 'there yielded such fruitful results" written underneath5.
另外,第11页有一所房子的照片,下面写着“此处硕果累累”。
On the back of the photo, which depicts6 a tree split into three, "Where one tree becomes three" is written.
照片背面画着一棵一分为三的树,并写着“在一棵树一分为三的地方”。
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!"
这位女子写道:“要是有谁眼光好,能认出这个地方,我很好奇那棵三头树的事!”
On page 14, an underlined passage reads: “Most Modern Readers will be reluctant to believe that perfect happiness is attainable7 by methods of which their modern world knows nothing.”
在第14页,有段划线的文字是这样的:“多数现代读者将不愿意相信,完美的幸福可以通过现代世界一无所知的方法实现。”
And even more - a Bingo card has three numbers circled.
里面甚至还有张宾果卡(Bingo card,一种赌博游戏卡片),上面有三个圈着的数字。
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.
该名女子和她的情侣说还不知道该怎么处理这些钱,但她写道:“如果艾伦还活着,这钱注定是他的。”
"But we’re keeping the bourbon!"
“但波旁威士忌我们要啦!”
Vocabulary
demolish:拆除
bourbon:波旁威士忌
booby trap: 设置陷阱
attainable:可以获得的
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1 phoenix | |
n.凤凰,长生(不死)鸟;引申为重生 | |
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2 demolishing | |
v.摧毁( demolish的现在分词 );推翻;拆毁(尤指大建筑物);吃光 | |
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4 philosophical | |
adj.哲学家的,哲学上的,达观的 | |
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adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面 | |
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6 depicts | |
描绘,描画( depict的第三人称单数 ); 描述 | |
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