VOA慢速英语2020 美国百万宝藏发现者身份确认（在线收听）

It is the stuff of childhood stories – finding buried treasure! For one man, that is now a reality.

这是童话中的情节—寻找埋藏的宝藏。对一个人来说，这已经成为了现实。

On December 7, the family of a man who buried a treasure in the southwest part of the United States confirmed the identity of its finder.

12月7日，一名在美国西南部埋下宝藏的男子的家人证实了宝藏发现者的身份。

On a website made for the treasure hunt, Shiloh Forrest Old wrote that Jonathan "Jack" Stuef found the treasure worth more than $1 million.

希洛·福里斯特·奥德在一个为这次寻宝而制作的网站上写道，乔纳森·杰克·斯图夫发现了这份价值超过100万美元的宝藏。

"We wish Jack the best of luck," Old wrote and we hope that the searching community will treat him with the respect that he deserves."

奥德写道：“我们祝福杰克好运。我们也希望寻宝群体能给予他应有的尊重。”

Shiloh Forrest Old is a grandson of Forrest Fenn, the man who buried the treasure.

奥德是埋下这份宝藏的福里斯特·芬恩的孙子。

Also, on December 7, the website Outside Magazine also published an article confirming Stuef as the finder.

此外，《户外》杂志网站在12月7日也发布了一片文章，确认斯图夫是宝藏发现者。

Stuef is a 32-year-old medical student from the state of Michigan who found the treasure back in June. However, at that time his name was not made public.

斯图夫是密歇根州一名32岁的医学院学生，他在今年6月份发现了这份宝藏。然而，当时他的名字没有被公开。

On June 6, Forrest Fenn announced that his treasure had been found, but did not say who found it or where. Finally, in July he confirmed that the treasure was found in Wyoming. This is the only detail that is publicly known about its location.

6月6日，芬恩宣布他的宝藏已经被发现，但是没有说出是谁在哪发现的。最后他在7月份证实宝藏是在怀俄明州被发现的。这是关于藏宝地唯一被公开的细节。

In the beginning, Jack Stuef did not want his name to be known. In September, he wrote an article for the website Medium. He described finding the treasure, but not how or where. And he did not give his name.

一开始，斯图夫不希望让人知道他的名字。9月份，他为《传媒》网站写了一片文章。他称找到了这份宝藏，但是没有描述如何找到，以及在哪里找到。而且他也没有公布自己的名字。

Then in another more recent article published in December on Medium, he explained why. He wrote that he did not want his family to suffer the same as the Fenn family has with such things as death threats and home invasions.

然后他12月份在《传媒》网站上发表的最新一篇文章解释了原因。他写道，他不希望自己的家人像芬恩一家一样，遭到死亡威胁或闯入。

So, why bury a treasure?

那么，为什么会埋下宝藏呢？

Forrest Fenn was a retired art and antique salesman. He was also an honored U.S. Air Force fighter pilot during the Vietnam War.

芬恩是一位退休的艺术品和古董推销员。他还是越战期间一名光荣的美军战斗机飞行员。

As VOA reported last year, in 1988 doctors found cancer in Fenn's body and told him he only had about six months to live. So, he decided to have fun with some of his money. He put pieces of gold, jewels and other valuables in a metal box and planned to leave it for others to enjoy after he was gone.

正如美国之音去年报道的那样，1988年医生发现芬恩患上了癌症，并告诉他大约只剩6个月寿命。所以他决定用自己的一些钱找点乐子。他把一些黄金、珠宝和其它贵重物品放在一个金属盒子里，打算在他去世后把它留给他人享用。

But Fenn beat the cancer. In 2010, he decided to hide the box. "I wanted to give people hope and something to look forward to," he said. "Maybe there is a pot of gold at the end of your rainbow if you go out and look for it.”

但是芬恩战胜了癌症。2010年，他决定把盒子藏起来。他说：“我想给人们带来希望和期待。如果你出去寻宝，没准最后会发现一罐金子。”

He wanted it to be a good, traditional treasure hunt. So, he left clues to the location of the treasure in a poem he wrote in his book titled "The Thrill of the Chase."

他希望这能成为一次完美的传统寻宝活动。所以，他在自己《追逐的快感》一书中写的一首诗中留下了藏宝位置的线索。

The poem included a map of the Rocky Mountains, and the general area where the treasure was hidden. At the time, Fenn said he hid the treasure in the Rocky Mountains in either Colorado, Montana, New Mexico or Wyoming.

这首诗包含了一份落基山脉的地图以及藏宝的大致区域。芬恩当时表示，他把宝藏藏在科罗拉多州、蒙大拿州、新墨西哥州和怀俄明州范围内的落基山脉上。

The poem inspired many to go treasure hunting. And sometimes this led to some dangerous situations. In fact, at least four people died searching for the treasure and many others needed to be rescued. The Rocky Mountain backcountry can be very dangerous.

这首诗激发了很多人去寻宝。有时候这会导致一些危险的状况。实际上，至少有4人在寻宝中丧命，还有很多人需要救援。落基山脉的偏远地区非常危险。

However, Fenn said repeatedly that the treasure was not in a dangerous or especially hard-to-reach place.

然而，芬恩一再表示，宝藏不在危险或是特别难以触及的地方。

In his September Medium article, Jack Stuef describes finally meeting Fenn after finding the treasure. He brought it for the two to enjoy together. Fenn died in September at age 90 without ever identifying the finder.

斯图夫9月份在《传媒》网站的文章中称他在找到宝藏后终于见到了芬恩。他把宝藏带来让两个人一起享用。芬恩在今年9月去世，享年90岁，他甚至没能确认这位发现者的身份。