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新概念英语第三册逐句精讲第课幽灵之死

新概念英语第三册逐句精讲:第30课

幽灵之死

Lesson30TheDeathofaGhost幽灵之死

新概念3课文内容：

Foryears,villagersbelievedthatEndleyFarmwashaunted.

Thefarmwasownedbytwobrothers,JoeandBobCox.They

employedafewfarmhands,butnoonewaswillingtoworkthere

long.Everytimeaworkergaveuphisjob,hetoldthesamestory.

Farmlabourerssaidthattheyalwayswokeuptofindthatwork

hadbeendoneovernight.Hayhadbeencutandcowshedshad

beencleaned.Afarmworker,whostayedupallnight,claimedto

haveseenafigure人cuttingcorninthemoonlight.Intime,it

becameanacceptedfactthattheCoxbrothersemployeda

conscientiousghostthatdidmostoftheirworkforthem.

Noonesuspectedthattheremightbesomeoneelseonthe

farmwhohadneverbeenseen.Thiswasindeedthecase.Ashort

timeago,villagerswereastonishedtolearnthattheghostof

Endleyhaddied.Everyonewenttothefuneral,forthe‘ghost’

wasnoneotherthanEricCox,athirdbrotherwhowassupposed

tohavediedasayoungman.Afterthefuneral,JoeandBob

revealedasecretwhichtheyhadkeptforoverfiftyyears.

Erichadbeentheeldestsonofthefamily,verymucholder

thanhistwobrothers.Hehadbeenobligedtojointhearmy

duringtheSecondWorldWar.Ashehatedarmylife,hedecided

todeserthisregiment.Whenhelearntthathewouldbesent

abroad,hereturnedtothefarmandhisfatherhidhimuntilthe

endofthewar.Fearingtheauthorities,Ericremainedinhiding

afterthewaraswell.His

fathertoldeverybodythatErichadbeenkilledinaction.The

onlyotherpeoplewhoknewthesecretwereJoeandBob.They

didnoteventelltheirwives.Whentheirfatherdied,theythought

ittheirdutytokeepEricinhiding.Alltheseyears,Er