Lesson 55: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 feel 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.

　　句子讲解：

　　本文语法：复习现在分词和过去分词作定语的用法 (参考Lesson 29的语法分析。)

　　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。

　　语言点 句子的主体实际是Dreams came true.“梦想成真”。of finding...是介词短语作dreams的后置定语。

　　2、A new machine called "The Revealer" has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground.

　　一种叫“探宝器”的新机器已经发明出来，人们用它来探測埋藏在地下的金子.

　　语言点 called..在此是过去分词短语作后置定语(见Lesson 29)。

　　3、The machine was used in a cave near the seashore whereit is said一pirates used to hide gold.

　　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。

　　语言点1 use—词的灵活应用：

　　1) use作实义动词，意为“使用' 相当于employ。

　　2) used to do表示“过去常常做，现在不再做了”，注意，此结构加动词原形。

　　例：I used to swim every day when I was a child.孩提时代，我每天去游泳。 used to没有人称和数的变化，例：

　　She /1 / They used to do …

　　3) be used to doing = be accustomed to doing 习惯于做某事

　　这里的be是系动词，used是形容词，to是介词，后接名词或动名词。

　　She is used to cooking eggs for dinner.她习惯了 以鸡蛋当晚餐。

　　be used to doing = get / become / grow used to doing 习惯于

　　语言点2 it is said据说，据传说;it is reported据报道

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