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.

【课文翻译】bury

最近，找到失踪宝藏的梦想差一点儿变成现实。一种叫“探宝器”的新机器已经发明出来，并被人们用来探测地下埋藏的金子。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。海盗们过去常把金子埋藏在那个洞里，可后来却没能取走。一支用这种新机器装备起来的探宝队进入了这个岩洞，希望找到埋藏着的金子。当这个队的队长正在检查洞口附近的土壤时，那台机器显示出它的下面埋有金子。队员们异常激动，就地挖了一个两英尺深的坑，但最后找到的是一枚几乎一钱不值的小金币。队员们接着又把整个洞彻底搜寻了一遍，但除了一只空铁皮箱外什么也没找到。尽管如此，很多人仍然相信“探宝器”很快就会探出值钱的东西来。

【生词汇总】

gold n. 金子

mine n. 矿

treasure n. 财宝

revealer n. 探测器

invent v. 发明

detect v. 探测

bury v. 埋藏

cave n. 山洞

seashore n. 海岸

pirate n. 海盗

arm v. 武装

soil n. 泥土

entrance n. 入口

finally adv. 最后

worthless adj. 毫无价值的

thoroughly adv. 彻底地

trunk n. 行李箱

confident adj. 有信心的

value n. 价值

【短语汇总】

dream of梦想着做某事

in spite of尽管，虽然(后加名词和代词，不能加句子)

fail to do sth干不了某事，做不成某事

【知识点讲解】

1. be used to do 与 used to do以及 be used doing 之间的区别和联系('The Revealer' has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground)

be used to do是被动语态，被用来做某事

例：metal is used to build cars.金属被用来制造汽车。

used to do过去曾做某事

例：I used to be a shy boy.我以前很内向的。

be used to doing习惯了做某事

例：he is used to going to bed late.他习惯晚睡。

2. worth，worthwhile，worthy的关系(意思都是“值得”)

worth动词，worth doing

worthy形容词，be worthy of doing

worthwhile形容词，sth is worthwhile

3. Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently.

①dream of 渴望，梦见 +doing

②lost既是动词lose的过去式和过去分词，也可以作形容词，表示丢失的，不见的。

③come true 实现，成真

4. A new machine called 'The Revealer' has been invented.

一种叫“探宝器”的新机器已经发明出来。

have /has been done 是现在完成时的被动语态，它强调一个发生在过去的被动性动作，主要表达两层意思：①动作发生在过去，现在已经完成，强调的是对现在造成的影响或结果;②主语和谓语动词之间是被动关系。例如：

This room has been cleaned, you can come in now.

房间已经打扫干净了，你现在可以进来了。

5. The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it.

海盗们过去常把金子埋藏在那个洞里，可后来却没能取走。

①bury 埋藏;隐匿;专心致志(bury one's head in a book 专心致志读书)

②fail to do sth. 没能成功做某事;未能做某事 而成功做某事则是manage to do sth.

6. Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure.

一支用这种新机器装备起来的探宝队进入了这个岩洞，希望找到埋藏着的金子。

armed with 装备……;用……武装

Armed with gas masks, the army troop went into the room.

戴上防毒面具的军队进入了房间。

7. In spite of this, many people are confident that 'The Revealer' may reveal something of value fairly soon.

①in spite of 不管;不顾 =despite

②透露;揭示;展现

I promise never to reveal your secret.

我答应，决不泄露你的秘密。

③something of value 有价值的东西

④fairly soon=soon enough

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