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①No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.②This was indeed the case.③A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had died.④Everyone went to the funeral, for the 'ghost' was none other thanEric Cox, a third brother who was supposed to have died as a young man.⑤After the funeral, Joe and Bob revealed a secret which they had kept for over fifty years.
语篇导读：本段讲述“鬼”的身份因其去世而公布于众。①②没有人怀疑“鬼”或许是从未谋面的人，但事实确实如此；③④村民惊讶地发现“鬼”是人们以为早以逝世的埃里克；⑤葬礼过后，两兄弟将保守了50多年的秘密公开。本句在结构上引出下文。
【词汇精析】suspect /sə'spekt/：to think that something is probably true, especially something bad猜想，怀疑，觉得〔某事可能真实，尤指坏事〕，如：She strongly suspected he was lying to her. 她非常怀疑他在对她撒谎。
suspect和doubt的区别：doubt:a feeling of being not sure whether something is true or right不确定，怀疑（感觉上怀疑，不知真实），如：There was still one little nagging doubt at the back of his mind. 他的心头仍有一丝挥之不去的疑虑。suspect：to think that something is probably true, especially something bad猜想，怀疑，觉得〔某事可能真实，尤指坏事〕，如：She strongly suspected he was lying to her. 她非常怀疑他在对她撒谎。
none other than：不是别人正是……，如：It was none other than Professor Wu. 那人正是吴教授。
as a young man：理解成“在年轻时”
reveal a secret：透露／揭示一个秘密，keep a secret：保守一个秘密
After the funeral, Joe and Bob revealed a secret which they had kept for over fifty years.本句中，which引导的定语从句用过去完成时，是因为reveal动作发生在keep动作之前，因此reveal用过去时，则keep用过去完成时。
①Eric had been the eldestson of the family, very much older than his two brothers.②He had been obliged to join the army during the Second World War.③As he hated army life, he decided todeserthis regiment.④When he learnt that he would be sent abroad, he returned to the farm and his father hid him until the end of the war.⑤Fearing the authorities, Eric remained in hiding after the war as well.⑥His father told everybody that Eric had been killed in action.⑦The only other people who knew the secret were Joe and Bob.⑧They did not even tell their wives.⑨When their father died, they thought it their duty to keep Eric in hiding.⑩All these years, Eric had lived as arecluse.⑪He used to sleep during the day and work at night, quite unaware of the fact that he had become the ghost of Endley.⑫When he died, however, his brothers found it impossible to keep the secret any longer.
语篇导读：本段阐述埃里克成为村民口中的“鬼”的原因。①②③④在二战期间，埃里克被迫参军，因厌恶军旅生活而逃回农场，由父亲藏起来；⑤⑥因害怕当局，二战结束后，父亲对外宣称埃里克战亡，将其继续藏起来；⑦⑧⑨只有两个兄弟和父亲知道这个秘密；⑩⑪埃里克过上隐士生活，夜间劳作，对外界“鬼”的传言全然不知；⑫埃里克死后，秘密曝光。
【语法小学堂】old有两个比较级和最高级，①old—older—oldest，表年龄或新旧；如：She is older than I.她比我大。 ②old—elder—eldest，表人的长幼。She was my elder sister.她是我姐姐。
【语法小学堂】…very much older than his two brothers：形容词短语后置，相当于一个非限制性定语从句，则等于who was very much older than his two brothers。此外，形容词短语可前置，作原因状语等，如：Afraid of getting into the rain, he took the raincoat with him when he went out.由于担心被淋雨，他出去时带上了雨衣。
【写作推荐】be obliged to do sth.：不得不做某事，如：I felt obliged to explain my absence I told them the truth. 我觉得必须解释一下缺课的原因。 我要把真实的情况告诉他们。
desert/dɪ'zɜːt/：If people or animals desert a place, they leave it and it becomes empty.遗弃，如：Poor farmers are deserting their parched farm fields and coming here looking for jobs. 贫穷的农民丢下干旱的农田，来这里寻找工作。
regiment /'redʒɪm(ə)nt/：a large group of soldiers, usually consisting of several battalions〔军队的〕团，如：The advance guards of the regiment were called in. 该团的前哨卫队已被撤回。
【熟词僻义】action /'ækʃən/：fighting in a battle or war战斗；作战，如：soldiers killed in action 阵亡战士。In action:在战争中
recluse /rɪ'kluːs/: someone who chooses to live alone, and does not like seeing or talking to other people隐居者，隐士，遁世者，如：His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life. 他的遗孀在其余生成了一名实际上的隐居者。
used to do sth.：过去经常／习惯于做某事，如：We used to sashay after supper. 过去我们总是在晚饭后去散步。
Summary writing：(last paragraph)
用不多于80个单词描述埃里克•考科斯参军后的故事。（摘自新概念英语教师用书新版3）
Eric joined the army during the Second World War, but hated army life, so he deserted. He returned to the farm where his father hid him until the end of the war, and he remained in hiding after the war. His father told everyone that he had been killed in action. Joe and Bob kept the secret, so Eric lived as a recluse. He slept during the day and worked at night, so he became the ‘ghost of Endley’.
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