標準北美英語口語情景對話和閱讀文獻-41
DAVID: What got you interested in Rober Service, FU?
浮，是什麼讓你對羅伯特·塞維斯感興趣？
FU: I came across one of his poems in an anthology.
我有一次在一本詩文選上看到了他的一首詩。
CHUN: Which one?
哪一首？
FU: Which poem? Dangerious Dan McGrew.
哪一首詩？“危險的丹·麥克格魯”。
CHUN: Even I've heard of Dangerious Dan McGrew,
就連我也聽說過“危險的丹·麥克格魯”
DAVID:That's probably one of his best known works.
那首可能是他最著名的詩篇之一。
FU: Were all those stories true?
那些故事是真的嗎？
DAVID: The stories?
故事？
FU: About the gold rush up here in the Yukon.
關於育空地區淘金熱的故事。
DAVID:Oh, sure, Thousands of people came up here to Dawson to get rich.
噢，是真的，成千上萬的人來這裡，來到道森準備發財。
LING: When was that?
那是什麼時候？
DAVID:Around the turn of last century, It began in 1896, Seven years later it was all over.
上個世紀初，1896年開始，7年之後全部結束。
FU:Did anyone get rich?
有人發財了嗎？
DAVID: A few people did, But not many.
少數人確實發了財，但多數人沒有。
FU:Wasn't there any gold?
是沒有多少金子嗎？
DAVID:Yes, a lot of it. But most of the fortune seekers left here worse off than when they arrived.
不是，有很多金子，但是，大多數想致富的人們離開這裡的時候比他們剛來時反而更窮了。
FU: What happened?
發生了什麼？
DAVID: Mostly high prices and bad luck,
主要原因是成本高和運氣差。
FU: I suppose the gold rush didn't do much for the development of the North.
我想淘金熱並沒有給北方地區的發展帶來多少好處吧。
DAVID: It certianly didn't.
當然沒有。
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