美語情景對話 第949期:Treasure Hunt 尋寶

Jana: So, Peter, you mentioned treasure diving. How did you find out about this?

嘉娜：彼得，你之前提到過尋寶潛水。你是怎麼知道這個的？

Peter: Oh, well, I had this friend and he actually used to work for the government but he was diving just for pleasure at that time but then he met, I think while on a diving excursion, he met another guy who was into treasure diving and he, they formed a company and they've actually become, I guess, professional treasure divers and it's, I think I mentioned about the sunken treasure around the tip of Africa because of the ancient sea route but I think my friends have now moved off to other parts of the world that are also known for sunken treasure spots. I think one of the areas are close to Florida in the United States because there used to be an ancient shipping route between Europe and the United States and, yeah, they go diving for treasure around that area.

彼得：哦，我有個朋友以前在政府部門工作，當時他潛水只是爲了休閒，之後他在潛水之旅中認識了一個人，那個人喜歡潛水尋寶，所以他們成立了一家公司，成爲了職業尋寶潛水員，我記得我之前提到過由於古代航線的設計問題而沉沒在非洲之角的寶藏，不過我想我朋友現在已經去世界其他著名的沉沒寶藏地尋寶了。其中一個寶藏地在美國佛羅里達州附近，那裏以前是歐洲和美國之間的航線，他們去那個地區尋找寶藏了。

Jana: There must be a lot of mysteries under the sea?

嘉娜：海底一定很神祕吧？

Peter: I think so too and I think it involves a lot of dispute possibly because it's, it can become a political issue I guess in some ways if the treasure is found and who does it belong to and the countries that originally sent the money or the gold or the treasure or the whatever and the country that it's found in now and also by the guys that find it. Is it finders keepers or is it a matter of dividing up the discovery and of course I think there's a lot of historical value involved with the find as well. So, yeah, I think it's an interesting, fascinating kind of adventure story.

彼得：我也是這麼認爲的，我認爲這種活動可能還會引發爭議，因爲從某種方面來說這可能成爲政治問題，如果發現了寶藏，那寶藏該歸誰所有，是屬於原本運送這筆錢財、金子或寶藏的國家，還是屬於寶藏的發現地，或是屬於發現寶藏的那個人。是誰找到就歸誰，還是要對這筆寶藏進行分配，當然我認爲這些發現包含很多歷史價值。我認爲這是一個有趣又迷人的冒險故事。

Jana: It would be quite an adventurous hobby to have.

嘉娜：這也是一個充滿冒險精神的愛好。

Peter: I think so too. Yeah, I kind of envy his lifestyle. He seems to go from one grand yacht in one very nice area of part of the world and goes to the next treasure area and yeah that's what he does for a living.

彼得：我也是這麼認爲的。我有點兒羨慕他這種生活方式。看起來他會從世界上其中一個寶地的遊艇去往另一個寶藏地，他就是這樣謀生的。

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重點講解：
1. used to do sth. 過去常常；過去曾；
例句：The cinema she used to visit had been pulled down.
她常去的那家電影院已經拆除了。
2. be known for 以……出名；
例句：Switzerland is known for its watchmaking and beautiful scenery.
瑞士以製表業和美麗的風景而聞名。
3. in some ways (某個)方面；(某)點；
例句：In some ways this sort of relativism strikes a progressive and reasonable note.
在某些方面，這種相對論有其進步和合理的地方。
4. belong to 屬於；歸…所有；
例句：The property should belong to me of right.
按照法律這筆財產應當屬於我。
5. divide up 均分；平分；
例句：The aim was to divide up the business, give everyone an equal stake in its future.
目的是爲了平分公司股份，讓每個人將來承擔均等的風險。