第30课  The death of a ghost

1、 They employed a few farm hands, …
    他们雇了几个农工，

2、 In time, it became an accepted fact that the Cox brothers employed a conscientiousghost that did most of their work for them.
    随着时间的流逝，考科斯兄弟雇了一个尽心尽责的鬼，他们家的活大部分都让鬼给干了，这件事成了公认的事实。

3、 This was indeed the case.
    但事实上确有此人。

4、 Everyone went to the funeral,for the ‘ghost’ was none other than Eric Cox, ….
    大家都去参加了葬礼，因为那“鬼”不是别人，正是农场主的兄弟埃里克.考科斯。

5、 As he hated army life, he decided to deserthis regiment.
    他讨厌军旅生活，决定逃离所在部队。

6、 The onlyother people who knew the secret were Joe and Bert.
除此之外，只有乔与鲍知道这个秘密。
Only并不单单表示单一的概念。。可以和复数同用