Imagine you're doing some home DIY, you knock through a wall, discover a safe and inside find $50,000 and a treasure hunt.
想象一下，你正在自己動(dòng)手整修住宅，敲穿一處墻壁后，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)保險(xiǎn)箱，里面有5萬(wàn)美元和一個(gè)尋寶游戲。

It's almost too fun to be true, but it happened to a couple in Phoenix, US.
這種事太美妙，不大可能是真的，但美國(guó)鳳凰城的一對(duì)情侶真的遇到了。

Posted on imgur, a woman has described an incredible tale of finding a series of clues inside a decades-old safe.
一名女子在圖片分享網(wǎng)站imgur上曬出了自己的離奇經(jīng)歷：她在一個(gè)有幾十年歷史的保險(xiǎn)箱里發(fā)現(xiàn)了一系列線(xiàn)索。

She and her partner were demolishing their kitchen when they found the safe.
她和伴侶拆廚房時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個(gè)保險(xiǎn)箱。

They remembered that when they moved in they found a safe code in the back of a medicine cabinet and after half a dozen attempts the safe opened.
他們記得搬進(jìn)這個(gè)住處時(shí)曾在藥柜后面發(fā)現(xiàn)一串保險(xiǎn)箱密碼，試了好幾次后，保險(xiǎn)箱終于打開(kāi)了。

And inside? Just $51,080, mostly in $100 notes and a bottle of bourbon dated 1960.
里面有什么？不過(guò)是51080美元現(xiàn)金，大多數(shù)是面值100的美鈔，還有一瓶1960年的波旁威士忌。

She writes: ""We stared in disbelief.
她在網(wǎng)上寫(xiě)道：“我們難以置信地瞪大了眼睛。”

"Time stood still.
“時(shí)間靜止了?！?/p>

"I started to reach in the safe and Eddie yelled, ‘Wait it might be booby trapped!’ I’m still laughing at that one."
“我開(kāi)始試圖把手伸進(jìn)保險(xiǎn)箱，埃迪（Eddie）大叫：'等等，萬(wàn)一有陷阱呢！’現(xiàn)在想想還覺(jué)得好笑?！?/p>

But also inside was a book, entitled 'A Guide for the Perplexed by E.F. Schumacher' published in 1977.
里面還有一本書(shū)，是1977年出版的E·F·舒馬赫（E.F. Schumacher）的著作《迷途指津》（A Guide for the Perplexed）。

And inside that was a black and white photo of a mystery man and written on the back is the message: "Alan, I have a book you must read.
書(shū)中夾著一張黑白照片，上面是個(gè)神秘的男人，照片背面寫(xiě)著：“艾倫（Alan），我有一本書(shū)，你必須讀讀。

"I’ve underlined a few key passages.
“我在幾個(gè)關(guān)鍵段落劃了線(xiàn)。”

"Your friend, Vincent."
“你的朋友，文森特（Vincent）?！?/p>

And THEN on several pages there are a series of what seem to be clues.
然而還真有幾頁(yè)上的內(nèi)容看上去像是線(xiàn)索。

On page seven, an underlined passage of the chapter titled, ‘On Philosophical Maps’ reads: “One way of looking at the world as a whole is by means of a map, that is to say, some sort of plan or outline that shows where various things are to be found.”
在第7頁(yè)，《論哲學(xué)地圖》這一章內(nèi)容里劃了這樣一段：“全面看世界的一個(gè)方式是看地圖，也就是有助于找到各色事物的某種平面圖或草圖?！?/p>

And tucked into page seven is a card with the state of Arizona on it.
第7頁(yè)還塞有一張畫(huà)有亞利桑那州（Arizona）地圖的卡片。

Then on page eleven is a photo of a house with 'there yielded such fruitful results" written underneath.
另外，第11頁(yè)有一所房子的照片，下面寫(xiě)著“此處碩果累累”。

On the back of the photo, which depicts a tree split into three, "Where one tree becomes three" is written.
照片背面畫(huà)著一棵一分為三的樹(shù)，并寫(xiě)著“在一棵樹(shù)一分為三的地方”。

The woman writes: "There might be a keen eye out there who recognizes this place and I’d be curious about that three-headed tree!"
這位女子寫(xiě)道：“要是有誰(shuí)眼光好，能認(rèn)出這個(gè)地方，我很好奇那棵三頭樹(shù)的事！”

On page 14, an underlined passage reads: “Most Modern Readers will be reluctant to believe that perfect happiness is attainable by methods of which their modern world knows nothing.”
在第14頁(yè)，有段劃線(xiàn)的文字是這樣的：“多數(shù)現(xiàn)代讀者將不愿意相信，完美的幸?？梢酝ㄟ^(guò)現(xiàn)代世界一無(wú)所知的方法實(shí)現(xiàn)?！?/p>

And even more - a Bingo card has three numbers circled.
里面甚至還有張賓果卡（Bingo card，一種賭博游戲卡片），上面有三個(gè)圈著的數(shù)字。

The woman and her partner said they don't know what they will do with the money yet but she wrote: "If Alan is still out there, it was meant for him after all.
該名女子和她的情侶說(shuō)還不知道該怎么處理這些錢(qián)，但她寫(xiě)道：“如果艾倫還活著，這錢(qián)注定是他的?！?/p>

"But we’re keeping the bourbon!"
“但波旁威士忌我們要啦！”

Vocabulary

demolish：拆除

bourbon：波旁威士忌

booby trap： 設(shè)置陷阱

attainable：可以獲得的

英文來(lái)源：鏡報(bào)

譯者：Candace15

審校&編輯：劉明