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In for a penny: coin found by metal detectorist sells for ￡648,000（上）
（一便士带来意外收获：金属寻宝家发现的钱币价值64.8万英镑（上））
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A metal detectorist who gave up his hobby when he started a family,only to return to it when his history-loving children were old enough to?nag?him into taking them out detecting, has been rewarded with a?record-breaking?find.
词汇精讲
nag???v.唠叨
record-breaking ??a.破纪录的
段落翻译
一名金属寻宝家在成家后放弃了自己的爱好，直到他那喜欢历史的孩子们长大了唠叨着要他带他们出去探寻时，他才重拾这个爱好。这名金属寻宝家获得了一个破纪录的发现。
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Michael Leigh-Mallory, 52, found a Henry III gold penny buried 10cm (4in) deep on farmland in the Devon village of Hemyock. Not realising what it was, he?posted?a picture on social media, where it was?spotted?by the auctioneers Spink in London.
词汇精讲
post??v.发布
spot????v.认出
auctioneer????n.?拍卖商
段落翻译
52岁的迈克尔·利-马洛里，在德文郡赫米奥克村的农田里发现了一枚埋在地下10厘米(4英寸)深的亨利三世金币。他没意识到这是什么，就在社交媒体上发布了一张照片，在社交媒体上，这枚金币被伦敦拍卖商“斯宾克”认出。
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They identified it as a fine example of England’s oldest gold coin and it has now been sold for a record ￡648,000 at auction.
段落翻译
他们认出这枚金币是英国最古老金币的优质样例，现在它在拍卖会上以创纪录的64.8万英镑的价格售出。
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Leigh-Mallory will?split?the?proceeds?of?the?find?with?the landowner and plans to use his?windfall?to help fund the future education of his children, 13-year-old Emily, who has ambitions to study archaeology at university, and Harry, 10.
词汇精讲
split…with ??与…分享
proceed???n.?收入，收益
windfall????n.意外之财
段落翻译
利-马洛里将把此次发现的收益与土地所有者分享，并计划用这笔意外之财来资助他的两个孩子——13岁的艾米丽和10岁的哈里未来的教育。艾米丽有在大学里学考古学的雄心。
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Yesterday Leigh-Mallory made a?pilgrimage?to Henry III’s tomb in Westminster Abbey to pay his respects?and?offer thanks for?his?good?fortune.
词汇精讲
pilgrimage????n.?朝拜
fortune???
????n.财富，巨款
段落翻译
昨天，利-马洛里对威斯敏斯特教堂的亨利三世坟墓进行了朝拜，为他所获得的财富表达对亨利三世的敬意与感谢。