A Brave Maid
勇敢的女仆
maid
A wooden vase from the Ming Dynasty at the entrance of the reception hall amazed everyone.
在接待大厅入口的明朝木制花瓶震惊了所有人。
hall
reception
entrance
dynasty
wooden
vase
The artists designed it in a rare style and selected valuable jewels to decorate it.
艺术家们以一种罕见的风格设计它并且挑选了有价值的珠宝装饰它。
decorate
jewels
valuable
rare
artist
People thought highly of its fancy colour of honey and the beautiful paintings on it.
人们高度赞赏它那蜂蜜般的精致颜色和它身上美丽的绘画。
fancy
highly
The vase used to belong to a former castle.
这个花瓶曾经属于一座从前的城堡
castle
former
But when the country was at war, the enemy troops exploded the castle.
但是当这个国家在战争时,敌人的军队炸毁了城堡
exploded
troops
Debates on how the vase survived went on and on.
关于这个花瓶的是如何幸存下来的争辩就一直持续着。
go on and on
debate
In order to remove people’s doubt, a team of no less than 20 people carried out an informal investigation.
为了解开人们的疑问,一个不少于20人的调查小组开展了非正式的调查
carried out
investigation
informal
doubt
The evidences they found showed that a maid took the vase apart and asked a sailor to sink it in a local well.
他们发现的证据表明,有一个女仆把花瓶拆开,然后让一名水手把它沉到一口当地的水井中。
sailor
take apart
evidences
She never gave away the secret even under the cruel trial of the enemies who were in search of treasures.
她从来没有泄露这个秘密,即使是在搜寻财宝的敌人的残酷审讯下。
treasures
trial
cruel
gave away
It is worth giving this brave maid a fortune in return.
这位勇敢的女仆真是值得被给予一笔财富作为回报。
fortune
in return
A Brave Maid
A wooden vase from the Ming Dynasty at the entrance of the reception hall amazed everyone. The artists designed it in a rare style and selected valuable jewels to decorate it. People thought highly of its fancy colour of honey and the beautiful paintings on it.
The vase used to belong to a former castle.
But when the country was at war, the enemy troops exploded the castle. Debates on how the vase survived went on and on. In order to remove people’s doubt, a team of no less than 20 people carried out an informal investigation. The evidences they found showed that a maid took the vase apart and asked a sailor to sink it in a local well. She never gave away the secret even under the cruel trial of the enemies who were in search of treasures.
It is worth giving this brave maid a fortune in return.