Dig a Little Deeper 再挖深一点

There's a story about the California gold rush that tells of two brothers who sold all they had and went prospecting for gold.

这是一个发生在加利福尼亚淘金热时期的故事。兄弟两个卖掉他们所有的财产，西去淘金。

They discovered a vein of the shining ore, staked a claim, and proceeded to got down to the serious business of getting the gold ore out of the mine.
他们发现了一个闪闪发光的矿石脉，于是买下这一矿石脉的所有权，便开始了从矿石中挖取黄金这一繁重劳作的进程。

All went well at first, but then a strange thing happened.

开始时，一切进展顺利，但后来一件奇怪的事情发生了。

The vein of gold ore disappeared!

金矿脉消失了！

They had come to the end of the rainbow, and the pot of gold was no longer there.

他们快要到达彩虹的尽头了，然而那儿却没有金块。

The brothers continued to pick away, but without success.
兄弟两人继续挖着，但是毫无结果。

Finally, they gave up in disgust.

最后，他们非常沮丧地放弃了。

They sold their equipment and claim rights for a few hundred dollars, and took the train back home.

他们卖掉了他们的淘金设备和淘金所有权，换了几百美元，然后乘着火车回家了。

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