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，你正在自己動手整修住宅，敲穿一處墻壁后，發現了一個保險箱，里面有5萬美元和一個尋寶游戲。

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，但美國鳳凰城的一對情侶真的遇到了。

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站imgur上曬出了自己的離奇經歷：她在一個有幾十年歷史的保險箱里發現了一系列線索。

She and her partner were demolishing their kitchen when they found the safe.
她和伴侶拆廚房時發現了這個保險箱。

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.
他們記得搬進這個住處時曾在藥柜后面發現一串保險箱密碼，試了好幾次后，保險箱終于打開了。

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

She writes: ""We stared in disbelief.
她在網上寫道：“我們難以置信地瞪大了眼睛?！?/p>

"Time stood still.
“時間靜止了?！?/p>

"I started to reach in the safe and Eddie yelled, ‘Wait it might be booby trapped!’ I’m still laughing at that one."
“我開始試圖把手伸進保險箱，埃迪（Eddie）大叫：'等等，萬一有陷阱呢！’現在想想還覺得好笑?！?/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，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.
書中夾著一張黑白照片，上面是個神秘的男人，照片背面寫著：“艾倫（Alan），我有一本書，你必須讀讀。

"I’ve underlined a few key passages.
“我在幾個關鍵段落劃了線?！?/p>

"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.
然而還真有幾頁上的內容看上去像是線索。

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，《論哲學地圖》這一章內容里劃了這樣一段：“全面看世界的一個方式是看地圖，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頁還塞有一張畫有亞利桑那州（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頁有一所房子的照片，下面寫著“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.
照片背面畫著一棵一分為三的樹，并寫著“在一棵樹一分為三的地方”。

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!"
這位女子寫道：“要是有誰眼光好，能認出這個地方，我很好奇那棵三頭樹的事！”

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，有段劃線的文字是這樣的：“多數現代讀者將不愿意相信，完美的幸?？梢酝ㄟ^現代世界一無所知的方法實現?！?/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），上面有三個圈著的數字。

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還不知道該怎么處理這些錢，但她寫道：“如果艾倫還活著，這錢注定是他的。”

"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： 設置陷阱

attainable：可以獲得的

英文來源：鏡報

譯者：Candace15

審校&編輯：劉明