dumb作形容词有哑的、无声的意思。但dumb luck却与"哑"毫不相干，它是一种非正式用法，常用于口语中，指"发生了意想不到的好事，尤指这事本不会发生"。例如：It was just dumb luck that we found the place at all. (我们发现了那个地方纯属巧合。)又如：

 

A: How come hurt locker¹ won Oscars?

拆弹部队那种片子怎么能获奥斯卡奖呢？

 

B: Dumb luck!

走狗屎运呗！

 

[口语天天练之古迹发掘背后的故事]

 

看来古迹发掘过程中有不少故事呢！除了兵马俑，还有什么其他发现呢？下面就让我们边学边把口语练起来！

 

1. Excavation² in 1976 revealed two further pits both filled with terracotta warriors³.

在1976年的发掘中，人们又发现了两个埋满兵马俑的坑穴。

 

2. Since then discoveries have continued to be made at the site. To date, four pits have been excavated⁴.

自那以后，考古现场不断有新的发现。迄今为止，已有4个坑穴被挖掘。

 

3. Three are filled with the terra-cotta soldiers, horse-drawn chariots, and weapons. The fourth pit is empty, a testament⁵ to the original unfinished construction.

其中三个坑穴中埋有兵马俑、陶马拉的战车及武器。四号坑则空无一物，有证据表明该坑一开始就没建完。

 

4. Archaeologists estimate the pits may contain as many as 8,000 figures, but the total may never be known.

据考古学家估计，这些坑穴中可能埋有多达8000个陶俑，但其总数可能永远无人知晓。

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