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Two Israeli teenagers on summer break unearthed a trove of hundreds of gold coins that date from 1,100 years ago.

The hoard, buried in a clay jar, was discovered at an archaeological dig in central Israel.

The teenagers, who were taking part in pre-military national service, initially thought they had found some very thin leaves buried in a jar.

語言點

on summer break: 在暑期

· 近義表達: on summer holiday, on summer vacation

· a coffee break: 喝咖啡的休息時間

· a tea break: （英國）茶歇

unearth v. 發掘，使……出土

· unearth treasure: 發掘寶藏

a (treasure) trove of sth. 堆滿大量……的（寶庫）

(a place that is full of something good)

hoard n. 大量儲藏和積存的物品

· a hoard of food: 大量儲藏的食物

· a hoard of cash: 大筆藏起來的錢

clay jar: 陶罐

an archaeological dig: 一次考古發掘

pre-military: 預備兵役的

· pre-（前綴）:……之前的

· a pre-flight check: 飛行前的檢查

· a pre-lunch drink: 午飯前喝的酒

initially adv. 最初，一開始

(at the beginning)

· The reason I initially came here was to find work.

我最初來這里是為了找工作。

· It turned out that the situation was not as bad as we had initially believed.

結果情況并沒有一開始想的那么糟糕。

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