万花筒 2013-11-01&11-04 美国14岁少女捡到3.85克拉钻石 价值3万美元

 Really love this story, it's about an Oklahoma teen who found a huge diamond at the state park. She heard about a young boy who found a 5-carat diamond at Arkansas Crater¹ of Diamond State Park earlier this year. This is a story we did on GMA. Well, she then convinced² her parents that she should try her own luck. 

 

The Clymer family spent the weekend at the Crator of Diamond State Park in Arkansas, hoping to uncover³ a diamond in the rough.

 

“I didn't think it was going to find anything.”

 

Fourteen-year-old Tana was about two hours into the search of the 37-acre park. And she was almost giving up when something shiny about the size of a jellybean caught her eye.

 

“I saw something goldish and shinning. It was not a candy rubber or a marble.”

 

“She came to show up and the minute she opened her hand I knew she had something.”

 

Park expert evaluated that something and told her the news Tana had just discovered a 3.85 carat canary diamond.

 

“They said they hadn't found one like this for a very long time. My heart just stopped.”

 

The park has a finder’s & keeper's policy. And Tana parents say that the diamond is now being kept in the safety deposit⁴ box. Back in August, twelve-year old Michael Dettlaff

 

of North Carolina found a 5-carat diamond in the same park. And that headline is what inspired Tana to try her own luck.

 

“I had this gut⁵ feeling that I needed to look. I name it God's jewel because I think God led me towards it.”

 

Sure,it's pretty. And we want to thank our station in Oklahoma city for sharing that story with us.

1 crater   

n.火山口，弹坑

参考例句：

• With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve-suvius.用望远镜你能看到巨大的维苏威火山口。
• They came to the lip of a dead crater.他们来到了一个死火山口。

2 convinced   

adj.确信的；深信的；有坚定信仰的v.使确信(convince的过去分词)；说服

参考例句：

• I am convinced of her innocence. 我坚信她是清白无辜的。
• I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car. 我看这辆汽车是灾星。

3 uncover   

vt.揭露，暴露；揭开…的盖子

参考例句：

• Please uncover the pot.请拿掉锅盖。
• In spring we uncover the swimming pool.春天我们移去游泳池的覆盖物。

4 deposit   

n.定金，存款，矿藏；vt.使沉淀，寄存，储蓄

参考例句：

• There is too much deposit in a bottle of wine.酒瓶里有太多的沉淀物。
• The hotel requires a deposit for all advance bookings.旅馆规定凡预订房间都要先付订金。

5 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。