1. The machine was used in a cave near the seashore whereit is said一pirates used to hide gold.
在靠近海边的一个据说过去海盗常在里面藏金子的岩洞里，这种机器被派上了用场。
知识点1：use—词的灵活应用：
1) use作实义动词，意为“使用”相当于employ。
2) used to do表示“过去常常做，现在不再做了”，注意，此结构加动词原形。
例：I used to swim every day when I was a child.
孩提时代，我每天去游泳。
used to没有人称和数的变化，例：
She /1 / They used to do …
3) be used to doing = be accustomed to doing 习惯于做某事
这里的be是系动词，used是形容词，to是介词，后接名词或动名词。
She is used to cooking eggs for dinner.
她习惯了以鸡蛋当晚餐。
be used to doing = get / become / grow used to doing 习惯于
知识点2：it is said 据说，据传说；it is reported 据报道
2. The leader of the party wa? examining the .soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there vfm gold under the ground.
当搜索队的队长在检查满口附近的土壤时，那台机器显示出它的下面埋有金子。
知识点：under the ground 在地F（正T方）；in the ground 在地下（不确定的大范围内）
