【读新闻学英语】小两口翻修浴室，却意外发现前任屋主在23年前写给他们的一封信

When a Californian couple decided to renovate their bathroom, the last thing they thought to find was a time capsule message left directly for them.

一对加州夫妇决定要翻新浴室，却发生了一件他们觉得最不可能的事情：前任屋主竟然在时间胶囊里留给他们一封信。

renovate：翻新

Alex and Jessica Monney's contractor was doing demolition on their bathroom, when he found a time capsule collection of a notes and photos left in the bathroom wall.

在浴室拆除过程中，Alex和Jessica Monney的承建商在墙壁里意外发现一个时间胶囊，里面藏有一张纸和几张照片。

demolition：拆除

The note, along with a photo of a couple who lived there in the in 1990s said: "Hi! We're the Shinsekis! We remodelled this bathroom summer 1995. If you are reading this, that means you're remodelling the bathroom again. What's wrong with the way we did it?!"

纸上贴有前任屋主的照片，他们曾经在上个世纪90年代居住此地。照片旁边写道：“你好，我们是Shinseki一家。在1995年的夏天我们翻新了浴室。如果你正在读这封信的话，那意味着你们再次翻新了。是我们哪里做的不够好吗？”

remodel：改造

Underneath was a photo of the Shinseki's black and white pet rabbit.

此外，下面还贴有他们黑白两色的宠物兔。

underneath：在……下面

"Hi! I'm Cassie the bunny rabbit. I lived here too! (I'm potty trained!)," the note said. "I'm going to be the next Cadbury Bunny."

“你好！我是小兔子Cassie。我也住这里呢！（我会自己上厕所哦！）”纸条上如是写道。“下一届的吉百利兔子就是我啦！”

potty trained：如厕训练