365个英语简短小故事- 15. A Noisy Neighbor

Barbara couldn’t take it any more. Her upstairs neighbor was blasting¹ his stereo² again. She had asked him twice already to turn the volume down. The first time she asked, he was surprised. He said he didn’t know that she could hear his stereo.

"Yes," she said, "it’s just like your stereo was in my living room. I can hear every note!"

He said he would keep it down. She hoped that he was telling the truth. Of course, he wasn’t. The very next day, he blasted³ his stereo. She marched upstairs to remind him of his promise. He said the volume was so low that he could barely⁴ hear it. She asked him to turn it lower. He said he would try. Barbara could swear that when she reentered her apartment, the music was louder than when she had walked upstairs.

So, this was the third time. She took her baseball bat upstairs with her. She knocked very loudly on his door. When he opened the door, she screamed at him like a crazy person. She told him she would kill him if he didn’t turn the music down and keep it down. His eyes got big.

She went back downstairs. She couldn’t hear a note.

I can’t believe I said that, she told herself.

 

1 blasting   

n.爆破（作业）v.（用炸药）炸毁( blast的现在分词 )；狠打；发出刺耳的高音；向…猛吹，（用水）向…喷射

参考例句：

• The road is closed because of blasting. 这条道路由于有爆破作业而被关闭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Danger! Blasting in progress! 危险，正在放炮！ 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 stereo   

adj.有立体视觉的，立体声的；n.固定形象，立体声

参考例句：

• She had the stereo on at full blast.她把立体声音响开到了最大音量。
• This program is being broadcast in stereo.这个节目正用立体声播放。

3 blasted   

adj.枯萎的，被害的，被诅咒的v.（用炸药）炸毁( blast的过去式和过去分词 )；狠打；发出刺耳的高音；向…猛吹，（用水）向…喷射

参考例句：

• Make your own blasted coffee! 煮你自己那该死的咖啡吧！
• They blasted her into a black room. 他们把她送进一间黑屋子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 barely   

adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不

参考例句：

• The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
• He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。