英语灵异故事-Head On A Stick 05 木棍上的头颅 05

[00:17.80]Head On A Stick
[00:24.91]木棍上的头颅
[00:34.41]"THUMP¹ THUMP THUMP THUMP" and that was it.
[00:38.23]Fumbling with the lock
[00:40.42](she'd forgotten that she'd locked all the doors earlier)
[00:44.00]and the door handle,
[00:45.58]tears now streaming from here eyes and blurring² her vision,
[00:49.89]she threw the door open,
[00:51.61]nearly dislodging it from it's hinges,
[00:54.17]being so terrified and confused
[00:56.68]instead of making a grand exit and run for it
[01:00.54]she fell head first from the car
[01:02.94]and landed flat on her face in the dirt.
[01:05.75]As she was attempting to both crawl
[01:08.69]and regain³ her feet and run,
[01:10.94]bright lights suddenly flooded the area.
[01:13.93]She could only see the bulbs
[01:16.19]and dark shadows behind the lights.
[01:18.97]She was rapidly succumbing⁴ to shock
[01:21.72]as she heard some voice saying something
[01:23.99]into a loud speaker.
[01:25.92]Dazed and back on her feet,
[01:28.34]she could only think to stumble unladylike
[01:31.41]towards the bright lights.
[01:33.80]Shading her eyes she could still hear the voice,
[01:37.52]it sounded like a fairly authoritative⁵ voice
[01:40.65]and it was giving some sort of instructions to her.
[01:44.05]Again the voice repeated.
[01:46.74]"Lady, move away from your car towards us
[01:50.30]and whatever you do, don't look back".
[01:53.65]Again "Ma'am would you please continue
[01:56.34]moving towards us do not look back,
[01:59.54]face us and don't look back".
[02:02.23]She was now on the brink⁶ of fainting
[02:04.46]and could only fall towards those bright lights.
[02:08.02]She was caught by a man in uniform
[02:11.21]which she recognized to be from the local Police Department
[02:15.18]and could suddenly see past the lights.
[02:18.20]There were possibly 10 to 15 Squad⁷ cars
[02:22.02]and double that amount of police officers with guns drawn⁸.
[02:26.62]Before she lost consciousness
[02:29.07]she decided⁹ there was one last thing she had to do.
[02:32.86]She struggled to flip¹⁰ over and face the car.
[02:36.71]On the roof of the car was what appeared to be a monster,
[02:41.33]or it could be a deformed¹¹ human?
[02:43.74]It had a large stick in its hands
[02:46.57]and was drooling madly as it laughed
[02:49.76]and banged it's stick on the car roof.
[02:52.55]She did not miss that at the end of the stick,
[02:55.66]was her boyfriends head.
[03:08.98]讲解
[05:23.99]语言点
[05:26.52]fumble with
[05:30.66]fumble with the lock and the door handle
[05:38.23]throw the door open
[05:42.26]hinge  铰链、折叶
[05:46.58]make a grand exit
[05:51.78]succumb to
[05:55.46]succumb to pressure
[05:58.98]loudspeaker  扬声器、扩音喇叭
[06:04.38]think to do something
[06:09.43]He thought to return soon.
[06:14.73]on the brink of  濒临
[06:17.58]on the brink of bankruptcy
[06:22.24]squad car  警车、巡逻车
[06:26.55]deformed  破相的、畸形的
[06:47.18]"THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP" and that was it.
[06:50.84]Fumbling with the lock
[06:53.00](she'd forgotten that she'd locked all the doors earlier)
[06:56.73]and the door handle,
[06:58.28]tears now streaming from here eyes and blurring her vision,
[07:02.76]she threw the door open,
[07:04.24]nearly dislodging it from it's hinges,
[07:06.81]being so terrified and confused
[07:09.31]instead of making a grand exit and run for it
[07:13.17]she fell head first from the car
[07:15.66]and landed flat on her face in the dirt.
[07:18.55]As she was attempting to both crawl
[07:21.33]and regain her feet and run,
[07:23.83]bright lights suddenly flooded the area.
[07:26.98]She could only see the bulbs
[07:28.84]and dark shadows behind the lights.
[07:31.85]She was rapidly succumbing to shock
[07:34.48]as she heard some voice saying something
[07:36.73]into a loud speaker.
[07:38.60]Dazed and back on her feet,
[07:41.01]she could only think to stumble unladylike
[07:43.60]towards the bright lights.
[07:46.33]Shading her eyes she could still hear the voice,
[07:50.03]it sounded like a fairly authoritative voice
[07:53.17]and it was giving some sort of instructions to her.
[07:56.38]Again the voice repeated.
[07:59.30]"Lady, move away from your car towards us
[08:02.75]and whatever you do, don't look back".
[08:06.17]Again "Ma'am would you please continue
[08:08.70]moving towards us do not look back,
[08:11.99]face us and don't look back".
[08:14.58]She was now on the brink of fainting
[08:16.89]and could only fall towards those bright lights.
[08:20.58]She was caught by a man in uniform
[08:23.63]which she recognized to be
[08:25.22]from the local Police Department
[08:27.46]and could suddenly see past the lights.
[08:30.57]There were possibly 10 to 15 Squad cars
[08:34.17]and double that amount of police officers with guns drawn.
[08:38.97]Before she lost consciousness
[08:41.43]she decided there was one last thing she had to do.
[08:45.29]She struggled to flip over and face the car.
[08:49.12]On the roof of the car was what appeared to be a monster,
[08:53.64]or it could be a deformed human?
[08:56.10]It had a large stick in its hands
[08:58.86]and was drooling madly as it laughed
[09:02.01]and banged it's stick on the car roof.
[09:05.12]She did not miss that at the end of the stick,
[09:07.82]was her boyfriends head.
[09:23.53]谢谢收听

1 thump   

v.重击，砰然地响；n.重击，重击声

参考例句：

• The thief hit him a thump on the head.贼在他的头上重击一下。
• The excitement made her heart thump.她兴奋得心怦怦地跳。

2 blurring   

n.模糊，斑点甚多，（图像的）混乱v.（使）变模糊( blur的现在分词 )；（使）难以区分

参考例句：

• Retinal hemorrhage, and blurring of the optic dise cause visual disturbances. 视网膜出血及神经盘模糊等可导致视力障碍。 来自辞典例句
• In other ways the Bible limited Puritan writing, blurring and deadening the pages. 另一方面，圣经又限制了清教时期的作品，使它们显得晦涩沉闷。 来自辞典例句

3 regain   

vt.重新获得，收复，恢复

参考例句：

• He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
• The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。

4 succumbing   

不再抵抗（诱惑、疾病、攻击等）( succumb的现在分词 )； 屈从； 被压垮； 死

参考例句：

• Mrs. Smith washed and ironed clothes for him, succumbing to him. 史密斯太太被他迷住了，愿意为他洗衣烫衣。
• They would not in the end abandon their vital interests by succumbing to Soviet blandishment. 他们最终决不会受苏联人的甜言蜜语的诱惑，从而抛弃自己的切身利益。

5 authoritative   

adj.有权威的，可相信的；命令式的；官方的

参考例句：

• David speaks in an authoritative tone.大卫以命令的口吻说话。
• Her smile was warm but authoritative.她的笑容很和蔼，同时又透着威严。

6 brink   

n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿

参考例句：

• The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
• The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

7 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

8 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

9 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

10 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

11 deformed   

adj.畸形的；变形的；丑的，破相了的

参考例句：

• He was born with a deformed right leg.他出生时右腿畸形。
• His body was deformed by leprosy.他的身体因为麻风病变形了。