英语灵异故事-The Coffee Cup 01 神秘的咖啡杯 01

[00:15.61]The Coffee Cup
[00:23.30]神秘的咖啡杯
[00:29.93]Just before the summer of 1977,
[00:33.67]I was hired as a busboy at a local hotel's restaurant.
[00:38.63]The hotel was only three years old
[00:41.28]and had been built on the site of another hotel
[00:44.26]that had burned down many years before.
[00:47.58]The hotel had a creek¹ that ran through the property.
[00:51.46]This town at one time had been a stopping point
[00:55.07]for people traveling west through Texas.
[00:58.20]It was fairy common for travelers
[01:00.69]to stop at this creek in the 1800's,
[01:04.28]and the town had been established due to this.
[01:07.57]I first was assigned to the evening dinner shift
[01:11.30]as I still was in school.
[01:13.39]When school was let out for the summer,
[01:16.01]I moved to the far more hectic² morning breakfast shift.
[01:20.20]The girl who opened the restaurant
[01:21.84]quit abruptly³ one morning
[01:24.90](she literally⁴ ran out yelling that she quit
[01:28.08]and was gone before anyone else arrived)
[01:31.82]so I was assigned to open the restaurant.
[01:35.33]This necessitated⁵ me arriving at about 5:30
[01:39.48]in the morning to get the dining room set up
[01:42.47]and ready for the breakfast rush
[01:44.53]before the restaurant opened at 7:00.
[01:48.50]The rest of the dining room staff showed up at around 6:00.
[02:03.97]讲解
[03:37.55]Just before the summer of 1977,
[03:41.00]I was hired as a busboy at a local hotel's restaurant.
[03:55.09]The hotel was only three years old
[03:57.47]and had been built on the site of another hotel
[04:00.58]that had burned down many years before.
[04:11.60]The hotel had a creek that ran through the property.
[04:19.04]This town at one time had been a stopping point
[04:22.30]for people traveling west through Texas.
[04:35.10]It was fairy common for travelers
[04:37.83]to stop at this creek in the 1800's,
[04:41.54]and the town had been established due to this.
[04:55.17]I first was assigned to the evening dinner shift
[04:58.39]as I still was in school.
[05:07.08]When school was let out for the summer,
[05:09.17]I moved to the far more hectic morning breakfast shift.
[05:20.66]The girl who opened the restaurant
[05:22.33]quit abruptly one morning
[05:25.35](she literally ran out yelling that she quit
[05:28.49]and was gone before anyone else arrived)
[05:32.63]so I was assigned to open the restaurant.
[05:50.09]This necessitated me arriving at about 5:30
[05:54.17]in the morning to get the dining room set up
[05:57.16]and ready for the breakfast rush
[05:59.42]before the restaurant opened at 7:00.
[06:03.07]The rest of the dining room staff showed up at around 6:00.
[06:31.34]语言点
[06:33.41]busboy
[06:43.43]waiter's assistant
[06:54.65]site  地点
[07:00.34]construction site
[07:03.04]burn down
[07:08.08]creek  小溪，小河
[07:15.68]up the creek
[07:20.44]I'll be up the creek if I don't pass this English test.
[07:30.07]due to  因为
[07:32.79]because of
[07:36.59]His successes were largely due to luck.
[07:43.05]be assigned to
[07:48.12]I can not believe
[07:49.58]I will be assigned to the marketing⁶ department,
[07:52.46]...I know nothing about marketing.
[08:02.94]shift  轮班
[08:10.29]早班  morning shift
[08:12.97]午班  afternoon shift
[08:17.35]hectic  繁忙
[08:22.25]busy
[08:25.32]quit abruptly  突然辞职
[08:28.73]quit  辞职
[08:33.10]I've had enough, so I quit.
[08:39.87]quit doing something
[08:49.62]Can you quit smoking?
[08:54.47]Can you quit making noises?
[08:57.87]necessitate  使…成为必需
[09:05.29]It's an unpopular measure,
[09:07.40]but the situation necessitates⁷ it.
[09:15.42]show up  出现
[09:25.17]谢谢收听

1 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

2 hectic   

adj.肺病的；消耗热的；发热的；闹哄哄的

参考例句：

• I spent a very hectic Sunday.我度过了一个忙乱的星期天。
• The two days we spent there were enjoyable but hectic.我们在那里度过的两天愉快但闹哄哄的。

3 abruptly   

adv.突然地，出其不意地

参考例句：

• He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
• I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

4 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

5 necessitated   

使…成为必要，需要( necessitate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Recent financial scandals have necessitated changes in parliamentary procedures. 最近的金融丑闻使得议会程序必须改革。
• No man is necessitated to do wrong. 没有人是被迫去作错事的。

6 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

7 necessitates   

使…成为必要，需要( necessitate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The increase in population necessitates a greater food supply. 人口的增加需要更多食物供应。
• Your proposal necessitates borrowing money. 你的提议使借款成为必要。