英语灵异故事-Matt's Woods 04 马特家的森林 04

[00:21.44]Matt's Woods
[00:29.00]马特家的森林
[00:38.21]For some reason this is all localized in the woods,
[00:41.96]and just that particular spot too.
[00:45.21]Nothing ever happened in the house
[00:47.11]or in the yard or another part of the forest to my knowledge.
[00:52.23]Another thing that happened,
[00:54.01]although I wasn't there to witness it was the runners.
[00:58.37]Apparently my friends on a few different occasions
[01:02.07]witnessed a white form running
[01:04.57]between the forest and Matt's cousin's house
[01:08.19](it's a family plot of land) that is about 200 yards
[01:12.21]down the driveway and on the forest border.
[01:15.83]The runner would either start from the forest
[01:18.59]and run up to and behind the house,
[01:21.75]or start from the house
[01:23.12]and run down into the forest and disappear.
[01:27.73]Although this doesn't sound like all that much compared
[01:31.46]to some other stories,
[01:33.19]it's very scary and unsettling.
[01:36.65]Whenever I am around the woods
[01:38.37]or in them I truly feel a malevolent² presence³.
[01:43.73]Whenever I am in the back yard at night
[01:46.15]I can feel "them" watching me
[01:48.68]and if I kind of concentrate
[01:50.90]it's almost like I can hear "them"
[01:53.15]or something at the very edge of consciousness⁴.
[01:56.94]But that part may very well be my imagination.
[02:01.94]When leaving the house at night
[02:03.76]I also never feel safe
[02:05.88]until I'm in my car and down the road,
[02:09.26]sometimes it's scarier then others.
[02:12.70]For instance⁵, on some occasions
[02:14.89]I can just tell they're watching,
[02:17.51]other times it's like they're reaching out
[02:20.67]and I run to my car and speed off
[02:23.76]and still don't feel safe even after I get home.
[02:28.01]In the recent year or so it's kind of dropped off,
[02:32.54]but then again we're hardly there,
[02:36.36]Matt doesn't live at home anymore
[02:39.66]so we're only there when he comes home,
[02:43.20]once every 5 months or so.
[02:46.23]But I know they're still down there.
[03:02.67]讲解
[05:13.48]语言点
[05:15.78]to my knowledge  据我所知
[05:20.05]as far as I know
[05:22.94]The above information is true
[05:25.40]and correct to the best of my knowledge.
[05:32.62]knowledge
[05:39.20]knowledge is power
[05:45.37]I have little/no knowledge of…
[05:55.21]compare to  和…进行比较
[06:06.67]A teacher's work is often compared to a candle.
[06:13.37]compare
[06:16.28]compare with  比较，对照
[06:21.29]He likes to compares his son with his neighbour's.
[06:29.71]occasion¹  场合，时机
[06:35.03]on
[06:39.59]on one occasion
[06:43.88]on several occasions  屡次, 好几次
[06:48.27]on this occasion
[06:50.62]on the occasion of
[07:02.72]On the occasion of arrival of New Year.
[07:15.05]For some reason this is all localized in the woods,
[07:18.68]and just that particular spot too.
[07:21.93]Nothing ever happened in the house
[07:23.86]or in the yard or another part of the forest to my knowledge.
[07:28.99]Another thing that happened,
[07:30.78]although I wasn't there to witness it was the runners.
[07:35.20]Apparently my friends on a few different occasions
[07:38.88]witnessed a white form running
[07:41.32]between the forest and Matt's cousin's house
[07:44.99](it's a family plot of land) that is about 200 yards
[07:48.79]down the driveway and on the forest border.
[07:52.60]The runner would either start from the forest
[07:55.19]and run up to and behind the house,
[07:58.59]or start from the house
[08:00.05]and run down into the forest and disappear.
[08:04.40]Although this doesn't sound like all that much compared
[08:08.12]to some other stories,
[08:09.85]it's very scary and unsettling.
[08:13.41]Whenever I am around the woods
[08:15.25]or in them I truly feel a malevolent presence.
[08:19.83]Whenever I am in the back yard at night
[08:22.70]I can feel "them" watching me
[08:25.05]and if I kind of concentrate
[08:27.33]it's almost like I can hear "them"
[08:30.05]or something at the very edge of consciousness.
[08:33.49]But that part may very well be my imagination.
[08:38.60]When leaving the house at night
[08:40.45]I also never feel safe
[08:42.75]until I'm in my car and down the road,
[08:46.02]sometimes it's scarier then others.
[08:49.28]For instance, on some occasions
[08:51.72]I can just tell they're watching,
[08:54.35]other times it's like they're reaching out
[08:57.53]and I run to my car and speed off
[09:00.73]and still don't feel safe even after I get home.
[09:04.93]In the recent year or so it's kind of dropped off,
[09:09.47]but then again we're hardly there,
[09:12.96]Matt doesn't live at home anymore
[09:16.04]so we're only there when he comes home,
[09:19.82]once every 5 months or so.
[09:22.76]But I know they're still down there.
[09:35.32]谢谢收听

1 occasion   

n.场合，时机，机会，诱因，理由；vt.惹起，引起

参考例句：

• Her dress was too showy for such a formal occasion.在如此正式的场合，她的服装过分华丽了。
• Her tears were fought back on such an occasion.在这种场合下她忍住了眼泪。

2 malevolent   

adj.有恶意的，恶毒的

参考例句：

• Why are they so malevolent to me?他们为什么对我如此恶毒？
• We must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。

3 presence   

n.出席；到场；存在

参考例句：

• Her presence lent an air of respectability to the occasion.她的到场使那种场合增添了崇高的气氛。
• His presence is indicative of his willingness to help.他的出席表示他愿意帮忙。

4 consciousness   

n.意识，觉悟，知觉

参考例句：

• The experience helped to change her social consciousness.这种经验有助于改变她的社会意识。
• He lost consciousness at the first whiff of ether.他一嗅到乙醚便失去了知觉。

5 instance   

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！