英语灵异故事-Hospital 01 医院 01

[00:18.38]Hospital
[00:22.98]医院
[00:34.04]October '05, it was half term,
[00:37.86]and I was looking forward to a good rest
[00:40.91]after a tough first half of term.
[00:44.04]Since my grandfather was in hospital
[00:46.86](down in South Wales) me,
[00:49.25]and my Mum and Dad went to visit.
[00:51.94]We arrived at my grandparent's house
[00:54.81]at about 8 O'clock in the evening,
[00:57.14]dropped off our stuff¹, and then went straight to the hospital.
[01:02.17]My granddad was in a really bad way, he couldn't talk,
[01:07.06]so we didn't stay long,
[01:09.13]we just took my Nan home (who'd been with him all day)
[01:12.92]while Dad stayed overnight².
[01:16.14]This was the first time I noticed something abnormal;
[01:19.98]when I walked into the house,
[01:22.46]I could smell smoke, not wood smoke, cigarette smoke.
[01:27.44]My Granddad DID smoke, but not in the house,
[01:31.69]Na always made him go outside.
[01:34.04]Well, I thought nothing of it,
[01:36.73]I went into the kitchen and the smell vanished³.
[01:40.93]But the moment I stopped moving,
[01:43.62]it was there again, not just a whiff of it, but thick, choking⁴.
[01:49.49]I had to go outside to get some fresh air.
[01:53.08]When I went back in, I could smell nothing,
[01:56.78]it was back to normal.
[01:58.84]Since I sometimes imagine things, I let it go.
[02:14.92]讲解
[04:06.15]October '05, it was half term,
[04:13.98]and I was looking forward to a good rest
[04:16.91]after a tough first half of term.
[04:25.39]Since my grandfather was in hospital
[04:27.98](down in South Wales) me,
[04:29.98]and my Mum and Dad went to visit.
[04:41.53]We arrived at my grandparent's house
[04:44.11]at about 8 O'clock in the evening,
[04:46.49]dropped off our stuff, and then went straight to the hospital.
[04:59.10]My granddad was in a really bad way, he couldn't talk,
[05:03.71]so we didn't stay long,
[05:12.28]we just took my Nan home (who'd been with him all day)
[05:16.13]while Dad stayed overnight.
[05:30.68]This was the first time I noticed something abnormal;
[05:38.72]when I walked into the house,
[05:40.72]I could smell smoke, not wood smoke, cigarette smoke.
[05:53.35]My Granddad DID smoke, but not in the house,
[05:57.41]Na always made him go outside.
[06:06.67]Well, I thought nothing of it,
[06:08.70]I went into the kitchen and the smell vanished.
[06:18.41]But the moment I stopped moving,
[06:20.70]it was there again, not just a whiff of it, but thick, choking.
[06:38.65]I had to go outside to get some fresh air.
[06:45.58]When I went back in, I could smell nothing,
[06:49.23]it was back to normal.
[06:58.73]Since I sometimes imagine things, I let it go.
[07:21.96]语言点
[07:23.92]look forward to sth. / doing sth.  期望/期盼着…
[07:39.55]since  因为、既然
[07:47.68]arrive
[07:58.15]at
[07:59.80]arrive at the rail station
[08:07.32]in
[08:09.13]arrive in Beijing
[08:13.03]drop off  让某人 / 某物下车
[08:19.17]He asked the taxi driver to drop him off on the roadside.
[08:28.23]drop off  打瞌睡
[08:35.00]way  路 / 情形、方式
[08:40.64]in a…way  情形… / 以一种…方式
[08:55.68]overnight = over + night
[09:05.33]do+动词原形
[09:10.99]did
[09:15.10]fresh air
[09:17.95]to get some fresh air
[09:23.83]let go  放开、释放
[09:28.49]let sth. go / let go of sth.
[09:39.13]谢谢收听

1 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

2 overnight   

ad.前一天晚上，一夜间 a.前一天晚上的

参考例句：

• She stayed overnight in the hotel. 她在旅馆过了一夜。
• Our success is not won overnight. 我们的成功不是一夜之间得来的。

3 vanished   

adj.消失了的v.消失( vanish的过去式和过去分词 )；突然不见；不复存在；绝迹

参考例句：

• He walked through—and vanished. Poof! Like that. 他走了过去，然后就嗖的一下子不见了。
• The magician vanished in a puff of smoke. 魔术师在一股烟雾中突然不见了。

4 choking   

adj.窒息的，憋闷的，透不过气来的v.填塞( choke的现在分词 )；（使）窒息；（尤指感情激动）而哽咽；因紧张而失灵

参考例句：

• He was choking on a piece of toast. 他被一块烤面包噎得透不过气来。
• The pungent, choking smell of sulphur filled the air. 空气中弥漫着刺鼻呛人的硫磺气味。 来自《简明英汉词典》