英语灵异故事-Something Lives At Jackman Trail 03 住在Jackman Tail上的东

[00:23.11]Something Lives At Jackman Trail
[00:30.71]住在Jackman Tail上的东西
[00:41.40]Its face was long and thin,
[00:44.11]completely inhuman¹ and looked like no animal I've ever seen.
[00:48.94]It had two small humps on its back
[00:51.77]that could have been shoulder blade bones
[00:54.23]but I'm really not sure.
[00:56.75]Its skin looked rough and dark.
[00:59.34]As I saw it the first thing I thought
[01:02.15]was that it looked like a gargoyle
[01:05.03]only much thinner and shorter.
[01:08.04]I'll never forget what happened next.
[01:10.55]The lights in this old car were pretty dim
[01:13.84]so we had to get pretty close
[01:16.05]before we could see it completely.
[01:18.81]At about 15 feet from the creature,
[01:21.16]the car lights fell upon it fully².
[01:24.14]Its eyes reflected like a cat or dog's eyes
[01:27.46]would only instead of the typical dull yellow color,
[01:31.03]it reflected a bright multi-hued yellow.
[01:34.23]The thing let out a scream,
[01:36.43]that was more akin³ to a menacing, throaty hiss,
[01:41.40]directed at the car.
[01:43.38]It then leapt from the left side of the road
[01:45.79]to the tops of the trees on the right side
[01:48.61]from 25 to 30 feet high.
[02:02.33]讲解
[03:22.49]Its face was long and thin,
[03:24.96]completely inhuman and looked like no animal I've ever seen.
[03:37.67]It had two small humps on its back
[03:40.16]that could have been shoulder blade bones
[03:42.63]but I'm really not sure.
[03:51.88]Its skin looked rough and dark.
[03:57.85]As I saw it the first thing I thought
[04:00.10]was that it looked like a gargoyle
[04:03.44]only much thinner and shorter.
[04:15.24]I'll never forget what happened next.
[04:22.21]The lights in this old car were pretty dim
[04:25.09]so we had to get pretty close
[04:27.19]before we could see it completely.
[04:36.94]At about 15 feet from the creature,
[04:39.34]the car lights fell upon it fully.
[04:48.87]Its eyes reflected like a cat or dog's eyes
[04:52.20]would only instead of the typical dull yellow color,
[04:55.58]it reflected a bright multi-hued yellow.
[05:09.67]The thing let out a scream,
[05:11.49]that was more akin to a menacing, throaty hiss,
[05:16.48]directed at the car.
[05:26.10]It then leapt from the left side of the road
[05:28.81]to the tops of the trees on the right side
[05:31.56]from 25 to 30 feet high.
[05:51.91]语言点
[05:55.48]inhuman  野蛮残忍、无人性的
[06:01.15]inhumane
[06:03.69]human / humane
[06:06.25]in-
[06:09.53]no  毫无、没有任何、没有一个
[06:16.07]no animal / not any animal / not an animal
[06:22.91]could / would / should have done sth.
[06:36.94]We could have played football with them if it didn't rain.
[06:46.46]shoulder blade bone  肩胛骨
[06:50.18]shoulder bone
[06:52.51]to look like sth.  看起来像、外表与…相似
[06:59.90]gargoyle
[07:17.20]pretty  漂亮的 / 相当的、适当的
[07:28.87]get pretty close
[07:34.37]full
[07:37.18]fully  完全地、充分地
[07:44.36]would / will do sth.
[07:51.90]She would lose the key.
[07:56.25]…instead of sth.  是…而非某物
[08:03.16]dull  枯燥乏味 / 迟钝呆滞
[08:10.52]hue  颜色、色调
[08:13.52]multi-  多个、多种
[08:17.77]multi-purpose
[08:19.98]multiaspect
[08:24.11]multi-hued
[08:28.79]let out  放出、泄露出（秘密等）
[08:34.35]direct  指向、瞄准
[08:37.92]direct at sth.
[08:47.50]Its face was long and thin,
[08:50.28]completely inhuman and looked like no animal I've ever seen.
[08:55.43]It had two small humps on its back
[08:57.89]that could have been shoulder blade bones
[09:00.24]but I'm really not sure.
[09:02.68]Its skin looked rough and dark.
[09:05.83]As I saw it the first thing I thought
[09:08.29]was that it looked like a gargoyle
[09:11.19]only much thinner and shorter.
[09:14.08]I'll never forget what happened next.
[09:16.78]The lights in this old car were pretty dim
[09:20.08]so we had to get pretty close
[09:22.15]before we could see it completely.
[09:24.80]At about 15 feet from the creature,
[09:27.18]the car lights fell upon it fully.
[09:30.20]Its eyes reflected like a cat or dog's eyes
[09:33.38]would only instead of the typical dull yellow color,
[09:37.03]it reflected a bright multi-hued yellow.
[09:40.18]The thing let out a scream,
[09:42.93]that was more akin to a menacing, throaty hiss,
[09:47.77]directed at the car.
[09:49.82]It then leapt from the left side of the road
[09:52.22]to the tops of the trees on the right side
[09:54.89]from 25 to 30 feet high.
[10:04.57]谢谢收听

1 inhuman   

adj.残忍的，不人道的，无人性的

参考例句：

• We must unite the workers in fighting against inhuman conditions.我们必须使工人们团结起来反对那些难以忍受的工作条件。
• It was inhuman to refuse him permission to see his wife.不容许他去看自己的妻子是太不近人情了。

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 akin   

adj.同族的，类似的

参考例句：

• She painted flowers and birds pictures akin to those of earlier feminine painters.她画一些同早期女画家类似的花鸟画。
• Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。