英语灵异故事-Great Grandma's Strange Story 02 曾祖母的奇怪故事02

[00:26.34]Great Grandma's Strange Story
[00:34.72]曾祖母的奇怪故事
[00:54.78]Well the moon came back out,
[00:57.32]and the man and Great grandma
[00:59.07]just stared at each other for the longest time.
[01:03.95]Then slowly the man started walking backwards¹,
[01:07.76]the whole time staring at Great grandma.
[01:11.74]Then a very strange thing happened,
[01:14.73]he walked backwards right off the roof.
[01:17.90]A normal person would have run for it at this sight,
[01:22.88]but Great grandma stood there gaping² at the spot
[01:26.37]where the man had dropped off.
[01:28.89]And the only thing she could think of
[01:31.19]is why she hadn't heard him hit the ground.
[01:35.36]Her gaze fell to the corner of the barn closest to her,
[01:39.55]and she watched for few moments,
[01:42.33]expecting him to appear from behind it.
[01:46.35]She heard a rustling³ noise to her
[01:48.61]right where there was a small hill
[01:50.94]that led to the garden.
[01:53.53]When she looked she saw the man
[01:55.52]slowly descending⁴ the hill towards her.
[01:59.17]How on earth had he gotten over there
[02:01.90]without her seeing him? she wondered.
[02:06.04]Well her time with this man was running short
[02:09.08]because with every stride he took,
[02:11.72]she could see that the man didn't have feet,
[02:14.86]but instead he had hooves, much like a goat.
[02:20.34]At this point she high-tailed it out of there,
[02:24.12]she said her feet maybe hit the ground twice,
[02:27.22]and got inside the porch
[02:28.88]and locked the door behind her.
[02:32.12]She didn't stick around to find out
[02:34.17]if the man had followed her.
[02:36.56]When she got back inside she told her mama.
[02:40.83]Great-Great grandma just knew it
[02:43.37]was some kind of devil.
[02:46.05]The gathering⁵ ended shortly after.
[02:49.21]That's not the end of the "goat man",
[02:51.92]or so my Great grandma calls him.
[03:01.86]讲解
[05:10.47]Well the moon came back out,
[05:13.12]and the man and Great grandma
[05:14.92]just stared at each other for the longest time.
[05:26.24]Then slowly the man started walking backwards,
[05:30.65]the whole time staring at Great grandma.
[05:39.00]Then a very strange thing happened,
[05:41.89]he walked backwards right off the roof.
[05:52.47]A normal person would have run for it at this sight,
[05:56.33]but Great grandma stood there gaping at the spot
[06:00.39]where the man had dropped off.
[06:02.70]And the only thing she could think of
[06:05.11]is why she hadn't heard him hit the ground.
[06:26.85]Her gaze fell to the corner of the barn closest to her,
[06:30.71]and she watched for few moments,
[06:33.88]expecting him to appear from behind it.
[06:45.06]She heard a rustling noise to her
[06:46.83]right where there was a small hill
[06:49.33]that led to the garden.
[06:57.76]When she looked she saw the man
[06:59.69]slowly descending the hill towards her.
[07:11.36]How on earth had he gotten over there
[07:13.96]without her seeing him? she wondered.
[07:23.85]Well her time with this man was running short
[07:26.63]because with every stride he took,
[07:29.48]she could see that the man didn't have feet,
[07:32.46]but instead he had hooves, much like a goat.
[07:51.45]At this point she high-tailed it out of there,
[07:59.23]she said her feet maybe hit the ground twice,
[08:02.24]and got inside the porch
[08:03.91]and locked the door behind her.
[08:14.55]She didn't stick around to find out
[08:16.64]if the man had followed her.
[08:23.17]When she got back inside she told her mama.
[08:31.15]Great-Great grandma just knew it
[08:33.69]was some kind of devil.
[08:39.29]The gathering ended shortly after.
[08:47.56]That's not the end of the "goat man",
[08:50.80]or so my Great grandma calls him.
[09:04.29]语言点
[09:07.38]walk backwards
[09:12.79]walk forwards
[09:20.07]gape at
[09:28.29]glance at  匆匆一瞥
[09:30.87]stare at  凝视、盯着仔细看
[09:34.67]gaze at  注视
[09:37.22]on earth  到底、究竟
[09:47.57]how exactly...
[09:50.73]high-tail  拼命逃走
[09:57.30]some kind of devil  某种妖怪
[10:00.84]some kind of
[10:25.31]谢谢收听

1 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

2 gaping   

adj.口的；张口的；敞口的；多洞穴的v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的现在分词 )；张开，张大

参考例句：

• Ahead of them was a gaping abyss. 他们前面是一个巨大的深渊。
• The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 rustling   

n. 瑟瑟声，沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的

参考例句：

• the sound of the trees rustling in the breeze 树木在微风中发出的沙沙声
• the soft rustling of leaves 树叶柔和的沙沙声

4 descending   

n. 下行 adj. 下降的

参考例句：

• The results are expressed in descending numerical order . 结果按数字降序列出。
• The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain. 登山者先停下来确定所在的位置，然后再下山。

5 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。