英语灵异故事-Our Attic 02 我家的阁楼 02

[00:30.78]Our Attic¹
[00:36.85]我家的阁楼
[00:49.30]That Saturday my wife went off shoe shopping
[00:53.00]and left me and my son
[00:54.85]to attend to a variety of 'honey do's".
[00:58.50]Towards the top of the list was investigating the attic.
[01:02.98]It was the last task I completed that day.
[01:07.10]Finally I could no longer procrastinate²,
[01:10.38]and retrieved³ my tool box from the garage and,
[01:14.41]with Jonathan eagerly at my heel
[01:16.86]we slowly marched upstairs.
[01:20.10]My dog Tasha was as usual also by my side...
[01:24.03]We went into Jonathan's room and into the corner
[01:26.77]where the wood panel is nailed into place.
[01:30.99]The angle from the attic
[01:32.55]continues up in my son's room,
[01:35.21]so there is only five- foot height outside the panel...
[01:40.17]I sighed and set my tool box down,
[01:43.13]and banged my head in the process.
[01:45.74]This entertained my son but only irritated me further.
[01:50.64]I pulled my hammer from the box
[01:52.56]and with much effort
[01:53.87]I eventually pulled out the first nail...
[01:56.57]It was six inches long.
[01:59.30]The strange thing was after that first nail got out,
[02:03.01]Tasha started whining⁴ and licking my hand...
[02:06.47]Eventually she was so much of a distraction
[02:09.62]that I had to ask Jonathan to take her downstairs...
[02:26.10]讲解
[04:04.74]That Saturday my wife went off shoe shopping
[04:08.59]and left me and my son
[04:10.28]to attend to a variety of 'honey do's".
[04:21.97]Towards the top of the list was investigating the attic.
[04:32.85]It was the last task I completed that day.
[04:39.77]Finally I could no longer procrastinate,
[04:43.14]and retrieved my tool box from the garage and,
[04:46.78]with Jonathan eagerly at my heel
[04:49.57]we slowly marched upstairs.
[04:52.75]My dog Tasha was as usual also by my side...
[05:10.95]We went into Jonathan's room and into the corner
[05:13.80]where the wood panel is nailed into place.
[05:22.70]The angle from the attic
[05:24.03]continues up in my son's room,
[05:26.66]so there is only five- foot height outside the panel...
[05:39.44]I sighed and set my tool box down,
[05:42.17]and banged my head in the process.
[05:51.59]This entertained my son but only irritated me further.
[06:00.29]I pulled my hammer from the box
[06:02.21]and with much effort
[06:03.58]I eventually pulled out the first nail...
[06:11.49]It was six inches long.
[06:16.13]The strange thing was after that first nail got out,
[06:24.62]Tasha started whining and licking my hand...
[06:33.05]Eventually she was so much of a distraction
[06:36.25]that I had to ask Jonathan to take her downstairs...
[06:51.77]语言点
[06:54.81]go off shoe shopping
[06:59.57]go shopping
[07:03.05]go shoe shopping
[07:08.06]shoe
[07:11.56]honey do's
[07:23.62]no longer  不再...
[07:26.10]not...any more
[07:32.31]I could not procrastinate any more.
[07:36.10]five- foot height
[07:47.08]five feet height
[07:50.12]so much of
[07:54.28]so much
[07:56.68]so much of this
[08:04.30]that's all
[08:27.06]That Saturday my wife went off shoe shopping
[08:30.89]and left me and my son
[08:32.64]to attend to a variety of 'honey do's".
[08:36.15]Towards the top of the list was investigating the attic.
[08:40.53]It was the last task I completed that day.
[08:44.63]Finally I could no longer procrastinate,
[08:48.18]and retrieved my tool box from the garage and,
[08:51.98]with Jonathan eagerly at my heel
[08:54.75]we slowly marched upstairs.
[08:57.94]My dog Tasha was as usual also by my side...
[09:01.90]We went into Jonathan's room and into the corner
[09:04.55]where the wood panel is nailed into place.
[09:08.80]The angle from the attic
[09:10.32]continues up in my son's room,
[09:12.67]so there is only five- foot height outside the panel...
[09:17.72]I sighed and set my tool box down,
[09:20.93]and banged my head in the process.
[09:23.51]This entertained my son but only irritated me further.
[09:28.13]I pulled my hammer from the box
[09:30.43]and with much effort
[09:31.55]I eventually pulled out the first nail...
[09:34.26]It was six inches long.
[09:37.43]The strange thing was after that first nail got out,
[09:40.77]Tasha started whining and licking my hand...
[09:44.67]Eventually she was so much of a distraction
[09:47.63]that I had to ask Jonathan to take her downstairs...
[10:01.32]谢谢收听

1 attic   

n.顶楼，屋顶室

参考例句：

• Leakiness in the roof caused a damp attic.屋漏使顶楼潮湿。
• What's to be done with all this stuff in the attic?顶楼上的材料怎么处理？

2 procrastinate   

v.耽搁，拖延

参考例句：

• Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do.面对不想做的事情，我们经常拖延。
• It's easy to procrastinate when the deadline seems infinitely far away.当最终期限总是遥遥无期时是很容易延期的。

3 retrieved   

v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）

参考例句：

• Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句

4 whining   

n. 抱怨，牢骚 v. 哭诉，发牢骚

参考例句：

• That's the way with you whining, puny, pitiful players. 你们这种又爱哭、又软弱、又可怜的赌棍就是这样。
• The dog sat outside the door whining (to be let in). 那条狗坐在门外狺狺叫着（要进来）。