英语灵异故事-GECKO! GECKO! 01 咕咚！咕咚！01

[00:15.40]GECKO! GECKO!
[00:20.43]咕咚！咕咚！
[00:42.52]In downtown New York,
[00:44.19]at a somewhat trashy apartment,
[00:46.81]there lived a man named Howard.
[00:50.20]He was a young man, in his mid-twenties,
[00:53.83]and had a terrible fear of cockroaches².
[00:58.73]Well if you've been to New York,
[01:00.57]and maybe live or stayed in a rundown hotel,
[01:04.17]you know how many cockroaches there are.
[01:07.50]Too many to count!
[01:11.08]Howie had just come home from work
[01:13.87]and was looking for a bit of relaxation³.
[01:17.55]All he wanted to do was get a bowl of ice cream,
[01:21.81]sit down and read the newspaper.
[01:25.27]He started raiding the messy cabinets
[01:28.60]and sink to look for a bowl and a spoon.
[01:32.63]He found the bowl, got out the ice cream
[01:35.61]and opened a drawer to get the spoon when, Surprise!!
[01:41.13]Out jumps a big juicy cockroach¹.
[01:44.38]After jumping twenty feet in the air
[01:47.06]and grabbing a spoon out of the drawer,
[01:50.11]he sat down to calm himself.
[01:52.82]"God forsaken⁴ roaches!" he yelled,
[01:57.13]while slowing his heartbeat,
[01:59.09]just as another cockroach crawled between his feet.
[02:04.41]"There's got to be something I can do to get rid of them."
[02:08.64]Just then, as he was getting his ice cream
[02:12.26]and reading ads in the paper,
[02:14.76]one specific ad caught his eye.
[02:18.09]"Got Roaches? We have a solution!
[02:22.20]Come down to Sam's Pet Club today
[02:24.61]and get yourself the natural predator⁵ of the roaches,
[02:29.48]a Gecko!"
[02:41.34]讲解
[04:41.95]In downtown New York,
[04:43.86]at a somewhat trashy apartment,
[04:46.39]there lived a man named Howard.
[04:58.21]He was a young man, in his mid-twenties,
[05:01.81]and had a terrible fear of cockroaches.
[05:12.31]Well if you've been to New York,
[05:14.15]and maybe live or stayed in a rundown hotel,
[05:17.75]you know how many cockroaches there are.
[05:21.16]Too many to count!
[05:36.98]Howie had just come home from work
[05:40.08]and was looking for a bit of relaxation.
[05:49.15]All he wanted to do was get a bowl of ice cream,
[05:53.31]sit down and read the newspaper.
[06:04.31]He started raiding the messy cabinets
[06:07.29]and sink to look for a bowl and a spoon.
[06:16.46]He found the bowl, got out the ice cream
[06:19.70]and opened a drawer to get the spoon when, Surprise!!
[06:33.97]Out jumps a big juicy cockroach.
[06:40.74]After jumping twenty feet in the air
[06:43.11]and grabbing a spoon out of the drawer,
[06:46.41]he sat down to calm himself.
[06:57.08]"God forsaken roaches!" he yelled,
[07:00.93]while slowing his heartbeat,
[07:02.95]just as another cockroach crawled between his feet.
[07:22.26]"There's got to be something I can do to get rid of them."
[07:29.64]Just then, as he was getting his ice cream
[07:33.14]and reading ads in the paper,
[07:35.69]one specific ad caught his eye.
[07:45.93]"Got Roaches? We have a solution!
[07:49.85]Come down to Sam's Pet Club today
[07:52.41]and get yourself the natural predator of the roaches,
[07:57.27]a Gecko!"
[08:21.24]语言点
[08:22.75]in one's mid-twenties
[08:28.86]mid-twenties
[08:31.47]twenties
[08:33.25]thirties / forties
[08:40.27]mid
[08:41.59]early / late
[08:49.11]too many to count
[08:51.75]too...to...
[09:15.85]come home from work
[09:23.08]get off work、ring out、off duty
[09:28.13]off from work、get off work、be off duty
[09:34.61]I will be off duty soon.
[09:39.33]When will you be off duty?
[09:50.78]谢谢收听

1 cockroach   

n.蟑螂

参考例句：

• A cockroach can live several weeks with its head off.蟑螂在头被切掉后仍能活好几个星期。
• She screamed when she found a cockroach in her bed.她在床上找到一只蟑螂时大声尖叫。

2 cockroaches   

n.蟑螂( cockroach的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At night, the cockroaches filled the house with their rustlings. 夜里，屋里尽是蟑螂窸窸瑟瑟的声音。 来自辞典例句
• It loves cockroaches, and can keep a house clear of these hated insects. 它们好食蟑螂，可以使住宅免除这些讨厌昆虫的骚扰。 来自百科语句

3 relaxation   

n.松弛，放松；休息；消遣；娱乐

参考例句：

• The minister has consistently opposed any relaxation in the law.部长一向反对法律上的任何放宽。
• She listens to classical music for relaxation.她听古典音乐放松。

4 Forsaken   

adj. 被遗忘的, 被抛弃的 动词forsake的过去分词

参考例句：

• He was forsaken by his friends. 他被朋友们背弃了。
• He has forsaken his wife and children. 他遗弃了他的妻子和孩子。

5 predator   

n.捕食其它动物的动物；捕食者

参考例句：

• The final part of this chapter was devoted to a brief summary of predator species.本章最后部分简要总结了食肉动物。
• Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.科摩多龙是目前存在的最大蜥蜴，它是一种令人恐惧的捕食性动物。