英语灵异故事-Photo of the dead 03 死亡照片 03

[00:25.62]Photo of the dead
[00:30.94]死亡照片
[00:36.97]A white marble cross that marked their graves
[00:39.64]had been broken off at the base,
[00:42.25]perhaps by vandals or a lightning bolt,
[00:45.83]and had fallen on the ground at the head of the tomb.
[00:49.16]Small, orange wildflowers were growing up around it.
[00:53.69]This might not have been so unusual
[00:56.04]except for the fact
[00:57.37]that they were the only flowers growing anywhere
[00:59.90]in the cemetery¹.
[01:01.87]The contrast of these symbols of life and springtime
[01:05.02]next to a symbol of death was so striking,
[01:08.73]I decided² to take a photograph of it.
[01:11.25]I took my camera out of my backpack
[01:13.70]and started looking for a good angle
[01:16.07]for the photograph but couldn't find one.
[01:19.52]I decided that the best angle
[01:21.32]would be from the top of the tomb
[01:23.44]looking straight down at the cross,
[01:25.95]but I felt that standing³ on it would be disrespectful
[01:29.88]so I took a few shots from other angles.
[01:32.93]Unsatisfied, I said to the young couple buried there,
[01:36.63]"Excuse me. I don't mean any disrespect
[01:39.92]but I'd just like to stand on your tomb for a second
[01:42.71]to take a picture of your flowers.
[01:44.97]I hope you don't mind."
[01:47.34]Hoping I had won their approval,
[01:50.06]I stood on the lid
[01:51.30]and took the photo from the angle I wanted.
[01:54.24]I can't recall feeling any cold sensations
[01:57.78]or chills other than the ones I was already riddled
[02:01.24]with due to my overactive imagination.
[02:05.16]I stepped down from the tomb and said thank you.
[02:08.66]Before I left,
[02:09.56]I picked up their cross
[02:10.87]and put it back in place on their tomb.
[02:14.61]The break was clean so it fit like a puzzle piece.
[02:18.61]The sun was setting quickly
[02:20.48]and I was worried about finding my way back in the dark,
[02:25.02]so I decided to head home.
[02:27.31]I walked through the creaky, old gate again
[02:30.29]and kick-started the motorcycle.
[02:32.99]After being immersed in such profound silence
[02:36.31]for so long,
[02:37.82]the noise of the engine seemed louder than ever.
[02:50.31]讲解
[05:05.96]A white marble cross that marked their graves
[05:08.70]had been broken off at the base,
[05:15.09]perhaps by vandals or a lightning bolt,
[05:18.38]and had fallen on the ground at the head of the tomb.
[05:27.10]Small, orange wildflowers were growing up around it.
[05:33.57]This might not have been so unusual
[05:36.03]except for the fact
[05:37.28]that they were the only flowers growing anywhere
[05:39.78]in the cemetery.
[05:51.58]The contrast of these symbols of life and springtime
[05:54.60]next to a symbol of death was so striking,
[06:04.61]I decided to take a photograph of it.
[06:10.69]I took my camera out of my backpack
[06:12.87]and started looking for a good angle
[06:15.33]for the photograph but couldn't find one.
[06:24.36]I decided that the best angle
[06:26.18]would be from the top of the tomb
[06:28.28]looking straight down at the cross,
[06:36.25]but I felt that standing on it would be disrespectful
[06:39.71]so I took a few shots from other angles.
[06:48.63]Unsatisfied, I said to the young couple buried there,
[06:52.03]"Excuse me. I don't mean any disrespect
[06:55.43]but I'd just like to stand on your tomb for a second
[06:58.10]to take a picture of your flowers.
[07:00.22]I hope you don't mind."
[07:16.66]Hoping I had won their approval,
[07:19.09]I stood on the lid and took the photo
[07:21.62]from the angle I wanted.
[07:28.92]I can't recall feeling any cold sensations
[07:31.92]or chills other than the ones I was already riddled
[07:35.31]with due to my overactive imagination.
[07:51.47]I stepped down from the tomb and said thank you.
[07:57.75]Before I left,
[07:58.74]I picked up their cross
[07:59.97]and put it back in place on their tomb.
[08:07.81]The break was clean so it fit like a puzzle piece.
[08:16.30]The sun was setting quickly
[08:18.10]and I was worried about finding my way back in the dark,
[08:21.81]so I decided to head home.
[08:31.83]I walked through the creaky, old gate again
[08:34.21]and kick-started the motorcycle.
[08:41.68]After being immersed in such profound silence
[08:44.63]for so long,
[08:46.04]the noise of the engine seemed louder than ever.
[09:06.63]语言点
[09:11.12]cross  十字架
[09:14.18]a lightning bolt  晴天霹雳
[09:27.44]at the head of  在...的最前面
[09:32.32]take a photograph
[09:37.40]take
[09:39.44]win their approval
[09:42.92]win
[09:44.72]overactive  过于活跃的
[09:57.30]over  过于...
[10:00.11]kick-start the motorcycle
[10:03.04]start the motorcycle
[10:23.31]谢谢收听

1 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。