英语灵异故事-Photo of the dead 04 死亡照片 04

[00:25.66]Photo of the dead
[00:30.90]死亡照片
[00:37.60]As I rode home in the gathering¹ darkness,
[00:41.21]I thought about all the faces I had seen in the curled
[00:44.35]and yellowed photographs of the people buried
[00:46.81]in the lonely, abandoned cemetery²,
[00:49.94]about the dreams they might have had,
[00:52.50]and where they were now.
[00:54.70]I had found the solitude³ I was seeking,
[00:57.43]but it was tainted⁴ with sadness,
[01:00.13]particularly because of the young couple.
[01:03.05]There was peace in the old cemetery
[01:05.29]but it was a dark peace
[01:07.00]and I was eager to get back to the resort,
[01:10.09]and to living.
[01:12.48]I left Greece a few days later
[01:14.87]and traveled elsewhere for several more months.
[01:19.35]I didn't develop the film
[01:20.99]until after I returned to California.
[01:24.11]I took three to four hundred photographs on that trip,
[01:27.69]and only about ten at that cemetery.
[01:30.59]But of all the photos I took,
[01:33.03]only one has an abnormality
[01:37.22]- the one I took
[01:38.19]while standing⁵ on the tomb of the young couple.
[01:41.81]A white mist swirls⁶ upward from the bottom
[01:44.74]right to the upper left corners.
[01:47.36]The mist has defined edges in several areas,
[01:51.16]which eliminates the possibility of a lens flare
[01:55.07]or light refraction.
[01:57.36]It appears to be something,
[01:59.15]or someone, rushing upward very quickly.
[02:03.68]I guess, by standing on the lid of their tomb,
[02:06.67]I had apparently⁷ awoken their spirits.
[02:10.28]Perhaps they had died so young
[02:12.75]and with so much life left to live,
[02:16.33]they had not yet accepted death
[02:18.58]and were eager to rejoin the living.
[02:21.96]That might also be the reason
[02:24.05]that the only flowers in the entire cemetery
[02:27.43]were growing by their grave.
[02:31.10]Whether they were happy to have company
[02:33.61]or disturbed by the intrusion,
[02:36.02]I will never know.
[02:46.40]讲解
[05:05.99]As I rode home in the gathering darkness,
[05:09.06]I thought about all the faces I had seen in the curled
[05:12.15]and yellowed photographs of the people buried
[05:14.57]in the lonely, abandoned cemetery,
[05:29.60]about the dreams they might have had,
[05:31.80]and where they were now.
[05:37.53]I had found the solitude I was seeking,
[05:39.97]but it was tainted with sadness,
[05:42.21]particularly because of the young couple.
[05:54.71]There was peace in the old cemetery
[05:56.71]but it was a dark peace
[05:58.21]and I was eager to get back to the resort,
[06:01.29]and to living.
[06:11.65]I left Greece a few days later
[06:13.80]and traveled elsewhere for several more months.
[06:22.82]I didn't develop the film
[06:24.32]until after I returned to California.
[06:30.78]I took three to four hundred photographs on that trip,
[06:34.11]and only about ten at that cemetery.
[06:44.23]But of all the photos I took,
[06:46.28]only one has an abnormality
[06:53.44]- the one I took
[06:54.41]while standing on the tomb of the young couple.
[07:01.03]A white mist swirls upward from the bottom
[07:03.77]right to the upper left corners.
[07:14.44]The mist has defined edges in several areas,
[07:17.75]which eliminates the possibility of a lens flare
[07:21.22]or light refraction.
[07:30.39]It appears to be something,
[07:31.93]or someone, rushing upward very quickly.
[07:41.37]I guess, by standing on the lid of their tomb,
[07:44.22]I had apparently awoken their spirits.
[07:52.88]Perhaps they had died so young
[07:55.34]and with so much life left to live,
[07:58.43]they had not yet accepted death
[08:00.46]and were eager to rejoin the living.
[08:14.86]That might also be the reason
[08:16.36]that the only flowers in the entire cemetery
[08:19.75]were growing by their grave.
[08:28.68]Whether they were happy to have company
[08:30.79]or disturbed by the intrusion,
[08:33.32]I will never know.
[08:55.57]语言点
[08:57.65]in the gathering darkness
[09:00.09]gathering
[09:04.15]gathering darkness
[09:11.56]seek  探索、寻找
[09:16.79]seek / find
[09:18.92]find  找到、发现
[09:21.90]seek
[09:25.56]I was seeking my bicycle but never find it.
[09:32.61]to living
[09:34.84]to doing
[09:36.52]living  生活、生存
[09:41.20]develop the film  冲底片、洗照片
[09:45.06]from the bottom right to the upper left corners
[09:49.34]from...to...  从...到...
[09:53.57]left  左边
[09:56.50]right
[09:58.36]lens flare  镜头眩光
[10:01.67]light refraction  反光
[10:17.63]谢谢收听

1 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。

2 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。

3 solitude   

n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方

参考例句：

• People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
• They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。

4 tainted   

adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏

参考例句：

• The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
• He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 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。

6 swirls   

n.旋转( swirl的名词复数 )；卷状物；漩涡；尘旋v.旋转，打旋( swirl的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Swirls of smoke rose through the trees. 树林中升起盘旋的青烟。 来自辞典例句
• On reaching the southeast corner of Himalaya-Tibet, It'swirls cyclonically across the Yunnan Plateau. 在到达喜马拉雅--西藏高原东南角处，它作气旋性转向越过云南高原。 来自辞典例句

7 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。