英语灵异故事-The Bells 01 教堂钟声 01

[00:18.73]The Bells
[00:25.79]教堂钟声
[00:34.49]There once was an evil priest
[00:37.27]who did not fear God or man.
[00:40.65]His duties for the church
[00:42.55]included counting the offerings
[00:44.86]and ringing the bells to summon people to Mass.
[00:49.40]But his heart was filled with greed,
[00:52.81]and he began to take advantage of the good people
[00:55.59]of his parish.
[00:58.86]The priest stole money
[01:00.30]out of the offerings to keep for himself,
[01:04.02]and when he had filled a chest full of gold,
[01:07.19]he killed a man and buried him with the chest
[01:11.06]so the murdered man's ghost would guard it.
[01:14.36]Anyone who tried to dig for the treasure
[01:17.04]would be devoured¹ by the skeleton of the murdered man.
[01:22.05]The evil priest planned to return to Spain
[01:24.89]with his ill-gotten treasure,
[01:27.44]but he fell ill with a fever
[01:29.58]a week before his ship was scheduled to leave.
[01:34.31]On his deathbed, the priest repented² of his crime.
[01:38.89]He swore to his confessor that his soul
[01:42.13]would not rest until he returned the gold to God.
[01:47.55]The priest died before he could reveal the place
[01:50.99]where the treasure was buried.
[01:53.69]As he gasped³ out his last breath,
[01:56.17]he said: "Follow the bells.
[01:59.08]They will lead you to the treasure."
[02:03.14]The Padre who attended the dying priest
[02:05.94]did not heed⁴ his words.
[02:08.33]But the sweeper who was working in the hallway
[02:11.50]at the time of the evil priest's death
[02:13.71]was struck by the notion of buried treasure.
[02:18.92]He was very poor and wanted a better life
[02:22.25]for himself and his family,
[02:25.29]so the sweeper determined⁵ to take the treasure
[02:27.70]for himself.
[02:29.70]Each night for a week,
[02:31.56]he took a shovel⁶ and dug in the monastery⁷ gardens,
[02:35.67]searching for the priest's treasure.
[02:38.72]He found nothing.
[02:49.73]讲解
[04:53.14]There once was an evil priest
[04:55.75]who did not fear God or man.
[05:05.82]His duties for the church
[05:07.54]included counting the offerings
[05:09.77]and ringing the bells to summon people to Mass.
[05:23.14]But his heart was filled with greed,
[05:26.11]and he began to take advantage of the good people
[05:29.27]of his parish.
[05:32.36]The priest stole money
[05:33.73]out of the offerings to keep for himself,
[05:46.32]and when he had filled a chest full of gold,
[05:49.23]he killed a man and buried him with the chest
[06:01.44]so the murdered man's ghost would guard it.
[06:04.52]Anyone who tried to dig for the treasure
[06:07.13]would be devoured by the skeleton of the murdered man.
[06:20.72]The evil priest planned to return to Spain
[06:23.45]with his ill-gotten treasure,
[06:26.21]but he fell ill with a fever
[06:28.17]a week before his ship was scheduled to leave.
[06:44.22]On his deathbed, the priest repented of his crime.
[06:52.77]He swore to his confessor that his soul
[06:55.50]would not rest until he returned the gold to God.
[07:11.75]The priest died before he could reveal the place
[07:15.22]where the treasure was buried.
[07:23.96]As he gasped out his last breath,
[07:26.41]he said: "Follow the bells.
[07:29.53]They will lead you to the treasure."
[07:42.60]The Padre who attended the dying priest
[07:45.16]did not heed his words.
[07:47.78]But the sweeper who was working in the hallway
[07:50.93]at the time of the evil priest's death
[07:53.21]was struck by the notion of buried treasure.
[08:07.75]He was very poor and wanted a better life
[08:11.49]for himself and his family,
[08:14.50]so the sweeper determined to take the treasure
[08:16.85]for himself.
[08:26.38]Each night for a week,
[08:28.42]he took a shovel and dug in the monastery gardens,
[08:32.40]searching for the priest's treasure.
[08:35.45]He found nothing.
[08:56.07]语言点
[08:58.00]take advantage of  利用...
[09:02.05]use
[09:10.05]He took advantage of the good weather to go for a walk.
[09:18.19]use  使用
[09:26.57]priest  牧师、神父
[09:30.40]church  教堂
[09:32.96]parish  教区
[09:36.04]padre  神父
[09:38.91]monastery  修道院
[09:41.77]fall ill with a fever  发烧
[09:45.78]a fever
[09:51.60]fall ill with headache  头疼
[09:56.45]get a fever
[09:59.59]feel
[10:01.56]feel headache
[10:03.56]feel
[10:04.42]pain
[10:06.77]feel some pain
[10:16.56]谢谢收听

1 devoured   

吞没( devour的过去式和过去分词 )； 耗尽； 津津有味地看； 狼吞虎咽地吃光

参考例句：

• She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers. 无论是书、杂志，还是报纸，只要能弄得到，她都看得津津有味。
• The lions devoured a zebra in a short time. 狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马。

2 repented   

对（自己的所为）感到懊悔或忏悔( repent的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He repented his thoughtlessness. 他后悔自己的轻率。
• Darren repented having shot the bird. 达伦后悔射杀了那只鸟。

3 gasped   

v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 )；喘息；倒抽气；很想要

参考例句：

• She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
• People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 heed   

v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心

参考例句：

• You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
• For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

5 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

6 shovel   

n.铁锨，铲子，一铲之量；v.铲，铲出

参考例句：

• He was working with a pick and shovel.他在用镐和铲干活。
• He seized a shovel and set to.他拿起一把铲就干上了。

7 monastery   

n.修道院，僧院，寺院

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• She was appointed the superior of the monastery two years ago.两年前她被任命为这个修道院的院长。