英语灵异故事-The Bells 03 教堂钟声 03

[00:18.76]The Bells
[00:25.84]教堂钟声
[00:36.09]Looking up,
[00:37.37]the sweeper saw the skeleton of the murdered man
[00:40.89]whom the evil priest had buried with the treasure.
[00:45.88]It was rising out of the pit under the trees,
[00:49.67]eye sockets¹ glowing with blue flames.
[00:52.99]"Mine," the skeleton intoned,
[00:56.42]stretching its bony arms toward the sweeper. "Mine!"
[01:02.64]The sweeper screamed in terror
[01:04.71]and leapt away from the box of treasure,
[01:07.70]dropping the coins that he held in his hands.
[01:11.49]He ran down the hill as fast as he could go,
[01:15.58]the skeleton in hot pursuit. Behind him,
[01:20.43]the bells began to ring again
[01:22.57]as he fled for his life from the ledge².
[01:27.49]The sweeper kept running
[01:29.35]long after the sounds of pursuit ceased,
[01:32.67]and did not stop until he reached his home.
[01:37.60]It was only then that he realized
[01:40.17]he had left his shovel³
[01:42.79]back with the buried treasure on top of the hill.
[01:47.92]it was an expensive shovel
[01:50.39]and he could not afford to lose it.
[01:53.95]Waiting until daylight,
[01:55.84]the sweeper went reluctantly back up into the hills
[01:59.19]to retrieve⁴ it.
[02:01.64]When he reached the ledge,
[02:03.26]there was no sign of the skeleton,
[02:06.17]the chest of money,
[02:08.03]or the hole he had dug the night before.
[02:11.52]He found his shovel at the top of a tall tree
[02:14.83]whose first branches began nearly twenty feet
[02:18.20]above his head.
[02:20.63]The skeleton must have placed it there
[02:23.02]after it chased him down the hill,
[02:26.00]he decided⁵ grimly,
[02:27.64]knowing that there was no way he could retrieve it.
[02:40.86]讲解
[04:41.10]Looking up,
[04:42.45]the sweeper saw the skeleton of the murdered man
[04:45.91]whom the evil priest had buried with the treasure.
[04:57.96]It was rising out of the pit under the trees,
[05:01.84]eye sockets glowing with blue flames.
[05:16.62]"Mine," the skeleton intoned,
[05:19.99]stretching its bony arms toward the sweeper. "Mine!"
[05:31.81]The sweeper screamed in terror
[05:33.84]and leapt away from the box of treasure,
[05:36.97]dropping the coins that he held in his hands.
[05:49.79]He ran down the hill as fast as he could go,
[05:53.28]the skeleton in hot pursuit.
[06:02.12]Behind him, the bells began to ring again
[06:05.20]as he fled for his life from the ledge.
[06:15.81]The sweeper kept running
[06:17.28]long after the sounds of pursuit ceased,
[06:20.70]and did not stop until he reached his home.
[06:35.85]It was only then that he realized
[06:38.45]he had left his shovel
[06:40.96]back with the buried treasure on top of the hill.
[06:51.19]it was an expensive shovel
[06:53.52]and he could not afford to lose it.
[07:01.95]Waiting until daylight,
[07:03.85]the sweeper went reluctantly back up into the hills
[07:07.30]to retrieve it.
[07:17.03]When he reached the ledge,
[07:18.72]there was no sign of the skeleton,
[07:21.59]the chest of money,
[07:23.46]or the hole he had dug the night before.
[07:34.97]He found his shovel at the top of a tall tree
[07:38.26]whose first branches began nearly twenty feet
[07:41.63]above his head.
[07:53.97]The skeleton must have placed it there
[07:56.18]after it chased him down the hill,
[08:04.40]he decided grimly,
[08:06.02]knowing that there was no way he could retrieve it.
[08:19.64]语言点
[08:21.45]whom
[08:25.45]who / whom
[08:27.79]whom
[08:28.60]who
[08:38.22]whom
[08:44.07]run as fast as he can go
[08:48.56]as...as...
[09:03.56]in hot pursuit  紧追不舍、穷追
[09:10.36]hot
[09:12.02]there was no way...
[09:21.06]no way  没门
[09:36.11]谢谢收听

1 sockets   

n.套接字，使应用程序能够读写与收发通讯协定(protocol)与资料的程序( Socket的名词复数 )；孔( socket的名词复数 )；（电器上的）插口；托座；凹穴

参考例句：

• All new PCs now have USB sockets. 新的个人计算机现在都有通用串行总线插孔。
• Make sure the sockets in your house are fingerproof. 确保你房中的插座是防触电的。 来自超越目标英语 第4册

2 ledge   

n.壁架，架状突出物；岩架，岩礁

参考例句：

• They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge.他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。
• Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell.突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上，摔倒了。

3 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。

4 retrieve   

vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索

参考例句：

• He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
• The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。

5 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。