英语灵异故事-The Bells 04 教堂钟声 04

[00:18.79]The Bells
[00:25.88]教堂钟声
[00:35.86]Turning sadly away,
[00:38.06]the sweeper's eye was caught by a gleam
[00:40.70]in the bushes near the rock
[00:42.62]where he had placed the treasure chest
[00:44.77]the night before.
[00:47.28]Carefully, keeping his eye on the place
[00:50.25]where the skeleton lay buried,
[00:52.60]the sweeper felt around the rock
[00:54.74]until his hand closed on two gold coins
[00:58.37]that the ghost had missed.
[01:02.22]Casually he put the coins in his pocket
[01:05.30]and hurried from the ledge¹.
[01:08.09]When he got home,
[01:09.48]the sweeper put the coins into a sock
[01:11.88]and hid it under the floorboard for safekeeping.
[01:17.45]The sweeper never went back to the ledge
[01:19.86]to retrieve² the evil priest's buried treasure,
[01:23.44]though sometimes he was still awakened
[01:26.02]by the mysterious sound of the bells.
[01:29.46]He knew it would take someone more pious
[01:32.35]than himself to banish³ the ghost of the murdered man
[01:36.52]and reclaim⁴ the money for God.
[01:40.09]But he did use the gold coins
[01:42.00]to send his eldest⁵ son to school,
[01:45.09]and with the leftover⁶ change,
[01:47.37]he bought himself a new shovel⁷.
[02:00.04]讲解
[03:32.89]Turning sadly away,
[03:35.08]the sweeper's eye was caught by a gleam
[03:37.67]in the bushes near the rock
[03:39.53]where he had placed the treasure chest
[03:41.65]the night before.
[03:59.92]Carefully, keeping his eye on the place
[04:02.86]where the skeleton lay buried,
[04:05.08]the sweeper felt around the rock
[04:07.39]until his hand closed on two gold coins
[04:10.79]that the ghost had missed.
[04:27.04]Casually he put the coins in his pocket
[04:29.99]and hurried from the ledge.
[04:40.50]When he got home,
[04:42.03]the sweeper put the coins into a sock
[04:44.55]and hid it under the floorboard for safekeeping.
[04:56.42]The sweeper never went back to the ledge
[04:58.75]to retrieve the evil priest's buried treasure,
[05:02.41]though sometimes he was still awakened
[05:04.97]by the mysterious sound of the bells.
[05:19.74]He knew it would take someone more pious
[05:22.69]than himself to banish the ghost of the murdered man
[05:26.82]and reclaim the money for God.
[05:39.68]But he did use the gold coins
[05:41.54]to send his eldest son to school,
[05:44.76]and with the leftover change,
[05:46.93]he bought himself a new shovel.
[06:09.23]语言点
[06:12.15]Carefully, keeping his eye on the place...
[06:15.51]carefully
[06:28.64]keeping his eye on the place carefully...
[06:42.30]Look! What a beautiful picture!
[06:48.17]hurried from the ledge
[06:50.68]hurry / go quickly
[06:55.38]hurry  忙乱、仓促
[06:58.86]go quickly  速度快
[07:05.67]sometimes  有时、不时
[07:10.40]he did use
[07:14.41]he used...
[07:19.79]do
[07:27.99]I do want to get asleep.
[07:33.80]send his eldest son to school
[07:40.13]send
[07:49.80]take his son to school
[07:52.22]drive his son to school
[07:57.75]change  零钱
[08:01.76]I want some change.
[08:18.26]Turning sadly away,
[08:20.50]the sweeper's eye was caught by a gleam
[08:23.10]in the bushes near the rock
[08:25.04]where he had placed the treasure chest
[08:27.17]the night before.
[08:29.67]Carefully, keeping his eye on the place
[08:32.67]where the skeleton lay buried,
[08:35.04]the sweeper felt around the rock
[08:37.37]until his hand closed on two gold coins
[08:40.87]that the ghost had missed.
[08:44.56]Casually he put the coins in his pocket
[08:47.72]and hurried from the ledge.
[08:50.38]When he got home,
[08:51.76]the sweeper put the coins into a sock
[08:54.45]and hid it under the floorboard for safekeeping.
[08:59.76]The sweeper never went back to the ledge
[09:02.18]to retrieve the evil priest's buried treasure,
[09:05.76]though sometimes he was still awakened
[09:08.36]by the mysterious sound of the bells.
[09:11.71]He knew it would take someone more pious
[09:14.70]than himself to banish the ghost of the murdered man
[09:18.88]and reclaim the money for God.
[09:22.35]But he did use the gold coins
[09:24.24]to send his eldest son to school,
[09:27.75]and with the leftover change,
[09:29.37]he bought himself a new shovel.
[09:43.52]谢谢收听

1 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。

2 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。

3 banish   

vt.放逐，驱逐；消除，排除

参考例句：

• The doctor advised her to banish fear and anxiety.医生劝她消除恐惧和忧虑。
• He tried to banish gloom from his thought.他试图驱除心中的忧愁。

4 reclaim   

v.要求归还，收回；开垦

参考例句：

• I have tried to reclaim my money without success.我没能把钱取回来。
• You must present this ticket when you reclaim your luggage.当你要取回行李时，必须出示这张票子。

5 eldest   

adj.最年长的，最年老的

参考例句：

• The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.国王的长子是王位的继承人。
• The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son.城堡和土地限定由长子继承。

6 leftover   

n.剩货，残留物，剩饭；adj.残余的

参考例句：

• These narrow roads are a leftover from the days of horse-drawn carriages.这些小道是从马车时代沿用下来的。
• Wonder if that bakery lets us take leftover home.不知道那家糕饼店会不会让我们把卖剩的带回家。

7 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。