英语灵异故事-A floating head and a cat 06 漂浮的女头，神秘的夜猫 06

[00:21.01]A FLOATING HEAD AND A CAT
[00:25.88]漂浮的女头，神秘的夜猫
[00:42.59]The next day, I kept my promise to him
[00:45.43]about telling the others about the head,
[00:48.78]but I mentioned seeing the cat to my sister in law
[00:52.08]and my nieces as a cat isn't as scary as a floating head.
[00:58.50]My nieces then confessed¹ that while in that room,
[01:02.52]they always felt
[01:03.84]as if they were being watched and our son,
[01:09.81]who was later in that room after my brother
[01:12.51]and his family left
[01:14.37]and before we told him about the head,
[01:17.49]said he felt as if he was being watched as well.
[01:23.18]For the rest of the visit, nothing else happened.
[01:27.69]After our visit, my sister in law and I had a talk
[01:32.27]and tried to figure out
[01:33.96]where these ghosts were coming from
[01:37.22]and we guessed
[01:38.17]that maybe they were attached to this old organ.
[01:43.19]My father doesn't have much history on it
[01:46.39]except for what I mentioned earlier in the story.
[01:50.41]My theory is his business partner gave it to him
[01:54.58]because it creeped him out
[01:57.37]and he wanted to get rid of it.
[02:00.86]My father said it is a very valuable antique
[02:05.10]and now wants to leave it to me some day
[02:08.60]since I was asking questions about it.
[02:12.22](I didn't tell my dad about what I had seen,
[02:15.74]as he does not believe in ghosts
[02:18.64]and I didn't want to freak him out)
[02:21.42]I told him thanks but I really couldn't accept it
[02:25.62]and I told him he should donate it
[02:28.39]to a church or something.
[02:31.58]I don't want to hurt his feelings,
[02:34.03]but I don't want it!!
[02:47.06]讲解
[05:13.87]语言点
[05:18.99]promise
[05:20.48]keep one's promise
[05:27.07]break one's promise
[05:30.28]mention  谈到，提及
[05:36.31]mention sth. to sb.
[05:42.35]Did you mention this to my sister?
[05:51.91]Thanks a lot!
[05:55.91]Don't mention it!
[06:01.30]figure out
[06:10.83]resolve
[06:18.56]Help me figure this out！
[06:24.76]I can't figure this out.
[06:30.16]attach to  依附于，和…相关联
[06:35.42]He attaches great importance to English learning².
[06:43.13]attach  依附
[06:51.20]attachment  附件
[07:15.39]The next day, I kept my promise to him
[07:18.13]about telling the others about the head,
[07:21.26]but I mentioned seeing the cat to my sister in law
[07:24.97]and my nieces as a cat isn't as scary as a floating head.
[07:31.65]My nieces then confessed that while in that room,
[07:35.10]they always felt
[07:36.51]as if they were being watched and our son,
[07:42.57]who was later in that room after my brother
[07:45.24]and his family left
[07:47.25]and before we told him about the head,
[07:50.18]said he felt as if he was being watched as well.
[07:55.83]For the rest of the visit, nothing else happened.
[08:00.39]After our visit, my sister in law and I had a talk
[08:05.11]and tried to figure out
[08:06.68]where these ghosts were coming from
[08:09.91]and we guessed
[08:10.92]that maybe they were attached to this old organ.
[08:15.90]My father doesn't have much history on it
[08:19.09]except for what I mentioned earlier in the story.
[08:23.36]My theory is his business partner gave it to him
[08:27.26]because it creeped him out
[08:29.85]and he wanted to get rid of it.
[08:33.55]My father said it is a very valuable antique
[08:37.86]and now wants to leave it to me some day
[08:41.32]since I was asking questions about it.
[08:44.89](I didn't tell my dad about what I had seen,
[08:48.48]as he does not believe in ghosts
[08:51.35]and I didn't want to freak him out)
[08:54.16]I told him thanks but I really couldn't accept it
[08:58.39]and I told him he should donate it
[09:00.82]to a church or something.
[09:03.97]I don't want to hurt his feelings,
[09:06.27]but I don't want it!!
[09:22.74]谢谢收听

1 confessed   

adj. 众所周知的，公认的 动词confess的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• She confessed to the murder. 她供认犯了谋杀罪。
• He confessed to a priest that he had sinned. 他向神父忏悔他犯了罪。

2 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。