英语灵异故事-Home Alone 01 独自在家 01

[00:18.09]Home Alone
[00:21.66]独自在家
[00:36.69]I live with my Granddad in Central London.
[00:40.88]He went on holiday
[00:42.17]and left me in the house alone for 2 weeks.
[00:48.47]The house is over 200 years old;
[00:51.83]he has owned it since 1982.
[00:56.19]Nothing unusual has happened
[00:58.70]since he has been living there, until Monday night.
[01:04.87]I was just about to go to sleep.
[01:07.61]It was about 12am.
[01:10.22]The house is creaky as its old
[01:13.07]but what happened next was not a normal occurrence
[01:17.02]and I know it wasn't my imagination,
[01:20.97]I thought it might have been at first
[01:23.03]but I soon found out it wasn't.
[01:26.85]All the houses in The Mews are connected¹.
[01:30.60]As I was just dropping off,
[01:33.16]I heard a loud banging² noise.
[01:36.37]I told myself it was just the neighbors
[01:39.34]and to stop making myself paranoid.
[01:42.90]I heard a man shouting,
[01:45.17]it sounded as if it was coming from the basement³
[01:48.97](the door to my basement is underneath⁴ my bedroom).
[01:53.43]It went quiet for a few minutes until I heard it again.
[01:58.91]This time it was much louder,
[02:01.91]it sounded like someone was kicking the basement door
[02:05.52](which was locked). This went on for about 3 minutes.
[02:21.40]讲解
[04:18.16]I live with my Granddad in Central London.
[04:22.27]He went on holiday
[04:23.55]and left me in the house alone for 2 weeks.
[04:40.09]The house is over 200 years old;
[04:43.57]he has owned it since 1982.
[04:56.04]Nothing unusual has happened
[04:58.45]since he has been living there, until Monday night.
[05:10.60]I was just about to go to sleep.
[05:13.37]It was about 12am.
[05:21.57]The house is creaky as its old
[05:24.41]but what happened next was not a normal occurrence
[05:28.04]and I know it wasn't my imagination,
[05:45.25]I thought it might have been at first
[05:47.43]but I soon found out it wasn't.
[06:00.11]All the houses in The Mews are connected.
[06:03.43]As I was just dropping off, I heard a loud banging noise.
[06:17.07]I told myself it was just the neighbors
[06:20.04]and to stop making myself paranoid.
[06:29.23]I heard a man shouting,
[06:31.05]it sounded as if it was coming from the basement
[06:40.76](the door to my basement is underneath my bedroom).
[06:49.27]It went quiet for a few minutes until I heard it again.
[07:01.26]This time it was much louder,
[07:04.32]it sounded like someone was kicking the basement door
[07:07.89](which was locked). This went on for about 3 minutes.
[07:38.52]语言点
[07:41.31]since+时间点
[07:59.70]be about to do sth.
[08:08.12]I was about to go to bed when she rang me.
[08:17.48]creaky
[08:25.35]at first  一开始、首先
[08:31.21]mews
[08:41.18]drop off  睡着、打磕睡
[08:50.09]散去、减少、死去
[08:55.49]bang
[09:11.68]My heart banged⁵ up when I heard the scream⁶.
[09:22.45]stop
[09:24.43]stop doing sth.
[09:28.83]stop to do sth.
[09:41.17]forget / remember / regret
[09:46.08]make sb. + 形容词
[09:49.31]go + 形容词
[09:58.93]be / become / sound / feel / find
[10:05.96]paranoid
[10:10.85]偏执狂患者
[10:12.62]显示出偏执狂症状的
[10:21.57]谢谢收听

1 connected   

adj.连接的，有关系的，有联系的；连贯的；有血统[婚姻]关系的v.连接( connect的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The towns are connected by train and bus services. 这些城镇由火车和公共汽车连接起来。
• This leads to the inescapable conclusion that the two things are connected. 这就必然得出一个结论：这两件事互有关联。

2 banging   

vt.猛击，猛撞（bang的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• The baby was banging the table with his spoon. 小宝宝用调羹敲打着桌子。
• Stop banging around, children, Father is trying to sleep. 孩子们，别到处乱敲！爸爸想睡觉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 basement   

n.地下室，地窖；建筑物的基部

参考例句：

• It is rather damp in the basement.地下室很潮湿。
• They live in a basement flat in North London.他们住在伦敦北部的一所地下公寓里。

4 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

5 banged   

vt.猛击，猛撞（bang的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Two days after the accident she still looked pretty banged up. 事故过去两天后她看上去伤势仍然很重。
• I've banged into the doorpost and hurt my arm. 我撞着了门柱，把臂伤了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 scream   

n.尖叫声；vi. 尖叫，大笑，尖啸，令人震惊；vt.尖叫着说，大叫大嚷着要求

参考例句：

• Don't scream,I can hear what you are saying.别喊，我听得见你说些什么。
• He was so funny，he made us scream with laughter.他很有趣，逗得我们哈哈大笑。