英语灵异故事-A Voice, A Pair Of Legs And A Girl 01 怪声·怪腿·怪女孩 01

[00:19.65]A Voice, A Pair Of Legs And A Girl
[00:29.18]怪声·怪腿·怪女孩
[00:37.43]This all started happening about 2 years ago,
[00:41.95]when my family and I moved into our new house.
[00:46.61]Everything was normal at first.
[00:49.44]We were building the house at the time.
[00:52.36]Some workers and some of my dad's family members came
[00:56.92]and helped out but there is a small room under the house
[01:00.87]and for some odd¹ reason
[01:03.21]I got sick every time I went down there.
[01:07.79]It was the smell that was really horrible².
[01:11.56]I can't really describe it but it was just disgusting³.
[01:16.65]When everyone left,
[01:18.13]my mom said that there were still some rooms
[01:20.91]that needed to be painted
[01:22.74]so I asked her if we could camp out in the house
[01:26.23]instead of going back to our small apartment.
[01:30.16]My mom told me that it was a great idea,
[01:33.89]either though the house had no electricity⁴.
[01:38.61]I got sick once again when I went back to that room.
[01:42.99]Note that I was the only one who got sick in that room
[01:47.62]and I was the only one who could smell the horrible odor⁵.
[01:52.59]There was also a small crack⁶
[01:55.51]in the bricks⁷ on the other side of that room.
[01:58.67]It got so bad that on that night
[02:01.94]my brother put 20 dollars in that small crack in the wall.
[02:06.37]He said if I went to the other side of the room
[02:09.94]I could have the money.
[02:12.20]Of course like any other teenager at my age I agreed.
[02:27.04]讲解
[04:22.94]This all started happening about 2 years ago,
[04:27.41]when my family and I moved into our new house.
[04:40.67]Everything was normal at first.
[04:43.61]We were building the house at the time.
[04:52.33]Some workers and some of my dad's family members came
[04:56.91]and helped out but there is a small room under the house
[05:00.89]and for some odd reason
[05:03.28]I got sick every time I went down there.
[05:24.55]It was the smell that was really horrible.
[05:28.29]I can't really describe it but it was just disgusting.
[05:43.20]When everyone left,
[05:44.61]my mom said that there were still some rooms
[05:47.40]that needed to be painted
[05:56.03]so I asked her if we could camp out in the house
[05:59.56]instead of going back to our small apartment.
[06:12.55]My mom told me that it was a great idea,
[06:16.29]either though the house had no electricity.
[06:28.05]I got sick once again when I went back to that room.
[06:37.13]Note that I was the only one who got sick in that room
[06:47.86]and I was the only one who could smell the horrible odor.
[06:58.49]There was also a small crack
[07:00.82]in the bricks on the other side of that room.
[07:08.43]It got so bad that on that night
[07:11.63]my brother put 20 dollars in that small crack in the wall.
[07:22.10]He said if I went to the other side of the room
[07:25.34]I could have the money.
[07:32.74]Of course like any other teenager at my age I agreed.
[07:56.86]语言点
[07:58.99]at the time  当时，在那个时候
[08:04.32]at that time
[08:06.35]then
[08:08.61]I was still at school then.
[08:14.63]help out
[08:22.19]My father helped me out when I lost my job.
[08:30.11]every time
[08:38.64]whenever
[08:43.16]the moment / the minute / the instant
[08:46.63]the day / the year / next time
[08:53.21]Every time I catch a cold, I have a pain in my back.
[09:02.11]the day
[09:04.24]The moment I came, he was reading⁸ a book.
[09:11.23]instead of
[09:21.64]going
[09:23.47]而不是
[09:25.98]She ordered chicken instead of fish.
[09:33.59]rather than
[09:36.25]The colour seems green rather than blue.
[09:54.69]谢谢收听

1 odd   

adj.奇特的；临时的；奇数的；n.[pl.]机会

参考例句：

• She looks a bit odd.I wonder what has happened to her.她的神色有些异样，不知出了什么事。
• He's an odd character and no mistake!他的确是个怪人！

2 horrible   

adj.可怕的，极可憎的，极可厌的

参考例句：

• This is a horrible monster.这是一个可怕的怪物。
• That is a horrible accident.那是一次可怕的事故。

3 disgusting   

adj.令人作呕的，可憎恶的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• What a disgusting smell!多么讨厌的气味！
• The mosquito is the disgusting thing.蚊子是讨厌的东西。

4 electricity   

n.电；电学

参考例句：

• This room is lighted by electricity.这个房间用电照明。
• We use electricity to run machines.我们使用电力来运行机器。

5 odor   

n.气味，香气，臭气

参考例句：

• The whole herb has a characteristic taste and odor.整株药草有种独特的味道和气味。
• He is in bad odor with his friends.他在朋友中声誉不佳。

6 crack   

vi.发破裂声；噼啪地响；vt./vi.（使）开裂；破裂；n.裂缝，缝隙；爆裂声，破裂声，劈啪声

参考例句：

• There's a crack in this cup.这个杯子上有个裂缝。
• There's a crack on the underneath of the bowl.碗底有一道裂缝。

7 bricks   

n.砖( brick的名词复数 )；砖块；积木；可靠的朋友

参考例句：

• He compounded water, sand and soil and formed bricks. 他用水拌和沙和泥土做成砖块。
• The United Auto Workers hit the bricks against General Motors. 联合汽车工人工会举行罢工，反对通用汽车公司。

8 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。