英语灵异故事-A Voice, A Pair Of Legs And A Girl 03 怪声·怪腿·怪女孩 03

[00:19.68]A Voice, A Pair Of Legs And A Girl
[00:29.20]怪声·怪腿·怪女孩
[00:38.68]Among one of the freakiest things  that happened
[00:42.21]this one made me not want to sleep
[00:45.17]in my own bed for a week.
[00:48.67]I was lying in bed one night.
[00:51.68]My little sister was sleeping in the bed beside me
[00:55.59]and my older brother was sleeping on the floor.
[00:59.27]I was almost asleep
[01:00.81]when the TV in my room turned on for no reason!
[01:05.26]But strangely my brother, who is a light sleeper,
[01:09.35]didn't wake up.
[01:11.30]I closed my eyes and tried to get to sleep again.
[01:15.06]But after only about 2 minutes one side of my bed
[01:19.13]started to lift up by itself!
[01:22.71]I opened one eye and looked at my sister.
[01:26.83]She was not waking up.
[01:29.26]Then I opened the other eye
[01:32.31]and saw the image¹ that made me lose my voice.
[01:36.69]There on the other side of the bed
[01:38.80]was a girl in a crimson² red dress smiling at me.
[01:43.96]The dress had burn marks all over it.
[01:47.51]The girl let out a giggle³ that seemed to echo,
[01:51.03]and she ran away.
[01:52.96]While running she trampled⁴ over my brother's back.
[01:57.74]The next morning my brother kept complaining
[02:00.40]how his back was killing⁵ him.
[02:15.26]讲解
[03:59.99]Among one of the freakiest things that happened
[04:03.58]this one made me not want to sleep
[04:06.40]in my own bed for a week.
[04:19.35]I was lying in bed one night.
[04:26.07]My little sister was sleeping in the bed beside me
[04:30.02]and my older brother was sleeping on the floor.
[04:38.92]I was almost asleep
[04:40.45]when the TV in my room turned on for no reason!
[04:51.30]But strangely my brother, who is a light sleeper,
[04:55.18]didn't wake up.
[05:05.37]I closed my eyes and tried to get to sleep again.
[05:12.46]But after only about 2 minutes one side of my bed
[05:15.92]started to lift up by itself!
[05:27.07]I opened one eye and looked at my sister.
[05:31.23]She was not waking up.
[05:38.91]Then I opened the other eye
[05:41.96]and saw the image that made me lose my voice.
[05:52.68]There on the other side of the bed
[05:54.74]was a girl in a crimson red dress smiling at me.
[06:05.77]The dress had burn marks all over it.
[06:09.43]The girl let out a giggle that seemed to echo,
[06:12.94]and she ran away.
[06:27.71]While running she trampled over my brother's back.
[06:36.46]The next morning my brother kept complaining
[06:39.12]how his back was killing him.
[07:01.94]语言点
[07:04.76]lying
[07:06.56]lie  躺着
[07:15.72]lay / lain
[07:18.16]lie  撒谎
[07:23.77]lied
[07:27.28]lay  放置，生蛋
[07:34.93]laid
[07:37.28]beside
[07:46.19]s
[07:49.25]besides  除了…之外
[07:53.14]Besides English, he has to study German.
[08:00.61]by oneself  自个儿，单独地
[08:04.86]He lived by himself.
[08:11.34]on one's own
[08:16.67]He lived on his own.
[08:19.50]let out
[08:28.86]give out
[08:31.42]let out  泄露
[08:34.99]Who let the secret out?
[08:40.45]keep
[08:41.15]keep doing sth.
[08:45.78]John always kept asking questions.
[08:53.91]keep on doing sth.
[08:56.67]kill
[09:03.93]My head is killing me.
[09:17.55]My shoes are killing me.
[09:38.07]谢谢收听

1 image   

n.图象；肖像；形象

参考例句：

• How can we improve our public image?我们怎样才能改善公众形象？
• Honesty is the best image.诚实是最好的形象。

2 crimson   

n./adj.深(绯)红色(的)；vi.脸变绯红色

参考例句：

• She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
• Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。

3 giggle   

n.痴笑，咯咯地笑；v.咯咯地笑着说

参考例句：

• Both girls began to giggle.两个女孩都咯咯地笑了起来。
• All that giggle and whisper is too much for me.我受不了那些咯咯的笑声和交头接耳的样子。

4 trampled   

踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 )； 践踏； 无视； 侵犯

参考例句：

• He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊，怕他让暴民踩着。
• People were trampled underfoot in the rush for the exit. 有人在拼命涌向出口时被踩在脚下。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。