英语灵异故事-An Awful Thing 02 可怕的东西 02

[00:13.95]An Awful Thing
[00:21.76]可怕的东西
[00:34.99]I don't know the specifics; no one else went with him.
[00:39.44]All he did was print out what we were supposed to say,
[00:43.31]it was mostly just weird¹ word combinations
[00:46.36]and a few summoning² phrases I can't remember.
[00:50.07]This was almost a year ago,
[00:52.87]I do remember feeling pretty silly going through with it.
[00:57.20]This I remember clearly though,
[00:59.81]the same friend who got the paper
[01:01.59]all of a sudden asks for it to give us a sign.
[01:06.15]Of all the stupid things to do...
[01:08.57]well I was very upset with him,
[01:11.03]but he defended himself
[01:12.62]by saying that's what the site told him to do.
[01:16.24]As it turns out it said not to ask for a sign
[01:20.23]or anything else like that.
[01:22.57]It even put it in all caps and bolded, too.
[01:27.22]Well after that he was pretty embarrassed,
[01:30.04]but nothing happened for about a half hour.
[01:33.24]So we just gave up ghosts for the night
[01:36.01](our attention spans
[01:37.86]couldn't handle nothing happening for that long).
[01:41.05]Later we got back on the X-Box and started playing,
[01:45.87]I think it was Halo
[01:47.38]when we heard my friend's parents get home,
[01:50.58]it was about 9 pm, about an hour early.
[01:54.52]So he decided³ to go into the garage
[01:56.76]and jump out when they got out of the car.
[02:00.51]Well he waited about 10 minutes just sitting there
[02:04.04]before he decided to look out a window
[02:06.72]and no one was there.
[02:09.24]While he was looking he heard about two inches
[02:12.30]from his ear someone smacking⁴ their lips
[02:15.42]like they had dry mouth and were preparing to speak.
[02:19.92]When he spun⁵ around there was no one there,
[02:23.37]which is about when he came walking back
[02:26.03]to the basement at a very brisk⁶ pace.
[02:40.26]讲解
[04:36.36]语言点
[04:39.03]specific  细节
[04:44.92]be supposed to do something
[04:49.98]We are supposed to read some newspapers everyday.
[04:57.85]pretty  很，十分 ＝ very
[05:07.14]pretty  漂亮的，可爱的
[05:12.79]go through with something
[05:18.81]Although this is a really tough task,
[05:21.34]I have to go through with it anyway.
[05:30.04]though  但是
[05:33.26]but
[05:36.65]though
[05:41.64]It has been many years.
[05:43.65]I still remember it quite clearly though.
[05:52.09]all of a sudden= suddenly  突然
[05:56.96]Suddenly/All of a sudden,
[05:57.99]I realize that I haven't been home for 3 years.
[06:12.11]sign  暗示
[06:16.15]sign  记号，标志
[06:20.17]be upset with somebody
[06:26.63]defend oneself by doing something
[06:33.54]the site
[06:35.72]website  网页
[06:42.07]It turns out that…  结果是…
[06:47.33]give up  放弃
[06:51.84]span  范围，跨度
[06:56.37]attention span
[06:59.51]life span
[07:03.17]handle  处理
[07:07.56]prepare to do something  准备做某事
[07:12.38]spin around  转过身
[07:15.41]spun
[07:17.89]spin  旋转
[07:22.13]at a very brisk pace
[07:26.78]brisk  轻快的，快的
[07:31.63]pace  步子
[07:35.36]at a slow pace
[07:51.73]I don't know the specifics; no one else went with him.
[07:56.38]All he did was print out what we were supposed to say,
[08:00.00]it was mostly just weird word combinations
[08:03.31]and a few summoning phrases I can't remember.
[08:07.00]This was almost a year ago,
[08:09.64]I do remember feeling pretty silly going through with it.
[08:14.12]This I remember clearly though,
[08:16.89]the same friend who got the paper
[08:18.55]all of a sudden asks for it to give us a sign.
[08:22.71]Of all the stupid things to do...
[08:25.36]well I was very upset with him,
[08:27.98]but he defended himself
[08:29.52]by saying that's what the site told him to do.
[08:33.05]As it turns out it said not to ask for a sign
[08:37.16]or anything else like that.
[08:39.67]It even put it in all caps and bolded, too.
[08:44.29]Well after that he was pretty embarrassed,
[08:47.05]but nothing happened for about a half hour.
[08:50.17]So we just gave up ghosts for the night
[08:53.03](our attention spans
[08:54.85]couldn't handle nothing happening for that long).
[08:58.19]Later we got back on the X-Box and started playing,
[09:02.62]I think it was Halo
[09:04.34]when we heard my friend's parents get home,
[09:07.60]it was about 9 pm, about an hour early.
[09:11.39]So he decided to go into the garage
[09:14.03]and jump out when they got out of the car.
[09:17.54]Well he waited about 10 minutes just sitting there
[09:21.01]before he decided to look out a window
[09:23.62]and no one was there.
[09:26.29]While he was looking he heard about two inches
[09:29.19]from his ear someone smacking their lips
[09:32.32]like they had dry mouth and were preparing to speak.
[09:36.72]When he spun around there was no one there,
[09:40.26]which is about when he came walking back
[09:43.35]to the basement at a very brisk pace.
[09:54.31]谢谢收听

1 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

2 summoning   

传唤( summon的现在分词 )； 召唤； 传讯（出庭）； 鼓起（勇气）

参考例句：

• The sudden summoning of the Cabinet underlines the seriousness of the situation. 内阁会议的突然召开，突出了局势的严重性。
• Summoning all his courage, he crossed to Broadway and up to the Broadway Central hotel. 他鼓足勇气，来到百老汇大街，朝百老汇中央旅馆走去。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 smacking   

活泼的，发出响声的，精力充沛的

参考例句：

• He gave both of the children a good smacking. 他把两个孩子都狠揍了一顿。
• She inclined her cheek,and John gave it a smacking kiss. 她把头低下，约翰在她的脸上响亮的一吻。

5 spun   

v.纺，杜撰，急转身

参考例句：

• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。

6 brisk   

adj.轻快的，生气勃勃的，（天气等）令人振作的

参考例句：

• The actress is walking at a brisk pace.那位女演员正以轻快的步伐走着。
• It's great to work outdoors during brisk fall days.清爽的秋日里在户外工作是很愉快的。