英语灵异故事-Roofer 02 房顶工人 02

[00:14.00]Roofer
[00:19.28]房顶工人
[00:36.09]A few employees were huddled² right
[00:38.60]outside of the building afraid to enter.
[00:41.98]When they saw me emerge³ from the building
[00:44.71]they called security and soon
[00:46.71]I was taken to the campus clinic.
[00:49.54]By the time I arrived there
[00:51.88]my left ankle was swollen
[00:54.30]and discolored and I could not put any weight on it.
[00:58.34]As I described the accident to the attending physician
[01:01.77]I could not account for the way I was injured
[01:04.83]since I was out in the open
[01:07.12]and completely removed from any objects.
[01:11.40]Later as I drove myself home to Whittier
[01:14.72]I began to see more damage along the streets.
[01:18.15]It turned out that the epicenter of the earthquake
[01:21.42]had been in Whittier
[01:22.95]and my neighborhood looked like a war zone.
[01:26.52]Since aftershocks follow the larger earthquakes
[01:29.99]I decided⁴ to drive to Las Vegas,
[01:32.92]Nevada to visit a friend for a few days.
[01:36.89]In the early morning darkness of my first night
[01:39.95]the doorbell rang,
[01:41.83]waking my hostess and me.
[01:44.07]As she turned on the porch⁵ light
[01:46.47]neither she nor I could see anyone from the front window.
[01:51.46]We then shrugged⁶ and went off to bed.
[01:55.17]A couple of minutes later the doorbell rang again.
[01:58.82]This time we repeated our steps much more quickly
[02:03.09]in order to see if a prankster might be lurking⁷ about.
[02:08.15]Again we returned to our rooms
[02:10.85]only to hear the ringing repeated.
[02:23.26]讲解
[03:59.86]语言点
[04:02.33]a few  一些
[04:06.64]a little  一些
[04:11.01]a little water
[04:14.47]huddle¹  挤作一团
[04:19.75]The students huddle together, playing a game.
[04:27.68]right
[04:30.89]just
[04:33.04]I come back home right after school.
[04:39.39]be afraid to do something  害怕做某事
[04:43.60]I'm afraid to walk alone in the street at night.
[04:50.44]emerge  出现
[04:55.78]turn up
[04:57.35]After hiding himself for ten years,
[04:59.70]he finally emerged/turned up.
[05:09.19]security  保安
[05:16.23]security  安全
[05:19.38]The school has the duty to ensure our security.
[05:27.48]by the time…
[05:30.92]I will be home by the end of this month.
[05:37.30]the attending physician  主治医师
[05:41.63]account for  解释，说明
[05:44.96]The teacher asks him
[05:46.17]to account for the reasons of being late.
[05:53.21]be injured  受伤的
[05:58.39]hurt / wound
[06:01.21]He unfortunately got injured/hurt/wounded
[06:06.67]in the car accident.
[06:11.95]since  因为
[06:16.87]because
[06:19.14]in the open  在空旷处，在野外
[06:23.75]People usually camp in the open.
[06:29.98]epicenter  地震的中心
[06:36.20]a war zone  交战地带，战区
[06:40.92]aftershock  余震
[06:44.54]visit a friend
[06:47.86]visit  拜访，参观，游览
[06:51.99]visit a museum
[06:55.09]visit the Great Wall
[06:58.90]turn on  打开（灯、电源等）
[07:03.12]turn off  关掉
[07:05.99]neither…nor…  既不…也不…
[07:09.23]Neither he nor I was happy about this result.
[07:16.59]a couple of  两个，几个
[07:20.17]A couple of old people are practicing Taiji in the park.
[07:28.71]much more quickly  快很多
[07:32.48]more quickly
[07:33.88]quickly
[07:37.18]much
[07:42.05]in order to do something  为了做某事
[07:46.08]In order to receive a better education,
[07:48.97]he went to France in 1954.
[07:58.44]lurk about
[08:01.28]lurk  潜伏
[08:04.81]about  附近，周围
[08:26.60]A few employees were huddled right
[08:29.28]outside of the building afraid to enter.
[08:32.65]When they saw me emerge from the building
[08:35.38]they called security and soon
[08:37.20]I was taken to the campus clinic.
[08:39.99]By the time I arrived there
[08:42.15]my left ankle was swollen
[08:44.49]and discolored and I could not put any weight on it.
[08:48.82]As I described the accident to the attending physician
[08:52.18]I could not account for the way I was injured
[08:55.28]since I was out in the open
[08:57.68]and completely removed from any objects.
[09:01.58]Later as I drove myself home to Whittier
[09:05.14]I began to see more damage along the streets.
[09:08.90]It turned out that the epicenter of the earthquake
[09:11.85]had been in Whittier
[09:13.44]and my neighborhood looked like a war zone.
[09:16.89]Since aftershocks follow the larger earthquakes
[09:20.33]I decided to drive to Las Vegas,
[09:23.20]Nevada to visit a friend for a few days.
[09:27.36]In the early morning darkness of my first night
[09:30.19]the doorbell rang,
[09:32.34]waking my hostess and me.
[09:34.57]As she turned on the porch light
[09:36.97]neither she nor I could see anyone from the front window.
[09:41.61]We then shrugged and went off to bed.
[09:45.02]A couple of minutes later the doorbell rang again.
[09:49.26]This time we repeated our steps much more quickly
[09:53.49]in order to see if a prankster might be lurking about.
[09:58.35]Again we returned to our rooms
[10:01.24]only to hear the ringing repeated.
[10:11.44]谢谢收听

1 huddle   

vi.挤作一团；蜷缩；vt.聚集；n.挤在一起的人

参考例句：

• They like living in a huddle.他们喜欢杂居在一起。
• The cold wind made the boy huddle inside his coat.寒风使这个男孩卷缩在他的外衣里。

2 huddled   

挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
• We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。

3 emerge   

vi.（从水中等）出来，出现，浮现，形成

参考例句：

• The baby's head was starting to emerge from the womb.婴儿的头开始从母亲的子宮中露出来。
• It's still hard to tell who will emerge victorious.鹿死谁手尚难逆料。

4 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。

5 porch   

n.门廊，入口处，走廊，游廊

参考例句：

• There are thousands of pages of advertising on our porch.有成千上万页广告堆在我们的门廊上。
• The porch is supported by six immense pillars.门廊由六根大柱子支撑着。

6 shrugged   

vt.耸肩（shrug的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。
• She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩，装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 lurking   

潜在

参考例句：

• Why are you lurking around outside my house? 你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的，想干什么？
• There is a suspicious man lurking in the shadows. 有一可疑的人躲在阴暗中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》