英语灵异故事-Cross 01 十字架 01

[00:18.59]CROSS
[00:24.45]十字架
[00:42.86]I was thirteen at the time
[00:45.23]when my parents decided¹ to take a holiday
[00:47.66]to Lakes Entrance.
[00:50.18]We were staying at a friend of my father's holiday house
[00:54.02]and we were very excited.
[00:56.91]My brother was to sleep in the bedroom
[00:59.86]with my parents and my two sisters and I
[01:03.03]had the other bedroom,
[01:05.59]as there were only two beds in the room,
[01:08.12]I was to sleep on a camp bed between the two.
[01:12.24]The house looked very old and we thought it strange
[01:16.11]that there were pictures of Jesus,
[01:18.88]Mary and many crosses on the walls.
[01:22.78]Nothing strange happened for the first couple of days
[01:26.14]except that my father started to become ill.
[01:29.97]At first it started as a cough
[01:32.66]but as each day passed my father
[01:35.39]seemed to have more difficulty² breathing³.
[01:38.71]I feel it is important to state
[01:41.21]that my father had never suffered⁴ from any problems
[01:44.79]of this sort⁵ in the past.
[01:47.29]Eventually it was decided
[01:49.55]that my father was too sick to continue the holiday
[01:53.40]and it was agreed that we would leave the next morning.
[02:07.77]讲解
[03:22.36]I was thirteen at the time
[03:24.64]when my parents decided to take a holiday
[03:27.06]to Lakes Entrance.
[03:34.51]We were staying at a friend of my father's holiday house
[03:37.80]and we were very excited.
[03:45.84]My brother was to sleep in the bedroom
[03:48.79]with my parents and my two sisters and I
[03:51.90]had the other bedroom,
[04:01.53]as there were only two beds in the room,
[04:04.23]I was to sleep on a camp bed between the two.
[04:15.05]The house looked very old and we thought it strange
[04:18.73]that there were pictures of Jesus,
[04:21.55]Mary and many crosses on the walls.
[04:34.89]Nothing strange happened for the first couple of days
[04:38.18]except that my father started to become ill.
[04:47.58]At first it started as a cough
[04:49.59]but as each day passed my father
[04:52.88]seemed to have more difficulty breathing.
[05:03.20]I feel it is important to state
[05:05.74]that my father had never suffered from any problems
[05:09.23]of this sort in the past.
[05:16.74]Eventually it was decided
[05:18.84]that my father was too sick to continue the holiday
[05:22.96]and it was agreed that we would leave the next morning.
[05:48.27]语言点
[05:50.42]holiday house
[05:59.76]a friend of one's
[06:04.32]a friend of my father's
[06:13.31]holiday house
[06:27.22]be + 不定式结构
[06:29.25]be + to do sth.
[06:35.32]camp bed
[06:56.37]a picture of sb.
[07:03.69]sb's picture
[07:06.95]Jesus / Mary / cross
[07:13.65]Jesus  耶稣·基督
[07:19.44]Mary  玛利亚
[07:27.76]cross  穿过、越过
[07:37.26]交叉
[07:41.58]十字架
[07:53.60]couple  一对，一双
[07:59.89]a couple of  两个… / 数个…
[08:05.80]have difficulty in doing sth.
[08:16.50]feel
[08:27.52]suffer  忍受、遭遇
[08:38.23]from
[08:43.44]suffer from starvation
[08:48.80]too…to…
[08:54.75]I am too old a dog to study new things.
[09:08.30]I was thirteen at the time
[09:10.30]when my parents decided to take a holiday
[09:13.05]to Lakes Entrance.
[09:15.23]We were staying at a friend of my father's holiday house
[09:19.11]and we were very excited.
[09:21.91]My brother was to sleep in the bedroom
[09:24.80]with my parents and my two sisters and I
[09:28.27]had the other bedroom,
[09:30.40]as there were only two beds in the room,
[09:33.50]I was to sleep on a camp bed between the two.
[09:37.21]The house looked very old and we thought it strange
[09:41.42]that there were pictures of Jesus,
[09:43.64]Mary and many crosses on the walls.
[09:48.13]Nothing strange happened for the first couple of days
[09:51.34]except that my father started to become ill.
[09:55.19]At first it started as a cough
[09:57.88]but as each day passed my father
[10:00.69]seemed to have more difficulty breathing.
[10:03.77]I feel it is important to state
[10:06.69]that my father had never suffered from any problems
[10:10.23]of this sort in the past.
[10:12.75]Eventually it was decided
[10:14.70]that my father was too sick to continue the holiday
[10:18.88]and it was agreed that we would leave the next morning.
[10:31.24]谢谢收听

1 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。

2 difficulty   

n.困难，费劲；难事，难题；麻烦，困境

参考例句：

• If there is any difficulty,please let us know promptly.倘有困难，请迅速通知我们。
• A little difficulty like this is nothing to us.这点困难算不了什么。

3 breathing   

n.呼吸；（空气、花香等的）飘动；微风；短暂休息adj.呼吸着的；活的；栩栩如生的；逼真的v.呼吸( breathe的现在分词 )；轻声说话；低语；低声说

参考例句：

• Her breathing became steady and she fell asleep. 她的呼吸变得均匀，便睡着了。
• I could hear the sound of his ragged breathing. 我能够听到他那急促的呼吸声。

4 suffered   

v.受痛苦( suffer的过去式和过去分词 )；受损害；变糟；变差

参考例句：

• He suffered cuts and abrasions to the face. 他的脸上有许多划伤和擦伤。
• He suffered from headaches and loss of appetite . 他患有头痛和食欲不振。

5 sort   

v.排序，挑选，分拣；n.种类，类别，性质，程度

参考例句：

• She was a strange sort of person.她这个人有些古怪。
• I don't much care for that sort of man.我不太喜欢那种人。