英语灵异故事-The Cemetery Mimic 01 墓地模仿者 01

[00:18.22]The Cemetery¹ Mimic
[00:26.06]墓地模仿者
[00:38.08]There's a defiled² cemetery
[00:40.31]in the outskirts³ of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico,
[00:44.52]the city I was born in.
[00:47.23]People who can't afford to pay funerary services
[00:50.39]often bury their loved ones here.
[00:53.91]In Mexico, there's no such thing
[00:56.45]as medical aid for low income workers.
[01:00.47]People that come from out of town
[01:02.82]are not used to the ever changing weather
[01:05.76]and as consequence;
[01:07.42]many children die in the winter
[01:10.04]and end up buried in the old, defiled cemetery.
[01:14.33]When I was about ten years old,
[01:16.45]four older friends and I decided⁴ to check it out.
[01:20.81]We walked for hours and when we finally arrived,
[01:24.64]it was almost dark.
[01:27.24]We started walking around
[01:28.93]and nothing seemed out of place.
[01:32.00]The air was getting very heavy
[01:34.43]and we heard a strange noise from an old, rotted tree.
[01:39.53]As we got near it, the tree started shaking.
[01:43.70]We all got really scared and ran.
[01:47.85]Later on, we found out that it was one of our friends
[01:51.91]playing a prank⁵ on us.
[01:54.04]We were laughing
[01:55.18]when suddenly the old grave keeper showed up.
[01:58.59]He said "Boys, I know you are all just here
[02:02.82]to have fun and fool around,
[02:05.14]but please understand that horrible things happen here!
[02:09.93]I live in that house over there
[02:12.60](about 100 feet from the cemetery),
[02:15.67]and every night that those high school punks
[02:18.44]come and drink and make their mess,
[02:21.24]weird things begin to happen.
[02:34.39]讲解
[04:30.01]There's a defiled cemetery
[04:32.02]in the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico,
[04:36.25]the city I was born in.
[04:46.54]People who can't afford to pay funerary services
[04:49.94]often bury their loved ones here.
[04:59.85]In Mexico, there's no such thing
[05:02.95]as medical aid for low income workers.
[05:12.73]People that come from out of town
[05:14.88]are not used to the ever changing weather
[05:23.87]and as consequence;
[05:25.29]many children die in the winter
[05:27.79]and end up buried in the old, defiled cemetery.
[05:39.31]When I was about ten years old,
[05:41.52]four older friends and I decided to check it out.
[05:52.99]We walked for hours and when we finally arrived,
[05:56.60]it was almost dark.
[06:04.42]We started walking around
[06:05.97]and nothing seemed out of place.
[06:14.96]The air was getting very heavy
[06:17.39]and we heard a strange noise from an old, rotted tree.
[06:30.37]As we got near it, the tree started shaking.
[06:38.64]We all got really scared and ran.
[06:46.29]Later on, we found out that it was one of our friends
[06:50.12]playing a prank on us.
[06:59.25]We were laughing
[07:00.47]when suddenly the old grave keeper showed up.
[07:10.51]He said "Boys, I know you are all just here
[07:14.63]to have fun and fool around,
[07:17.08]but please understand that horrible things happen here!
[07:34.88]I live in that house over there
[07:37.49](about 100 feet from the cemetery),
[07:45.44]and every night that those high school punks
[07:48.31]come and drink and make their mess,
[07:51.15]weird things begin to happen.
[08:14.56]语言点
[08:17.82]in the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez
[08:23.41]outskirt  郊区
[08:28.97]suburb
[08:34.58]His family moved to the suburbs.
[08:41.83]consequence / subsequence
[08:48.46]consequence
[08:55.87]subsequence
[09:06.41]out of place  不合适的、不恰当的、不正常的
[09:11.61]out of ordinary
[09:13.97]have fun
[09:21.22]have
[09:24.69]Have a good day.
[09:26.54]Have a good time.
[09:43.94]谢谢收听

1 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

2 defiled   

v.玷污( defile的过去式和过去分词 )；污染；弄脏；纵列行进

参考例句：

• Many victims of burglary feel their homes have been defiled. 许多家门被撬的人都感到自己的家被玷污了。
• I felt defiled by the filth. 我觉得这些脏话玷污了我。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

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 prank   

n.开玩笑，恶作剧；v.装饰；打扮；炫耀自己

参考例句：

• It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.人们认为火警报警器响是个恶作剧。
• The dean was ranking the boys for pulling the prank.系主任正在惩罚那些恶作剧的男学生。