英语灵异故事-Old House In The Woods 02 林中老屋 02

[00:15.95]Old House In The Woods
[00:23.32]林中老屋
[00:35.72]Once we climbed our way up the stairwell
[00:39.97]and started down the hallway¹
[00:42.24]we walked into the first room on the left.
[00:45.92]We started looking through old newspapers
[00:48.76]when I heard water running.
[00:51.61]It sounded like someone turned a faucet² on.
[00:55.21]It lasted a few seconds and stopped.
[00:59.93]I figured it was just water in the basement
[01:03.45]and thought nothing of it and kept looking around.
[01:07.83]Then out of the corner of my eye
[01:10.67]I say a beam³ of light about as big
[01:13.85]and round as a basketball
[01:16.46]that went from the floor to the ceiling
[01:19.08]slowly move past the doorway⁴.
[01:22.82]This time we both froze in place and were scared.
[01:28.21]Next we heard footsteps⁵ in the next room.
[01:32.15]It sounded like someone walking on a hardwood floor.
[01:37.01]The steps slowly moved across the room
[01:40.31]and into the hallway towards the room we were in.
[01:45.04]Just before the steps turned into our room
[01:48.14]I shoved⁶ John and we jumped out of the window.
[01:52.51]When we hit the ground
[01:53.79]Jim came running over to see what happened.
[01:57.39]We told him and he started laughing at us telling us
[02:00.89]that there is no such thing as ghosts.
[02:04.95]So we talked him into going up with us
[02:08.30]to see what was up there if it wasn't a ghost.
[02:13.11]He was eager to prove us wrong
[02:15.39]so we went back up to the second floor to see
[02:19.00]what was in the room that we heard the footsteps in.
[02:32.32]讲解
[04:26.21]Once we climbed our way up the stairwell
[04:29.62]and started down the hallway
[04:32.08]we walked into the first room on the left.
[04:43.86]We started looking through old newspapers
[04:46.86]when I heard water running.
[04:49.67]It sounded like someone turned a faucet on.
[05:03.95]It lasted a few seconds and stopped.
[05:12.40]I figured it was just water in the basement
[05:16.10]and thought nothing of it and kept looking around.
[05:28.07]Then out of the corner of my eye
[05:30.92]I say a beam of light about as big
[05:34.25]and round as a basketball
[05:36.70]that went from the floor to the ceiling
[05:39.30]slowly move past the doorway.
[05:53.37]This time we both froze in place and were scared.
[06:04.32]Next we heard footsteps in the next room.
[06:08.80]It sounded like someone walking on a hardwood floor.
[06:21.32]The steps slowly moved across the room
[06:24.21]and into the hallway towards the room we were in.
[06:35.55]Just before the steps turned into our room
[06:38.87]I shoved John and we jumped out of the window.
[06:50.21]When we hit the ground
[06:51.33]Jim came running over to see what happened.
[07:00.85]We told him and he started laughing at us telling us
[07:04.33]that there is no such thing as ghosts.
[07:14.91]So we talked him into going up with us
[07:18.76]to see what was up there if it wasn't a ghost.
[07:30.74]He was eager to prove us wrong
[07:33.46]so we went back up to the second floor to see
[07:36.61]what was in the room that we heard the footsteps in.
[07:59.25]语言点
[08:02.47]when
[08:24.34]I am about to leave when the phone rang.
[08:31.72]figure  认为，料想
[08:35.10]consider / think
[08:38.12]I figure the manager will be back soon.
[08:45.52]think nothing of  把…视为平常，不把…当回事
[08:51.47]He thought nothing of walking 40 miles.
[09:01.85]Think nothing of it.
[09:06.05]it sounded like  听上去像…
[09:11.12]The poem sounds like a song.
[09:21.51]to+人称代词宾格
[09:25.03]It sounds to us like a good idea.
[09:31.51]talk sb. into  劝说某人做某事
[09:41.33]He talked me into going with him.
[09:50.98]talk sb. out of sth.
[09:55.42]He talked me out of staying at home.
[10:13.47]谢谢收听

1 hallway   

n.门厅；走廊

参考例句：

• The restroom is at the end of the hallway to the right.洗手间在走廊尽头右转的地方。
• The two rooms connect by a hallway.这两个房间有过道相连。

2 faucet   

n.水龙头

参考例句：

• The faucet has developed a drip.那个水龙头已经开始滴水了。
• She turned off the faucet and dried her hands.她关掉水龙头，把手擦干。

3 beam   

n.横梁；光束；vi.发光，发热

参考例句：

• The load on this beam is more than it will bear.横梁上的负荷比它能承受的要大得多。
• I could see the beam of his flashlight waving around in the dark.我可以看到他的手电筒光在黑暗中上下舞动。

4 doorway   

n.门口，(喻)入门；门路，途径

参考例句：

• They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
• Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。

5 footsteps   

n.脚步（声），一步的距离，足迹；脚步（声）( footstep的名词复数 )；一步的距离；足迹

参考例句：

• the sound of footsteps on the stairs 楼梯上的脚步声
• Their footsteps echoed in the silence. 他们的脚步声在一片寂静中回荡着。

6 shoved   

推，猛推，乱推( shove的过去式和过去分词 )； 乱放； 随便放； 胡乱丢

参考例句：

• The people shoved to get on the bus. 人们你推我挤争着上公共汽车。
• He shoved me roughly aside. 他粗暴地把我推到了一边。