英语灵异故事-The Boy On Chamber's Creek 02 善波河上的小男孩 02

[00:15.72]The Boy On Chamber's Creek¹
[00:22.15]善波河上的小男孩
[00:35.83]When I crossed the bridge over Chamber's Creek
[00:38.56]I was startled² to hear my iPOD go back on.
[00:42.20]I checked to see the battery³ and it wasn't even half empty.
[00:46.72]It was still full.
[00:49.11]My dashboard and head lights came back on.
[00:52.57]I was really confused⁴ and frightened that I didn't go home.
[00:57.66]Being a 20 year old girl
[00:59.54]that lives alone in a creaky apartment,
[01:01.93]I made the right decision
[01:03.58]to head over to my friend's apartment
[01:06.22]that only lives two minutes away.
[01:09.35]I explained to him what happened.
[01:12.02]Mike is also a firm believer in ghosts.
[01:16.60]He told me
[01:17.32]that I might have passed through "something" supernatural.
[01:20.89]He goes ghost hunting
[01:22.45]and he told me they send off electrical signals
[01:25.61]and drain⁵ off energy.
[01:28.24]For the next two weeks or so,
[01:30.10]I did not drive down that road.
[01:32.92]I rather take an extra 9-10 minutes
[01:35.90]passing through the city than to go through it again...
[01:39.34]or so I thought.
[01:41.49]My car was in the shop not too long ago;
[01:45.14]so I had Mike drop me off
[01:47.24]and pick me up from the hospital.
[01:49.78]On our way home, he decided⁶ to take Chamber's Creek.
[01:54.26]I thought it would be fine since I have someone with me.
[02:07.32]讲解
[03:35.26]When I crossed the bridge over Chamber's Creek
[03:37.73]I was startled to hear my iPOD go back on.
[03:49.18]I checked to see the battery and it wasn't even half empty.
[03:53.51]It was still full.
[04:02.38]My dashboard and head lights came back on.
[04:06.09]I was really confused and frightened that I didn't go home.
[04:18.83]Being a 20 year old girl
[04:20.57]that lives alone in a creaky apartment,
[04:23.08]I made the right decision
[04:24.80]to head over to my friend's apartment
[04:27.13]that only lives two minutes away.
[04:43.34]I explained to him what happened.
[04:46.49]Mike is also a firm believer in ghosts.
[04:56.16]He told me
[04:56.70]that I might have passed through "something" supernatural.
[05:00.23]He goes ghost hunting
[05:01.84]and he told me they send off electrical signals
[05:05.04]and drain off energy.
[05:20.97]For the next two weeks or so,
[05:22.80]I did not drive down that road.
[05:29.81]I rather take an extra 9-10 minutes
[05:32.36]passing through the city than to go through it again...
[05:35.67]or so I thought.
[05:44.36]My car was in the shop not too long ago;
[05:47.79]so I had Mike drop me off
[05:50.05]and pick me up from the hospital.
[06:00.05]On our way home, he decided to take Chamber's Creek.
[06:04.23]I thought it would be fine since I have someone with me.
[06:26.35]语言点
[06:28.63]startle  使…震惊
[06:34.57]not half
[06:40.05]not at all
[06:43.04]creak
[06:49.27]易做响的、破旧的
[06:52.46]over
[06:58.75]head over to…  朝着…而去
[07:02.67]head to
[07:11.25]His school is just 2 blocks away.
[07:17.75]His school is just 10 minutes away.
[07:26.42]believe  相信…
[07:32.57]in
[07:34.39]believe in sth./sb.
[07:38.92]believe
[07:42.31]in
[07:45.26]a believer in ghosts
[07:48.22]Christians' beliefs in Bible
[07:51.88]pass through  经过 / 经历了某事
[07:58.78]hunt
[08:04.06]hunt (for) sth.
[08:06.85]go sth. hunting
[08:09.32]hunt
[08:14.23]hunting
[08:18.72]job hunting
[08:21.45]house hunting
[08:25.01]send sth. off  发出 / 寄出、派遣、辞退、送行
[08:35.04]送行
[08:37.00]see off
[08:39.82]drain
[08:47.90]drain off  （使…）渐渐枯竭
[08:53.54]drop off  让…下车
[08:56.48]pick sb. up
[09:04.60]take
[09:06.26]Going to the rail station, you have to take the left road.
[09:23.52]谢谢收听

1 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

2 startled   

adj.受惊吓的v.使惊跳，使大吃一惊( startle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A crowd of 2000 was startled near the end of the concert. 2000名观众在音乐会将近结束时大吃一惊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Startled by the sudden whistle of the train, the horse broke away. 火车突然鸣笛，那匹马受惊脱逃。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 battery   

n.电池；一批；金属物件；群；【律】殴打

参考例句：

• He is charging a storage battery.他在为蓄电池充电。
• The battery has run down.电池用完了。

4 confused   

adj.困惑的，烦恼的

参考例句：

• They asked so many questions that they confused me.他们问了许多问题，都把我弄糊涂了。
• A wise man is never confused.智者不惑。

5 drain   

n.排水沟，阴沟；消耗，负担；v.排去，放干

参考例句：

• Drain off the rest of the wine from this barrel.把桶里剩余的酒排出去。
• First,you have to drain the container of all the old oil.首先，你得从油箱中把所有的陈油都抽去。

6 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。