英语灵异故事-The Boy On Chamber's Creek 04 善波河上的小男孩 04

[00:15.67]The Boy On Chamber's Creek
[00:22.11]善波河上的小男孩
[00:35.56]His eyes were hollow¹ and his mouth was open wide
[00:39.70]as if to scream but no sound came out.
[00:44.01]What really stood out and sent us into shock
[00:47.46]was that he had no nose. Then the train hit him.
[00:52.43]Both he and the train disappeared.
[00:54.99]We both looked at each other dumbfounded.
[00:58.51]Mike did not care about the rails coming down or not,
[01:02.38]he drove² as fast as he could to get home.
[01:05.63]After that, I couldn't go home and be by myself.
[01:10.09]I decided³ to sleep over at Mike's.
[01:13.16]We were terribly shaken up by it.
[01:15.84]We were in bed,
[01:17.51]still in shock and shaking out of our minds.
[01:21.42]We couldn't go to sleep but fell asleep eventually,
[01:25.09]when I was awoken by Mike asking me
[01:27.96]if I had called his name. I hadn't.
[01:31.78]I drifted⁴ back to sleep.
[01:33.92]Then I heard a little boy's voice call my name.
[01:38.43]I woke up Mike and asked him if he called me, he hadn't.
[01:44.46]We lay in bed staring up at the ceiling
[01:47.39]even more terrified⁵ then ever.
[01:50.35]All we heard now was our heart beats
[01:53.72]which sounded like drums.
[02:06.12]讲解
[03:30.68]His eyes were hollow and his mouth was open wide
[03:34.63]as if to scream but no sound came out.
[03:48.07]What really stood out and sent us into shock
[03:51.44]was that he had no nose. Then the train hit him.
[04:05.16]Both he and the train disappeared.
[04:07.83]We both looked at each other dumbfounded.
[04:19.77]Mike did not care about the rails coming down or not,
[04:23.37]he drove as fast as he could to get home.
[04:33.73]After that, I couldn't go home and be by myself.
[04:38.01]I decided to sleep over at Mike's.
[04:46.97]We were terribly shaken up by it.
[04:49.53]We were in bed,
[04:51.14]still in shock and shaking out of our minds.
[05:01.32]We couldn't go to sleep but fell asleep eventually,
[05:04.78]when I was awoken by Mike asking me
[05:07.69]if I had called his name.
[05:19.44]I hadn't.
[05:20.56]I drifted back to sleep.
[05:28.04]Then I heard a little boy's voice call my name.
[05:36.72]I woke up Mike and asked him if he called me, he hadn't.
[05:48.10]We lay in bed staring up at the ceiling
[05:50.88]even more terrified then ever.
[05:59.78]All we heard now was our heart beats
[06:03.21]which sounded like drums.
[06:19.28]语言点
[06:21.07]hollow  洞、山谷
[06:29.72]空的、凹陷的
[06:34.20]空洞的
[06:36.07]eyes were hollow  目光空洞、呆滞
[06:40.98]open wide  大开、全开
[06:46.10]The door / window is open wide.
[06:52.11]as if+从句/不定式  好像…似的，仿佛…一样
[06:59.76]stand out  突出
[07:06.75]outstanding  突出的、显著的
[07:11.30]She is an outstanding actress.
[07:17.00]send sb. into shock/joy/grief
[07:32.93]dumbfound
[07:41.04]by oneself
[07:47.87]sleep over  在…借宿
[07:54.02]忽视、不注意
[07:57.12]She slept over the trouble.
[08:02.75]at+sb.'s
[08:08.00]at Mike's
[08:11.14]at Green's
[08:14.10]at my uncle's
[08:18.10]shake up  震惊
[08:26.63]out of one's mind  不经意的、不受控制的
[08:31.89]in one's mind
[08:36.68]wake up  醒来
[08:40.51]wake up sb.  把某人弄醒
[08:45.24]sb. wake up  某人自己醒了
[08:49.82]beat  敲打、拍打、（心脏）跳动
[08:55.71]拍子、节奏
[08:57.94]heart beats
[09:19.01]谢谢收听

1 hollow   

adj.空的，中空的，空心的；空洞的，无价值的

参考例句：

• The boys scraped out a hollow place for planting trees.那些孩子挖了个坑准备栽树。
• Bamboo is a sort of hollow plant.竹子是一种中空的植物。

2 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。

3 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。

4 drifted   

漂( drift的过去式和过去分词 )； 吹积； 漂泊； 浮现

参考例句：

• The boat slipped its moorings and drifted out to sea. 船的系泊绳索滑落，船漂向大海。
• Cold and hungry, they drifted helplessly towards the Arctic. 他们又冷又饿，无助地漂向北极。

5 terrified   

adj.很害怕的，极度惊慌的，吓坏了的v.使恐怖，使惊吓，恐吓( terrify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• the crying of terrified children 小孩受了惊吓的哭声
• I'm terrified of flying. 我十分害怕坐飞机。