英语灵异故事-Ghost Light(鬼灯) 02

So, after being told this, three of my friends and I decided¹ to check it out. I thought it was a big waste of time considering it was a 2-hour drive to Jacksonboro, but my friends were very anxious to see a ghost. When I made it to Parkers Ferry Road, I did as I was instructed. I parked my car in the middle of the road with the 1-mile stretch in front of me. I shut off my car, flashed my lights 5 times, and waited. I must admit that this is a fairly creepy place. With the car lights off it is pitch black, and there is nothing around but woods. After about 2 minutes, I heard a faint roar² off in the distance soon accompanied by a soft train whistle that blew several times. I looked at my 3 friends to see if they were hearing the same and I could tell they were by the looks on their faces. No more than 30 seconds after hearing the train, a light appeared a fair distance up the road. It was a small light with a faint glow³ moving back and forth⁴ across the highway. I saw what seemed to be the shape of a lantern around the light. As the light moved back and forth, I could sometimes see the figure of a man holding the lantern. This went on for about 2 minutes and the light disappeared.

得知了这些事情后,我的三个朋友和我一起决定去探个虚实.我觉得要开两个小时的车去Jacksonboro简直太浪费时间了,但我的朋友们非常想看看鬼.开着车最后终于到了parker ferry路,我就像别人告诉我的那样把车停在了路中间,前面1英里左右的路我都能看清楚.我把车熄了火,车灯闪了五次,然后开始等.我得承认这个地方的确有点让人毛骨悚然.车灯没开的话这里就是漆黑一片,周围除了森林什么也没有.等了大概两分钟,伴随着远处微弱的火车声音,我听到了轻轻的火车的汽笛声,响了好几下.我望着我那三个朋友,想看看他们有没有听见,从他们的表情我就看得出来他们也听见了.听见火车叫以后不到半分钟,远处的路上就出现了一盏灯.灯很小,淡淡的光在公路上来来回回地转.根据光线,我可以看出那是像一个灯笼的形状.那盏灯来回地晃,有时候我也可以看到像是有一个人的影子,提着个灯笼.这样又过了2分钟,然后那盏灯就消失了.

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 roar   

n.吼，咆哮，轰鸣，喧闹；vi.吼叫，大声说出，喧闹；vt.呼喊，使轰鸣

参考例句：

• He began to roar when I took the chocolate away. 当我把巧克力拿走时，他大哭起来。
• The machines roar incessantly during the hours of daylight.机器在白天隆隆地响个不停。

3 glow   

n.白热光；激情；vi.发白热光，(身体)发热

参考例句：

• The sunset glow is just like a picture.晚霞恰如一幅图画。
• There was a dull red glow in the night sky above the steelworks.夜晚炼钢厂的上空闪着暗红色的光。

4 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。