英语灵异故事-Cottage(鬼屋) 03

As the day wore on, I became increasingly paranoid. I constantly felt like I was being watched. Especially while I was undressing or alone in one of the rooms. I began snapping at my boyfriend for no apparent reason. We got dressed up and went out for dinner, and everything seemed okay at first, but in the middle of dinner I began to feel strangely sick. I felt dizzy, claustrophobic and had an intense desire to get back to the cottage. My boyfriend had to practically carry me to the car. Upon returning to the cottage, I felt fine. That morning, I awoke and immediately began dressing¹, that paranoid feeling nearly consuming me. I got the same cold, creepy feeling that I was being watched. I went into the living room and noticed the ashes from the fire we had last night were scattered² all over the hard wood floor. I started to sweep them up, when I noticed a spiral notebook sitting on the coffee table. It turned out to be a guest book, where previous guests had written down their experiences in the place. As I read, I felt cold chills running up and down my arms.

随着时间一点点地过去，我变得越来越多疑，总觉得被人窥视着，特别是在换衣服或单独待在某个房间里的时候。我开始无端端地呵斥我的男朋友。我们换好了衣服，出去吃饭。一开始一切好像都很正常，但是吃到一半时我忽然奇怪地感到很不舒服。我头晕起来，好象得了幽闭恐惧症那样，急于要回到那小屋里去。我男朋友其实是把我抱回车上去的。一回到那小屋，我就好了。那天早上，我醒来后马上就开始穿衣服，那种极端恐惧的感觉差点把我吞噬。我又觉得自己被窥视着，感到不寒而栗、毛骨悚然。我来到客厅里，发现我们昨晚在壁炉里焚烧的灰烬撒了出来，硬质木地板上到处都是。我开始把它们打扫干净，这时我发现茶几上有一个螺旋型装订的活页簿。原来这是一本反馈意见簿，之前的房客在上面写下了他们住在这里时的经历。读着这本意见簿，我身上感到一阵阵地发冷。

1 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

2 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。