英语灵异故事-Don't listen (切勿聆听) 05

I reached my door, flicked¹ on the porch light and immediately felt relieved. I took a moment to collect myself and blamed all of the incidents on my fear of the dark. However, before going inside I wanted to get my cat and have him sleep with me so that I wasn't alone. Facing my door and not the dark shapes of the yards bushes and trees behind me I called to him. "Kitty Kitty Kitty!" I waited, and felt a pang² of fear when my calls echoed back. My cat is usually in hearing distance and never takes long to come. Again, I ignored my fear and called again. This time I got an answer. "Come 'ere Baby!" and right behind me, as though the man was standing³ right there.... a deep, commanding voice said....

　　"Yes, come here!"

我伸手触到门，吧嗒一声把门廊上的灯打开，立刻感觉松了一口气。我略微镇定了一下，把所有这些事都归咎于我的怕黑。但是，进屋之前我得先找到猫，让它和我一起睡，这样我就不是孤零零一个人了。我面向门，背对场院里那些矮树丛和大树的黑影，开始叫它“咪咪，咪咪，咪咪！”我等了一会却只听到自己的回音，顿时感到一阵恐惧。我的猫一般不会离得太远，我一叫它很快就会回来。我再次忽略恐惧，又叫了一次猫咪。这次我听到了一声回答“到这来，宝贝！”声音就从我身后传来，好像他就站在我身后……他用低沉的命令口吻的声音说：

　　“是的，到这来！”

1 flicked   

（尤指用手指或手快速地）轻击( flick的过去式和过去分词 )； （用…）轻挥； （快速地）按开关； 向…笑了一下（或瞥了一眼等）

参考例句：

• She flicked the dust off her collar. 她轻轻弹掉了衣领上的灰尘。
• I idly picked up a magazine and flicked through it. 我漫不经心地拿起一本杂志翻看着。

2 pang   

n.剧痛，悲痛，苦闷

参考例句：

• She experienced a sharp pang of disappointment.她经历了失望的巨大痛苦。
• She was beginning to know the pang of disappointed love.她开始尝到了失恋的痛苦。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。