留学生在中国 第9期 Haunted House鬼屋

 　　Chapter 9 Haunted¹ Houses and Burning Money.

　　鬼屋和烧纸钱。

　　David:There are so many haunted houses in the Halloween.

　　万圣节里有好多鬼屋。

　　You:I have never been to a haunted house.It must be scary².

　　我从来没有到过鬼屋，一定很吓人。

　　David:Oh, maybe you wouldn't like it.

　　哦，可能你不太喜欢。

　　You:I don't like that kind of thing. I like to watch scary movies, but I don't like to go to haunted houses.

　　我不太喜欢那样的东西。我虽然喜欢看恐怖电影，但是我不喜欢去鬼屋。

　　David:In fact, they are not haunted.

　　实际上，这里并没有鬼。

　　You:I know that. They are just people there who pretend³ to be ghosts.

　　我也知道，是有人在那儿装鬼吓人。

　　David:Some people enjoy thing scary. Visiting a haunted house is one way. Another way for people to get scared is to go on a roller coast ride. A roller coast goes up and down in a circle, and it is very scary.

　　有些人喜欢恐怖的东西，到鬼屋去是一种方式，另外一种方式是坐过山车。过山车在铁轨上上上下下翻滚，因此很恐怖。

　　You:Yeah, I have heard that.

　　是的，我听说了。

　　David:I mean, many people like it. Is it popular in China?

　　我是说，许多人都很喜欢。这在中国也很流行吗？

　　No, we don't really have this in China. We do have a Halloween now. QingMing is a holliday in April.

　　不，我们这里这类东西不多。我们这里也有一个鬼节，就是四月份的清明节。

　　You:People make paper houses or paper ghost. They set them on fire as a gife for those who died.

　　人们会造纸房子和纸鬼，把它们放在火里烧，当成是给死人的礼物。

　　David:What was the day? what was it called?

　　这是什么节日，叫什么名字？

　　You:It's called QingMing in Chinese, the tomb-sweeping day. QingMing is a day for meople's making paper things and burn them to gieve them to the dead.

　　清明节，也就是扫墓节。这一天人们用纸糊成各种东西，烧给死去的人。

　　David:Oh, I see.

　　哦，原来这样。

1 haunted   

adj.闹鬼的；受到折磨的；令人烦恼的v.“haunt”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• There was a haunted look in his eyes. 他眼中透露出忧虑的神色。
• The country is haunted by the spectre of civil war. 内战仿佛一触即发，举国上下一片恐慌。

2 scary   

a.引起惊慌的；害怕的

参考例句：

• What animal do you think is the most scary?你认为什么动物最可怕？
• Are you afraid of scary movies?你害怕恐怖电影吗？

3 pretend   

vt.假装，假托，装扮；vi.假装，装作

参考例句：

• So you don't need to pretend,do you?所以你不必装假了，对吧？
• Many people pretend that they understand modern art.许多人装着自己懂得现代艺术。