万圣节奇遇记 第9期:废弃的古宅(2)

 　　The girls talk about the party.

　　女孩们在讨论这个聚会。

　　"How many chairs are there?" asks Kelly. "There are eight chairs," answers Megan.

　　“那里有几张椅子？”凯丽问。“有八张椅子。”梅格恩回答到。

　　"We must bring chairs from home. Fifteen of our friends are coming to the party," says Susan.

　　“我们得从家里带一些椅子过来。我们的15个朋友会来参加这个聚会，”苏珊说。

　　"I want to look at the old kitchen." "I want to look at the other rooms," says Megan.

　　“我想要看看古老的厨房。”“我想看看其它房间，”梅格恩说。

　　She walks down a long corridor¹.

　　她朝着一条长走廊往下走。

　　She finds three rooms with some old furniture. Then she opens a small door and enters a dark bedroom.

　　她发现三个房间都有一些古老的家具。然后她打来一扇小小的门，然后进入了黑黑的卧室。

　　There is a sweet smell of roses.

　　有一股玫瑰的芳香。

　　She sees a long black dress with small black buttons on a big bed.

　　她看见一件带有黑色小纽扣的黑色长裙在一张大床上。

　　On the floor she sees a pair of old black boots². They are wet!

　　在地板上，她看见了一双黑色的靴子。它们是湿的。

　　She looks outside the window. It is raining.

　　她往窗外看。下雨了。

　　She looks in an old mirror.

　　她看见一面古老的镜子。

　　Someone in the mirror is looking at her! Megan is afraid.

　　有人在镜子里看着她。梅格恩害怕了。

　　She wants to leave the room but her legs can't move.

　　她想离开房间，但是她的双腿动不了。

　　She wants to call Kelly and Susan. But she has no voice.

　　她想叫凯丽和苏珊。但是她喊不出声音了。

　　Suddenly Kelly calls her. "Megan, what are you doing?" Megan can't answer.

　　突然，凯丽叫她了。“梅格恩，你在干吗？”梅格恩不能回答。

　　Kelly and Susan run to the bedroom. "Megan, what's happening?"

　　凯丽和苏珊跑进卧室。“梅格恩，发生什么了？”

　　Megan's face is white. She points to the black dress and the wet boots.

　　梅格恩脸色煞白。她指着黑色的长裙和湿的靴子。

　　The girls are very surprised.

　　女孩们都很惊讶。

　　"Do you remember the old lady at the museum?" Megan whispers³.

　　“你记得那个在博物馆的老妇人吗？”梅格恩小声说。

　　"This is her dress and those are her boots. Look, they're wet!"

　　“这是她的裙子，这些是她的靴子。看，它们是湿的！”

　　"Are you sure that old lady exists⁴? Maybe it's your imagination⁵," says Kelly.

　　“你确定那个老妇人存在？或者是你的想象，”凯丽说。

　　Megan is angry. "It's not my imagination. This is Abigail Cross' house and these are her clothes.

　　梅格恩生气了。“这不是我的想象。这是阿比盖尔·克劳斯的房子，这些是她的衣服。

　　Abigail Cross is here!" "Abigail Cross is dead!" "But her ghost isn't!"

　　阿比盖尔·克劳斯在这儿！”“阿比盖尔·克劳斯已经死了！”“但是她的鬼魂没有！”

1 corridor   

n.走廊，回廊，通路

参考例句：

• The corridor opens into Mr.Brown's office.这条走廊通到布朗先生的办公室。
• There was a ring of laughter in the corridor.走廊里传来响亮的笑声。

2 boots   

n.擦靴人；长统靴（ boot的名词复数 ）；[品牌]博姿

参考例句：

• a pair of black leather boots 一双黑皮靴
• She scraped the mud off her boots. 她刮掉了靴子上的泥。

3 whispers   

v.低声说( whisper的第三人称单数 )；私语；小声说；私下说

参考例句：

• We spoke in whispers for fear that we might wake the baby. 我们轻声说话，以免吵醒婴儿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They spoke in whispers lest they should be heard. 他们低声耳语惟恐被人听见。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 exists   

v.存在( exist的第三人称单数 )；生存；（尤指在特殊的条件下或在特定的场所）发现；持续存在

参考例句：

• The plan, as yet, only exists in embryonic form. 这个计划迄今为止还只是在酝酿之中。
• The club exists on a shoestring budget. 这家俱乐部靠一点小钱艰难度日。

5 imagination   

n.想象力；空想，妄想；想象出来的事物

参考例句：

• He has plenty of imagination.他有丰富的想像力。
• You have a strong imagination.你的想象力很丰富。