万圣节奇遇记 第18期:午夜起大火(2)

 　　Bill carries Kelly outside.

　　比尔带着凯丽到了外面。

　　"Is everyone here?" asks Nick.

　　“所有人都在吗？”尼克问。

　　He counts. There are twenty people.

　　他数了数。有20个人。

　　The fire destroys the house and the evil¹ ghosts inside.

　　大火摧毁了房子以及里面的恶鬼。

　　Terrible noises come from the house.

　　屋里传来可怕的声音。

　　"This is the scariest² Halloween party of my life," says one of the boys.

　　“这是我一生当中经历过的最恐怖的万圣节了，”其中一个男孩说。

　　Megan and Bill are waking up Kelly.

　　梅格恩和凯丽正在唤醒凯丽。

　　She is still sleeping. But no one can wake her up.

　　她还在熟睡。但是没人能够唤醒她。

　　"Is she in a coma³?" asks Megan.

　　“她是昏迷了吗？”梅格恩问。

　　"I don't know," answers Bill.

　　“我不知道，”比尔回答说。

　　Everyone is standing⁴ near Kelly.

　　所有人都站在凯丽旁边。

　　"Oh. Kelly, please wake up," says Megan.

　　“哦，凯丽，请醒醒吧，”梅格恩说。

　　Suddenly it starts raining. There is thunder and lightning.

　　突然，开始下雨了。电闪雷鸣。

　　Kelly moves her head. "Where am I?" she asks.

　　凯丽摇了摇头。“我在哪儿？”她问。

　　"Oh, Kelly! You're Ok! I'm so happy," says Megan.

　　“哦，凯丽！你没事了！我很高兴，”梅格恩说。

　　"What's happening?" asks Kelly.

　　“发生什么了？”凯丽问。

　　Bill smiles and explains everything to her.

　　比尔微笑着把所有事情解释给她听。

　　"Do you believe in ghosts now?" asks Nick.

　　“你现在相信有鬼了吗？”尼克问。

　　Bill looks at him and slowly says, "Well... yes."

　　比尔看着他，迟疑了一下说，“好吧...是的。”

　　Then they all go home.

　　然后他们都回家了。

　　Kelly has some strange dreams that night.

　　凯丽那天晚上做了一个奇怪的梦。

　　The next morning she wakes up early.

　　第二天早上她很早就起来了。

　　Megan is still sleeping.

　　梅格恩还在睡觉。

　　She is happy to be home.

　　她很高兴回到家。

　　She gets up and goes to the bathroom.

　　她醒来后去洗了个澡。

　　She looks in the mirror and cannot believe her eyes.

　　她照了照镜子，她简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。

　　What can she see?

　　她看到什么了？

　　A red mark around her neck.

　　脖子上有红色的印记。

　　A mysterious voice in the mirror says, "When you play with fire, Kelly, you burn your fingers!"

　　镜子里传来神秘的声音，“凯丽，自讨苦吃啊！”

1 evil   

n.邪恶，不幸，罪恶；adj.邪恶的，不幸的，有害的，诽谤的

参考例句：

• We pray to God to deliver us from evil.我们祈求上帝把我们从罪恶中拯救出来。
• Love of money is the root of all evil.爱钱是邪恶的根源。

2 scariest   

使人惊恐的，吓人的，可怕的( scary的最高级 )

参考例句：

• This is the scariest story I ever heard. 这是我所听过的最可怕的故事。
• Still, it is rated as the scariest scene in the history of movies. 这个桥段仍被认为是影史上最恐怖的一幕。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年5月号

3 coma   

n.昏迷，昏迷状态

参考例句：

• The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
• She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

4 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。