【大家说英语】 第365期:怪物疑云

 　　It is 8 p.m. My niece calls. 现在是晚上八点。我的侄女打来了电话。

　　She says there is a monster outside her apartment. 她说她的公寓外边有一只妖怪。

　　I don't believe her. She watches too many scary¹ movies. 我不相信她说的。她平常看了太多的恐怖电影。

　　But I walk to her house on foot. 但是我还是徒步走到她的家里。

　　I get to my niece's door and she opens it. She is scared. 我敲了我侄女的门，她把门打开了。她很害怕。

　　"Uncle E! Thank you for coming," she says. 她说：“E叔叔！谢谢你能来。”

　　"Where did you see the monster?" I ask her. 我问她：“你是在哪里看到的怪物？”

　　"I saw it at the back of the apartment building. “我在公寓楼的后边看到的。

　　But I didn't see it clearly. It was too dark," she says. 但是我没看仔细。天太黑了。”她说。

　　"It was big, and it was loud. It looked like a monster!" “它很大，而且发出的声音也很大。看起来像一个妖怪！”

　　I go to the back of the building. 于是我来到了公寓楼的后边。

　　I hear a noise. It is loud and scary. 我听到了一个声音。声音很大很吓人。

　　Then I see something big and dark. 之后我看到了一个很大的东西。

　　It doesn't look human. Is it a monster? 它看起来不像人类。是一个妖怪吗？

　　The thing comes closer. 那个东西朝我逼近。

　　Maybe my niece was right. Maybe it is a monster! 可能我的侄女是对的。可能它就是个妖怪！

　　I move back. Then I see something. 我向后移动。然后我看到了一件事情。

　　The monster is wearing shoes. And it is speaking English! 那个怪物正在穿鞋。而且它在说英语！

　　"Can you help me with this laundry²?" it asks. 它问道：“你能帮我拿下这些洗好的衣服吗？”

　　The monster moves into the light. 这个妖怪来到了灯光前。

　　It is covered with a sheet. 它身上穿着一件床单。

　　"These sheets keep falling down!" the monster says. 这个怪物说道：“这些床单一直往下掉！”

1 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？

2 laundry   

n.洗衣店，洗衣房；已洗好的衣物，待洗衣物

参考例句：

• Please send clothes to the laundry.请把这些衣物送往洗衣店。
• There's a lot of laundry in the basket.筐子里有许多要洗的衣物。