英语播客EnglishPod 466

 A:    Oh no!  The lights went out!  Honey can
       you light a candle?

 B:    Sure. What do we do now?

 A:    Well, we can just talk, you know, like we
       used  to.Hmm... I know! I’ll  tell  you  a
       scary story!  It happened to me and my
       dad when I was a teenager... (fade out -
       fade in new s I was living with my father
       at the time,  when he received a phone
       call. Hmm...  I know! I’ll tell you a scary story!  It hap-
       pened to me and my dad when I was a teenager...
       (fade  out  -  fade  in  new  scene) I was living  with
       my father at the time, when he received a phone
       call.

 B:    Hmm... I know! I’ll tell you a scary story!
       It  happened  to  me and  my  dad  when  I
       was a teenager... (fade out - fade in new
       scene) I was living with my father at the
       time, when he received a phone call.

       I was living with my father at the time, when he
       received a phone call.
 Father:   (phone  rings)  Hello? Yes this is him.
           I  see, I’m  sorry to  hear that. Ok no
           problem. I’ll be there shortly. (hang up
           the phone) Pack some clothes Tony, my
           great  aunt  is  very  ill  and  no  one  in  the
           family wants to take care of her. We are
           going to stay at her house for a few days.

 Kid:      Aunt? What aunt? I never knew you had
           a great aunt!

 Father:   Well, the family doesn’t talk about her or
           get near her, for that matter.

 Kid:      Why is that?

 Father:   Come on, we have to go.

 B:        So we arrived at this old house on the
           outskirts¹ of our town.  There was almost
           no one around and the  house  had  an
           eerie² look to it. Once inside the house,
           we walked to her room and I was  sur-
           prised to find my dad’s  great aunt in  a
           wheelchair,  yelling³ at someone,  but we
           were alone in the room.

 Father:   Hi, aunt Ursula! This is my son Tony.
 Ursula:   Why have you come? Why are you
           here? Don’t you know it isn’t safe? My
           time is near, he is coming for me.

 Kid:      Who is coming for you?

 Ursula:   The prince of darkness! The lord of
           the underworld, the tempter, the old ser-
           pent.

 Father:   Come on, aunt Ursula let’s  lay you
           down. You need to get some rest. Tony,
                     help me lay her down.

 B:        That  night,  we slept in one of the 12
           rooms of that big old mansion⁴. The trees
           outside seemed to come alive and their
           shadows formed ghoulish shapes on my
           bed.  All of a sudden, we heard scream-
           ing.

 Ursula:   (muffled distant screaming,  kid
           runs  towards  the  sounds  -  her  volume
           increases)  Ahhh! Get  off  me  beast! I
           won’t let you take me! Ahhh!
 Kid:      Dad!  Dad!  Something is attacking aunt
           Ursula!

Ursula: Take your claws off me! Go back
           to the underworld you demon⁵! I shall be
           judged before you can take me!

 Father:   The door is jammed! Stand back! (kicks
           the door down) Aunt Ursula!  Where are
           you?

 Kid:      Over here! (heavy breathing fx)
 

1 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

2 eerie   

adj.怪诞的；奇异的；可怕的；胆怯的

参考例句：

• It's eerie to walk through a dark wood at night.夜晚在漆黑的森林中行走很是恐怖。
• I walked down the eerie dark path.我走在那条漆黑恐怖的小路上。

3 yelling   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The coach stood on the sidelines yelling instructions to the players. 教练站在场外，大声指挥运动员。
• He let off steam by yelling at a clerk. 他对一个职员大喊大叫，借以发泄怒气。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 mansion   

n.大厦，大楼；宅第

参考例句：

• The old mansion was built in 1850.这座古宅建于1850年。
• The mansion has extensive grounds.这大厦四周的庭园广阔。

5 demon   

n.魔鬼，恶魔

参考例句：

• The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
• He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years.他多年来病魔缠身。