英语灵异故事-Head On A Stick 03 木棍上的头颅 03

[00:17.75]Head On A Stick
[00:24.91]木棍上的头颅
[00:36.40]She watched him in the side mirror
[00:38.44]for as long as she could see him,
[00:41.08]which wasn't very long at all,
[00:43.86]he seemed swallowed by the night
[00:45.86]and she thought in the back of her mind
[00:48.21]how stupid he was to take this road,
[00:51.18]and hoped he would take a while
[00:53.90]so she could get some decent shut eye.
[00:57.26]While happily drifting off to sleep,
[01:00.03]she wondered if he'd be back before dawn,
[01:03.46]and also how on earth he would find help
[01:07.23]when they had seen no traffic on the main road anyhow.
[01:11.26]STARTLED, she awoke suddenly.
[01:14.33]"what was that?!",
[01:15.93]sleepy confusion was fogging her thoughts
[01:18.81]as she shook her head with the distinct impression
[01:22.47]that something had happened while she was asleep,
[01:26.12]something that woke her but now had passed or stopped.
[01:30.89]Peering out the windscreen
[01:33.34]and into the side mirror all she could see was darkness,
[01:37.83]darkness and more darkness.
[01:40.49]The night was as quiet as anything,
[01:43.25]hadn't she heard night noises before?
[01:46.03]why on earth was it so still and quiet now,
[01:50.27]surely something must of woken me!
[01:53.17]On edge and feeling cold
[01:56.09]and shaky from being pulled from such a deep sleep,
[01:59.82]she now wished she had of noted¹ the time
[02:03.09]when her boyfriend had gone for help.
[02:05.99]Checking her watch it seemed as though dawn
[02:09.09]was about to break through the trees at any moment.
[02:12.60]It was now 4.30am.
[02:15.13]When did he go? Must of been around 2.00am
[02:18.32]or 2.30 am surely?
[02:20.81]her mind started flipping² backwards³ to see
[02:23.64]if it could conjure⁴ up the memory
[02:26.31]of exactly what time he had left for help.
[02:30.35]"Well whatever time it was,
[02:32.64]it was ages ago
[02:34.14]and he should be coming back pretty soon",
[02:36.58]she quietly admitted to herself.
[02:50.95]讲解
[04:52.76]语言点
[04:55.07]the side mirror
[05:00.97]the rear-view mirror
[05:03.95]in the back of one's mind / at the back of one's mind
[05:11.88]She thought in the back of her mind
[05:14.31]how stupid he was to take this road.
[05:18.22]shut-eye  睡眠
[05:21.80]get some decent shuteye
[05:25.34]peer  凝视，盯着看，费力地看
[05:32.32]peer at the traffic lights
[05:37.18]peer / peek⁵ / peep
[05:44.97]peek  偷看
[05:55.11]peep  偷看
[05:58.48]as … as anything
[06:05.43]very
[06:09.68]The night was as quiet as anything.
[06:15.16]He is as fat as anything.
[06:22.04]Surely something must of woken me! 
[06:25.01]She now wished she had of noted the time
[06:28.24]when her boyfriend had gone for help.
[06:31.39]Must of been around 2.00am or 2.30 am surely?
[06:36.86]of
[06:40.15]have
[06:45.56]of
[06:48.12]have
[06:56.89]wish
[07:03.03]must have done
[07:06.64]on edge  紧张不安地
[07:09.98]conjure up  想象、想出
[07:14.13]ages
[07:19.93]I haven't seen you for ages.
[07:31.56]She watched him in the side mirror
[07:33.53]for as long as she could see him,
[07:36.53]which wasn't very long at all,
[07:38.99]he seemed swallowed by the night
[07:40.97]and she thought in the back of her mind
[07:43.37]how stupid he was to take this road,
[07:46.54]and hoped he would take a while
[07:48.79]so she could get some decent shut eye.
[07:52.17]While happily drifting off to sleep,
[07:55.17]she wondered if he'd be back before dawn,
[07:58.54]and also how on earth he would find help
[08:02.33]when they had seen no traffic on the main road anyhow.
[08:06.63]STARTLED, she awoke suddenly.
[08:09.57]"what was that?!",
[08:11.06]sleepy confusion was fogging her thoughts
[08:14.04]as she shook her head with the distinct impression
[08:17.65]that something had happened while she was asleep,
[08:21.27]something that woke her but now had passed or stopped.
[08:26.11]Peering out the windscreen
[08:28.53]and into the side mirror all she could see was darkness,
[08:33.00]darkness and more darkness.
[08:35.66]The night was as quiet as anything,
[08:38.40]hadn't she heard night noises before?
[08:41.18]why on earth was it so still and quiet now,
[08:45.45]surely something must of woken me!
[08:48.47]On edge and feeling cold
[08:51.05]and shaky from being pulled from such a deep sleep,
[08:54.70]she now wished she had of noted the time
[08:58.02]when her boyfriend had gone for help.
[09:00.84]Checking her watch it seemed as though dawn
[09:04.15]was about to break through the trees at any moment.
[09:07.90]It was now 4.30am.
[09:10.19]When did he go? Must of been around 2.00am
[09:13.83]or 2.30 am surely?
[09:16.19]her mind started flipping backwards to see
[09:19.16]if it could conjure up the memory
[09:21.52]of exactly what time he had left for help.
[09:25.34]"Well whatever time it was,
[09:27.78]it was ages ago
[09:29.47]and he should be coming back pretty soon",
[09:31.80]she quietly admitted to herself.
[09:41.51]谢谢收听

1 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

2 flipping   

讨厌之极的

参考例句：

• I hate this flipping hotel! 我讨厌这个该死的旅馆！
• Don't go flipping your lid. 别发火。

3 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

4 conjure   

v.恳求，祈求；变魔术，变戏法

参考例句：

• I conjure you not to betray me.我恳求你不要背弃我。
• I can't simply conjure up the money out of thin air.我是不能像变魔术似的把钱变来。

5 peek   

vi.偷看，窥视；n.偷偷的一看，一瞥

参考例句：

• Larry takes a peek out of the window.赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
• Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛，别偷看。