英语灵异故事-HICKAM AFB – House On Apollo Avenue 01 海卡姆空军基地——阿波罗大

[00:16.35]HICKAM AFB - House On Apollo Avenue
[00:25.81]海卡姆空军基地--阿波罗大道上的房子
[00:40.03]My mother, sister, and I
[00:42.21]have always been sensitive¹ to things not of this world,
[00:46.02]intuition, that sort of thing.
[00:49.40]Yet, nothing would have prepared me
[00:51.49]for what was in store for us next.
[00:54.46]My father was stationed at Hickam AFB in 1989.
[00:59.78]We took the house out on Apollo Avenue
[01:02.44]because it had air conditioning.
[01:05.10]Not long after living there, things began to happen.
[01:09.11]The front bedroom (at the end of the short hallway)
[01:12.92]was impossible to sleep in.
[01:15.58]It was my 8-month-old son's room,
[01:18.31]but he never slept in it.
[01:20.40]One night, my sister wanted to sleep in the room
[01:23.77]to see why he woke up screaming every time
[01:26.35]we put him in his crib fast asleep.
[01:29.82]That night, her blankets were pulled off
[01:32.44]and the room was extremely² cold.
[01:35.44]She pulled them up, and they were pulled off again.
[01:38.72]That happened once more
[01:40.32]before she said she couldn't take it anymore
[01:43.00]and came back to the bedroom we shared (all three of us).
[01:47.22]We always heard our names
[01:49.34]being called like someone was whispering³ in our ears.
[01:53.11]Mostly this happened
[01:54.76]as we were walking up and down the stairs.
[01:57.86]We saw a few ghosts during our stay there.
[02:01.22]I saw a woman in a black dress
[02:03.38]sitting in the upstairs bathroom at the end of the long hall.
[02:07.08]She looked sad and made eye contact with me
[02:10.43]as I reached the top of the stairs.
[02:12.70]My bedroom was right next to the bathroom;
[02:16.20]and not only did I have her staring at me,
[02:19.93]I had that uncomfortable feeling pouring out
[02:23.36]from the front bedroom. YIKES!
[02:36.96]讲解
[04:24.84]语言点
[04:27.05]this world  此生、今世
[04:31.43]He is not long for this world.
[04:36.92]things not of this world
[04:41.57]intuition  直觉
[04:48.43]this/that sort of thing
[04:53.28]these sort of things / things of this sort
[04:59.06]Nothing would have prepared me
[05:00.66]for what was in store for us next.
[05:04.99]would
[05:16.56]That would have been rather difficult.
[05:22.02]prepare somebody for something
[05:30.43]We need to prepare her for the news.
[05:36.75]in store  必将发生、就要来到
[05:41.71]There's trouble in store for her.
[05:47.11]station  驻扎、安置、配置
[05:55.61]The police were stationed outside the hall.
[06:01.37]Hickam AFB
[06:06.96]AFB = Air Force Base
[06:11.14]take  买下、租下
[06:19.10]He took the house for a year.
[06:24.59]air conditioning  空调系统
[06:28.40]crib  有围栏的婴儿床
[06:33.52]fast asleep  处于熟睡状态的
[06:38.25]mostly  多半、通常
[06:42.62]have somebody/something doing something
[06:49.98]She'll have you doing all the housework
[06:52.40]if you're not careful.
[07:09.73]I woke up in the night
[07:11.19]and found we had water dripping⁴ through the ceiling⁵.
[07:18.39]yikes
[07:32.72]My mother, sister, and I
[07:34.86]have always been sensitive to things not of this world,
[07:38.81]intuition, that sort of thing.
[07:42.08]Yet, nothing would have prepared me
[07:44.23]for what was in store for us next.
[07:46.78]My father was stationed at Hickam AFB in 1989.
[07:52.22]We took the house out on Apollo Avenue
[07:55.12]because it had air conditioning.
[07:57.66]Not long after living there, things began to happen.
[08:01.79]The front bedroom (at the end of the short hallway)
[08:05.46]was impossible to sleep in.
[08:08.16]It was my 8-month-old son's room,
[08:10.87]but he never slept in it.
[08:13.11]One night, my sister wanted to sleep in the room
[08:16.10]to see why he woke up screaming every time
[08:19.06]we put him in his crib fast asleep.
[08:22.22]That night, her blankets were pulled off
[08:24.88]and the room was extremely cold.
[08:27.78]She pulled them up, and they were pulled off again.
[08:31.11]That happened once more
[08:32.79]before she said she couldn't take it anymore
[08:35.45]and came back to the bedroom we shared (all three of us).
[08:39.99]We always heard our names
[08:41.82]being called like someone was whispering in our ears.
[08:45.55]Mostly this happened
[08:47.18]as we were walking up and down the stairs.
[08:50.41]We saw a few ghosts during our stay there.
[08:53.60]I saw a woman in a black dress
[08:55.68]sitting in the upstairs bathroom at the end of the long hall.
[08:59.56]She looked sad and made eye contact with me
[09:02.76]as I reached the top of the stairs.
[09:05.40]My bedroom was right next to the bathroom;
[09:08.67]and not only did I have her staring at me,
[09:12.28]I had that uncomfortable feeling pouring out
[09:15.46]from the front bedroom. YIKES!
[09:27.61]谢谢收听

1 sensitive   

adj.敏感的，灵敏的，过敏的，感光的

参考例句：

• He's very sensitive about his ugly appearance.他对自己丑陋的外貌很敏感。
• It's difficult to avoid stepping on her sensitive feelings.很难不伤害她脆弱的情感。

2 extremely   

adv.极其，非常，极度

参考例句：

• The film is extremely good,I just cannot miss it.这部电影太精彩了，我非看不可。
• The old man was extremely difficult to get along with.这个老人极难相与。

3 whispering   

adj.耳语的，爱拨弄是非的v.低声说( whisper的现在分词 )；私语；小声说；私下说

参考例句：

• They were whispering endearments to each other. 他们彼此低声倾吐着爱慕之情。
• He could hear whispering and scuffling on the other side of the door. 他能听见门那边的低语声和窸窸窣窣的走动声。

4 dripping   

n.滴；滴下；滴下物；油滴v.（使）滴下( drip的现在分词 )；滴出；含有；充满

参考例句：

• Her face was dripping with sweat. 她脸上汗水淋淋。
• His hand was dripping blood. 他的手在滴血。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 ceiling   

n.天花板；(规定价格、工资等的)最高限额

参考例句：

• It took more or less a whole day to paint the ceiling.粉刷天花板用了将近一整天的时间。
• A fly is on the ceiling.一只苍蝇在天花板上。