英语灵异故事-Robin's Revenge!? 01 复仇的知更鸟！01

[00:15.96]Robin's Revenge!?
[00:24.82]复仇的知更鸟！
[00:34.46]My brother Michael and our young friend Steven and I
[00:38.16]all lived in a neighborhood called Riverdale.
[00:42.11]Riverdale has housed generations of people
[00:45.68]and had a peculiar
[00:47.14]and sometimes unsettling "aura" about it,
[00:49.97]for lack of a better term.
[00:52.33]The three of us
[00:53.27]would often play in one of the neighbor's back yard.
[00:56.73]Woods as well as some scattered¹ homes
[00:59.38]surrounded the yard.
[01:01.27]The house that belonged to the yard
[01:03.12]was very old and dilapidated,
[01:06.69]literally dry rotting and falling in on itself at the center.
[01:11.75]An elderly couple still lived within.
[01:14.94]In the yard were muddy clumps² of grass,
[01:18.38]lots of hidden pieces of broken glass
[01:20.86]and roofing tiles that had slid to the ground
[01:24.10]and were just left there.
[01:26.50]The alluring³ part of the yard to us
[01:28.58]was a certain tree we named the "Office Tree."
[01:33.33]i.e. whomever climbed the highest,
[01:36.07]held the highest office.
[01:38.11]Michael and Steven were like squirrels
[01:41.22]and navigated⁴ the tree as such.
[01:44.00]I was "the fat kid"
[01:45.74]and chose to stay on "The Big Rock"
[01:47.89]that jutted⁵ out from the ground directly beneath the tree.
[01:51.70]Someone had spray painted a giant eight ball
[01:54.96]on the face of it.
[02:07.33]讲解
[03:42.22]My brother Michael and our young friend Steven and I
[03:45.91]all lived in a neighborhood called Riverdale.
[03:56.56]Riverdale has housed generations of people
[04:00.32]and had a peculiar
[04:01.74]and sometimes unsettling "aura" about it,
[04:04.58]for lack of a better term.
[04:18.99]The three of us
[04:19.91]would often play in one of the neighbor's back yard.
[04:27.92]Woods as well as some scattered homes
[04:30.35]surrounded the yard.
[04:37.36]The house that belonged to the yard
[04:38.97]was very old and dilapidated,
[04:42.45]literally dry rotting and falling in on itself at the center.
[04:58.48]An elderly couple still lived within.
[05:05.48]In the yard were muddy clumps of grass,
[05:09.01]lots of hidden pieces of broken glass
[05:11.39]and roofing tiles that had slid to the ground
[05:14.79]and were just left there.
[05:27.85]The alluring part of the yard to us
[05:30.02]was a certain tree we named the "Office Tree."
[05:40.41]i.e. whomever climbed the highest,
[05:43.22]held the highest office.
[05:51.52]Michael and Steven were like squirrels
[05:54.14]and navigated the tree as such.
[06:01.76]I was "the fat kid"
[06:03.45]and chose to stay on "The Big Rock"
[06:05.60]that jutted out from the ground directly beneath the tree.
[06:17.63]Someone had spray painted a giant eight ball
[06:20.81]on the face of it.
[06:38.82]语言点
[06:41.35]peculiar  奇特的，特殊的
[06:45.20]peculiar smell
[06:50.79]peculiar
[06:53.19]particular  独特的，特有的
[06:57.38]lack of  缺乏，缺少
[07:01.61]There is no lack of vegetable.
[07:05.82]lack  缺少
[07:09.21]in
[07:12.13]He lacks in experience as a teacher.
[07:20.76]be short of
[07:23.08]as well as
[07:27.17]and / in addition to
[07:31.53]The editors as well as the authors were working overtime⁶.
[07:42.24]as well
[07:48.87]too
[07:50.88]He mentioned other matters as well.
[07:55.83]belong to  属于
[07:58.44]belong
[08:02.02]to
[08:06.32]The book belongs to the library.
[08:09.63]i.e.
[08:15.75]e.g. / i.e.
[08:21.39]exempli gratia
[08:24.31]for example
[08:27.31]id est
[08:29.59]that is
[08:33.60]The best pupil in the class, i.e. Peter, won the prize.
[08:42.89]They keep animals, e.g. goats and cattle.
[08:55.21]My brother Michael and our young friend Steven and I
[08:58.91]all lived in a neighborhood called Riverdale.
[09:03.17]Riverdale has housed generations of people
[09:06.48]and had a peculiar
[09:07.84]and sometimes unsettling "aura" about it,
[09:10.82]for lack of a better term.
[09:13.08]The three of us
[09:14.07]would often play in one of the neighbor's back yard.
[09:17.39]Woods as well as some scattered homes
[09:20.16]surrounded the yard.
[09:21.93]The house that belonged to the yard
[09:23.85]was very old and dilapidated,
[09:27.06]literally dry rotting and falling in on itself at the center.
[09:32.26]An elderly couple still lived within.
[09:35.57]In the yard were muddy clumps of grass,
[09:39.09]lots of hidden pieces of broken glass
[09:41.67]and roofing tiles that had slid to the ground
[09:44.91]and were just left there.
[09:47.26]The alluring part of the yard to us
[09:49.42]was a certain tree we named the "Office Tree."
[09:53.32]i.e. whomever climbed the highest,
[09:56.70]held the highest office.
[09:58.92]Michael and Steven were like squirrels
[10:01.61]and navigated the tree as such.
[10:04.51]I was "the fat kid"
[10:06.29]and chose to stay on "The Big Rock"
[10:08.44]that jutted out from the ground directly beneath the tree.
[10:12.33]Someone had spray painted a giant eight ball
[10:15.60]on the face of it.
[10:23.92]谢谢收听

1 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

2 clumps   

n.（树、灌木、植物等的）丛、簇( clump的名词复数 )；（土、泥等）团；块；笨重的脚步声v.（树、灌木、植物等的）丛、簇( clump的第三人称单数 )；（土、泥等）团；块；笨重的脚步声

参考例句：

• These plants quickly form dense clumps. 这些植物很快形成了浓密的树丛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The bulbs were over. All that remained of them were clumps of brown leaves. 这些鳞茎死了，剩下的只是一丛丛的黃叶子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 alluring   

adj.吸引人的，迷人的

参考例句：

• The life in a big city is alluring for the young people. 大都市的生活对年轻人颇具诱惑力。
• Lisette's large red mouth broke into a most alluring smile. 莉莎特的鲜红的大嘴露出了一副极为诱人的微笑。

4 navigated   

v.给（船舶、飞机等）引航，导航( navigate的过去式和过去分词 )；（从海上、空中等）横越；横渡；飞跃

参考例句：

• He navigated the plane through the clouds. 他驾驶飞机穿越云层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The ship was navigated by the North Star. 那只船靠北极星来导航。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 jutted   

v.（使）突出( jut的过去式和过去分词 )；伸出；（从…）突出；高出

参考例句：

• A row of small windows jutted out from the roof. 有一排小窗户从房顶上突出来。
• His jaw jutted stubbornly forward; he would not be denied. 他固执地扬起下巴，一副不肯罢休的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。