英语灵异故事-Worst Three Years Of My Life 01 我这辈子最可怕的三年 01

[00:17.60]Worst Three Years Of My Life
[00:23.33]我这辈子最可怕的三年
[00:35.77]My haunting started in October of 1998
[00:40.43]and the ordeal¹ only ended
[00:42.61]when I moved out to go to college in 2000.
[00:46.64]When my family of four;
[00:48.30]Mom, Dad, my thirteen-year old sister A.J. and I
[00:53.01]first moved to Heber City, Utah from Salt Lake,
[00:57.50]we stayed in my grandma's house
[00:59.73]while we tried to find a home of our own.
[01:03.32]When a local Italian couple had an angry divorce,
[01:07.28]the bitter wife sold us their house for cheap.
[01:10.77]We assumed it was out of revenge.
[01:13.91]It might have been for other reasons though.
[01:17.04]When we moved in
[01:18.61]we found out everyone called it "The Mafia House"
[01:22.58]because the couple who had moved out
[01:25.21]had been involved in some very shady dealings
[01:27.77]with the Las Vegas Mafia,
[01:30.21]and a guy I knew
[01:31.48]who worked at the husband's restaurant in town
[01:34.35]confided in me that he once bragged² to him
[01:38.53]about having killed a man
[01:40.11]and gotten away with it back in Italy.
[01:44.20]The week before we moved in
[01:45.75]I had a nightmare every night for three days,
[01:49.65]where I would be sleeping in the basement bedroom
[01:52.32]I'd picked and something bad would happen,
[01:56.18]either rats, or a black fog or something ominous³.
[02:01.20]I told my Mom, but she laughed it off.
[02:16.40]讲解
[04:03.95]My haunting started in October of 1998
[04:08.76]and the ordeal only ended
[04:11.02]when I moved out to go to college in 2000.
[04:26.82]When my family of four;
[04:28.39]Mom, Dad, my thirteen-year old sister A.J. and I
[04:40.23]first moved to Heber City, Utah from Salt Lake,
[04:44.44]we stayed in my grandma's house
[04:46.44]while we tried to find a home of our own.
[05:00.40]When a local Italian couple had an angry divorce,
[05:04.43]the bitter wife sold us their house for cheap.
[05:17.74]We assumed it was out of revenge.
[05:21.01]It might have been for other reasons though.
[05:32.38]When we moved in
[05:33.51]we found out everyone called it "The Mafia House"
[05:44.26]because the couple who had moved out
[05:46.87]had been involved in some very shady dealings
[05:49.70]with the Las Vegas Mafia,
[05:58.03]and a guy I knew
[05:59.22]who worked at the husband's restaurant in town
[06:02.10]confided in me that he once bragged to him
[06:06.20]about having killed a man
[06:07.84]and gotten away with it back in Italy.
[06:25.32]The week before we moved in
[06:27.21]I had a nightmare every night for three days,
[06:36.61]where I would be sleeping in the basement bedroom
[06:39.47]I'd picked and something bad would happen,
[06:43.55]either rats, or a black fog or something ominous.
[06:58.73]I told my Mom, but she laughed it off.
[07:19.53]语言点
[07:21.56]It might have done…
[07:23.10]could / might / may / must + have done
[07:28.99]must have done
[07:36.81]may / might have done
[07:45.54]could have done
[07:58.03]must > could > may > might
[08:05.57]mafia  黑手党
[08:10.49]get away  逃脱
[08:16.03]at large
[08:20.18]The escaped criminal is still at large.
[08:27.68]every night for three days
[08:33.74]consecutive⁴
[08:40.33]It has rained for four consecutive days.
[08:53.62]My haunting started in October of 1998
[08:58.36]and the ordeal only ended
[09:00.57]when I moved out to go to college in 2000.
[09:04.59]When my family of four;
[09:06.17]Mom, Dad, my thirteen-year old sister A.J. and I
[09:11.24]first moved to Heber City, Utah from Salt Lake,
[09:15.67]we stayed in my grandma's house
[09:17.99]while we tried to find a home of our own.
[09:21.44]When a local Italian couple had an angry divorce,
[09:25.59]the bitter wife sold us their house for cheap.
[09:29.03]We assumed it was out of revenge.
[09:31.84]It might have been for other reasons though.
[09:35.06]When we moved in
[09:36.84]we found out everyone called it "The Mafia House"
[09:40.79]because the couple who had moved out
[09:43.12]had been involved in some very shady dealings
[09:45.88]with the Las Vegas Mafia,
[09:48.27]and a guy I knew
[09:49.59]who worked at the husband's restaurant in town
[09:52.37]confided in me that he once bragged to him
[09:56.48]about having killed a man
[09:58.14]and gotten away with it back in Italy.
[10:01.91]The week before we moved in
[10:03.72]I had a nightmare every night for three days,
[10:07.59]where I would be sleeping in the basement bedroom
[10:10.59]I'd picked and something bad would happen,
[10:14.38]either rats, or a black fog or something ominous.
[10:19.48]I told my Mom, but she laughed it off.
[10:28.96]谢谢收听

1 ordeal   

n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验

参考例句：

• She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
• Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。

2 bragged   

v.自夸，吹嘘( brag的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He bragged to his friends about the crime. 他向朋友炫耀他的罪行。
• Mary bragged that she could run faster than Jack. 玛丽夸口说她比杰克跑得快。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 ominous   

adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的

参考例句：

• Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。
• There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。

4 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。