英语灵异故事-Guardian On The Road 03 路边天使 03

[00:21.89]Guardian On The Road
[00:27.17]路边天使
[00:38.17]The woman got into the front seat with mom
[00:41.79]and I just watched intently, waiting and waiting.
[00:46.62]They were jabbering¹ to each other a lot
[00:49.32]and I was starting to get irritated
[00:51.76]that I could not pick up even a word
[00:53.91]of what they were saying.
[00:55.86]My mom started driving in a direction
[00:58.70]I was not familiar with.
[01:01.33]It seemed to me we were getting farther and farther away
[01:04.69]from our direction of home.
[01:07.34]Then it dawned on me, the gas!
[01:11.45]We were almost on empty.
[01:13.92]I brought this to mom's attention
[01:15.96]and she looked a little disturbed too.
[01:18.77]She said for me not to worry,
[01:21.01]she would dig through her pennies
[01:23.22]if she had to get us home.
[01:25.47]Now please remember,
[01:27.80]this German women spoke² no English.
[01:31.80]Well I was still worried,
[01:34.39]but I knew mom always took good care of us
[01:37.80]so I tried to relax.
[01:39.97]We drove quite a ways on the freeway
[01:42.49]then pulled off onto an exit neither of us
[01:45.51]was familiar with at all.
[01:48.19]This woman directed her to an area we never knew of.
[01:53.27]When we finally reached this woman's home
[01:55.82]I was happy to know she would be exiting the car
[01:59.69]and we could just go home.
[02:01.84]She stepped out of the car
[02:03.33]and said something to my mother.
[02:05.72]Then she started walking up the walkway to the door
[02:09.56]of her quaint³ looking home.
[02:12.17]I said, "Let's go mom".
[02:14.27]But mom told me the woman had asked her
[02:16.94]to wait to make sure she could get in.
[02:31.83]讲解
[04:05.32]The woman got into the front seat with mom
[04:08.52]and I just watched intently, waiting and waiting.
[04:20.78]They were jabbering to each other a lot
[04:22.96]and I was starting to get irritated
[04:25.62]that I could not pick up even a word
[04:27.70]of what they were saying.
[04:35.72]My mom started driving in a direction
[04:38.41]I was not familiar with.
[04:41.33]It seemed to me we were getting farther and farther away
[04:44.45]from our direction of home.
[04:54.60]Then it dawned on me, the gas!
[04:58.25]We were almost on empty.
[05:05.02]I brought this to mom's attention
[05:07.10]and she looked a little disturbed too.
[05:09.87]She said for me not to worry,
[05:11.79]she would dig through her pennies
[05:14.15]if she had to get us home.
[05:25.74]Now please remember,
[05:27.62]this German women spoke no English.
[05:35.12]Well I was still worried,
[05:37.49]but I knew mom always took good care of us
[05:40.51]so I tried to relax.
[05:51.14]We drove quite a ways on the freeway
[05:53.63]then pulled off onto an exit neither of us
[05:56.52]was familiar with at all.
[06:06.09]This woman directed her to an area we never knew of.
[06:15.87]When we finally reached this woman's home
[06:18.35]I was happy to know she would be exiting the car
[06:22.29]and we could just go home.
[06:30.99]She stepped out of the car
[06:32.41]and said something to my mother.
[06:37.43]Then she started walking up the walkway to the door
[06:40.94]of her quaint looking home.
[06:48.65]I said, "Let's go mom".
[06:50.73]But mom told me the woman had asked her
[06:53.46]to wait to make sure she could get in.
[07:15.99]语言点
[07:17.92]front seat
[07:25.61]back seat
[07:32.91]bitch
[07:47.65]I don't want to ride the bitch.
[07:50.83]irritate  让…生气，烦燥
[07:55.21]The noise of the children was irritating me.
[08:02.05]be irritated with
[08:06.85]I am irritated with what happened yesterday.
[08:14.10]dawn  黎明，曙光
[08:19.12]dawn breaks  破晓
[08:23.15]the dawn of victory
[08:28.58]dusk  黄昏
[08:32.63]from dawn till dusk
[08:36.01]dawn
[08:38.15]It dawns on me that…
[08:43.45]It dawned on me finally that he was the killer⁴.
[08:51.74]walkway  人行道
[09:02.95]way
[09:04.63]driveway
[09:06.37]parkway
[09:10.06]Drive on the parkway, Park on the driveway.
[09:14.15]parkway
[09:27.66]driveway
[09:40.18]谢谢收听

1 jabbering   

v.急切而含混不清地说( jabber的现在分词 )；急促兴奋地说话；结结巴巴

参考例句：

• What is he jabbering about now? 他在叽里咕噜地说什么呢？
• He was jabbering away in Russian. 他叽里咕噜地说着俄语。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 quaint   

adj.古雅的，离奇有趣的，奇怪的

参考例句：

• There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里，有很多小巷。
• They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。

4 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。