英语灵异故事-Devil's Point 04 恶魔的岬角 04

[00:15.76]Devil's Point
[00:23.29]恶魔的岬角
[00:35.01]Whatever it was couldn't be seen.
[00:37.70]The effect of its movement on the environment
[00:40.43]could be seen as well as heard.
[00:42.69]On a couple of its passes we allowed it to get within
[00:46.18]about 5 feet of us before we fired.
[00:49.62]This occurred like clockwork about every half hour
[00:53.58]until sunrise.
[00:55.72]To this day I am baffled¹.
[00:58.57]We have told several people about this,
[01:01.41]but to really know what it was like you had to be there.
[01:05.46]We didn't go to sleep that night
[01:07.77]and we never went back again either.
[01:10.86]My uncle and I have talked of this very often.
[01:14.98]Between the 2 of us and to a few people we have told,
[01:18.74]this spot on the river has gotten the title " Devils' Point ".
[01:23.82]I wish I knew what it was.
[01:26.56]The only thing we say about it
[01:29.17]is that we are very glad we had a gun with us,
[01:33.15]and we always wondered what would have happened
[01:36.56]if we would have just sat there and done nothing.
[01:51.03]讲解
[03:10.15]Whatever it was couldn't be seen.
[03:16.16]The effect of its movement on the environment
[03:18.82]could be seen as well as heard.
[03:27.00]On a couple of its passes we allowed it to get within
[03:30.44]about 5 feet of us before we fired.
[03:39.29]This occurred like clockwork about every half hour
[03:42.78]until sunrise.
[03:51.55]To this day I am baffled.
[03:57.93]We have told several people about this,
[04:00.70]but to really know what it was like you had to be there.
[04:14.33]We didn't go to sleep that night
[04:16.29]and we never went back again either.
[04:24.80]My uncle and I have talked of this very often.
[04:31.35]Between the 2 of us and to a few people we have told,
[04:35.43]this spot on the river has gotten the title " Devils' Point ".
[04:48.35]I wish I knew what it was.
[04:55.07]The only thing we say about it
[04:56.82]is that we are very glad we had a gun with us,
[05:04.82]and we always wondered what would have happened
[05:07.93]if we would have just sat there and done nothing.
[05:31.19]语言点
[05:33.86]a couple of
[05:35.92]couple
[05:40.20]The couple were married last week.
[05:47.13]a couple of  几个
[05:49.96]I have a couple of things to do.
[05:54.10]a couple of days
[05:57.14]occur  发生
[06:01.23]happen / take place
[06:03.81]Earthquakes occur frequently in this area.
[06:11.14]occur
[06:13.32]occur to  想到
[06:21.40]All of a sudden, a excellent idea occurred to me.
[06:30.70]It didn't occur to him that she would refuse his invitation.
[06:40.21]occur
[06:43.46]concur²  同时发生
[06:47.48]Wealth and happiness do not always concur.
[06:54.80]recur
[06:59.40]occur
[07:01.32]to
[07:04.44]Old memories often recurred³ to him.
[07:11.60]every
[07:14.15]Receive an injection every three days.
[07:20.20]every
[07:23.39]She visits her parents every few days.
[07:30.17]every other
[07:40.50]title  名字
[07:43.05]The title of the book is Pride and Prejudice.
[07:56.14]Whatever it was couldn't be seen.
[07:58.91]The effect of its movement on the environment
[08:01.54]could be seen as well as heard.
[08:03.84]On a couple of its passes we allowed it to get within
[08:07.21]about 5 feet of us before we fired.
[08:10.87]This occurred like clockwork about every half hour
[08:14.75]until sunrise.
[08:16.86]To this day I am baffled.
[08:19.60]We have told several people about this,
[08:22.54]but to really know what it was like you had to be there.
[08:26.68]We didn't go to sleep that night
[08:28.90]and we never went back again either.
[08:31.97]My uncle and I have talked of this very often.
[08:36.07]Between the 2 of us and to a few people we have told,
[08:39.85]this spot on the river has gotten the title " Devils' Point ".
[08:44.86]I wish I knew what it was.
[08:47.84]The only thing we say about it
[08:49.99]is that we are very glad we had a gun with us,
[08:54.39]and we always wondered what would have happened
[08:57.47]if we would have just sat there and done nothing.
[09:08.88]谢谢收听

1 baffled   

adj.带有障板的，阻挡的v.使困难，使为难( baffle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The question baffled me completely and I couldn't answer it. 这个问题把我彻底难倒了，我答不出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her question has baffled me. 她的问题把我难倒了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 concur   

v.同意，意见一致，互助，同时发生

参考例句：

• Wealth and happiness do not always concur.财富与幸福并非总是并存的。
• I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done.我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。

3 recurred   

再发生，复发( recur的过去式和过去分词 )； 治愈

参考例句：

• Old memories constantly recurred to him. 往事经常浮现在他的脑海里。
• She always winced when he recurred to the subject of his poems. 每逢他一提到他的诗作的时候，她总是有点畏缩。