英语灵异故事-The Baby In My House 02 我房中的婴儿 02

[00:14.60]The Baby In My House
[00:28.00]我房中的婴儿
[00:41.50]It took us about a week to get settled,
[00:44.43]and then my dad moved in with my mom.
[00:48.04]Brad and I fixed¹ our side of the house up.
[00:50.95]I decided² to look around the house thoroughly³.
[00:54.23]I went to my mom's side first.
[00:56.56]After looking at all the rooms my mom had decorated,
[01:00.63]I noticed a closed door.
[01:03.08]My curiosity stirred, I tried to open it. Locked.
[01:07.99]When mom came back, I asked her about the room.
[01:11.78]Her eyes lost their glow, and filled with fear.
[01:15.77]It was locked when I found it.
[01:18.60]Apparently, a newly wed⁴ couple lived here once, long ago.
[01:24.50]Maybe 20 years ago.
[01:26.65]They had a baby, and that room was the baby room.
[01:30.37]The salesman said the baby died,
[01:32.61]although he didn't say how or why.
[01:35.77]As soon as the child died,
[01:37.68]the couple moved out; too many memories I guess, she said.
[01:42.33]I was stunned⁵. A dead baby?
[01:46.05]I didn't like the thought of it,
[01:47.75]although I tried my best to forget about it.
[01:50.78]After a couple of weeks,
[01:52.34]my whole family was having lunch in our living room.
[01:55.83]My mom asked me to get her something from her bathroom.
[01:59.19]As I walked to it, I passed her bedroom. The door was open.
[02:03.80]Out of the corner of my eye,
[02:05.81]I saw a baby playing with rattles⁶ on my mother's bed.
[02:09.55]I gasped⁷ and turned around.
[02:12.69]No baby there. I saw a small blue object on the bed though.
[02:31.79]讲解
[04:11.18]It took us about a week to get settled,
[04:14.07]and then my dad moved in with my mom.
[04:23.16]Brad and I fixed our side of the house up.
[04:26.17]I decided to look around the house thoroughly.
[04:36.60]I went to my mom's side first.
[04:41.16]After looking at all the rooms my mom had decorated,
[04:45.32]I noticed a closed door.
[04:52.73]My curiosity stirred, I tried to open it. Locked.
[05:02.38]When mom came back, I asked her about the room.
[05:09.75]Her eyes lost their glow, and filled with fear.
[05:17.18]It was locked when I found it.
[05:23.29]Apparently, a newly wed couple lived here once, long ago.
[05:28.78]Maybe 20 years ago.
[05:36.56]They had a baby, and that room was the baby room.
[05:43.95]The salesman said the baby died,
[05:46.22]although he didn't say how or why.
[05:54.13]As soon as the child died,
[05:56.02]the couple moved out; too many memories I guess, she said.
[06:08.13]I was stunned. A dead baby?
[06:14.13]I didn't like the thought of it,
[06:15.70]although I tried my best to forget about it.
[06:23.50]After a couple of weeks,
[06:25.31]my whole family was having lunch in our living room.
[06:33.32]My mom asked me to get her something from her bathroom.
[06:36.67]As I walked to it, I passed her bedroom.
[06:44.58]The door was open.
[06:45.79]Out of the corner of my eye,
[06:47.79]I saw a baby playing with rattles on my mother's bed.
[06:58.60]I gasped and turned around.
[07:01.70]No baby there. I saw a small blue object on the bed though.
[07:25.38]语言点
[07:28.37]stir  激起
[07:31.09]The news stirred him to action.
[07:36.96]搅拌
[07:38.51]stirrer
[07:41.62]Stirred the soup before tasting it.
[07:48.16]stir
[07:50.14]stir up  激起 / 挑起
[07:54.03]stir up a nest of hornets
[07:59.42]glow  光辉 / 发光，发热
[08:06.17]glow with health
[08:18.92]If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
[08:22.98]wed
[08:24.37]wedding  婚礼
[08:28.04]wed  嫁 / 娶
[08:33.29]marry
[08:34.56]newly wed  新婚
[08:37.28]wed one's daughter to sb.
[08:42.76]stun  大吃一惊，目瞪口呆
[08:47.20]be stunned by
[08:51.30]He was stunned by the sudden news.
[08:58.32]out of the corner of one's eye
[09:07.50]to squint⁸ at sth out of the corner of one's eye
[09:11.76]squint  斜视
[09:21.72]The rich man squinted⁹ at the old clothes
[09:24.49]out of the corner of his eye.
[09:36.86]谢谢收听

1 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 thoroughly   

adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地

参考例句：

• The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
• The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。

4 wed   

v.娶，嫁，与…结婚

参考例句：

• The couple eventually wed after three year engagement.这对夫妇在订婚三年后终于结婚了。
• The prince was very determined to wed one of the king's daughters.王子下定决心要娶国王的其中一位女儿。

5 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。

6 rattles   

（使）发出格格的响声， （使）作嘎嘎声( rattle的第三人称单数 )； 喋喋不休地说话； 迅速而嘎嘎作响地移动，堕下或走动； 使紧张，使恐惧

参考例句：

• It rattles the windowpane and sends the dog scratching to get under the bed. 它把窗玻璃震得格格作响，把狗吓得往床底下钻。
• How thin it is, and how dainty and frail; and how it rattles. 你看它够多么薄，多么精致，多么不结实；还老那么哗楞哗楞地响。

7 gasped   

v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 )；喘息；倒抽气；很想要

参考例句：

• She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
• People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 squint   

v. 使变斜视眼, 斜视, 眯眼看, 偏移, 窥视; n. 斜视, 斜孔小窗; adj. 斜视的, 斜的

参考例句：

• A squint can sometimes be corrected by an eyepatch. 斜视有时候可以通过戴眼罩来纠正。
• The sun was shinning straight in her eyes which made her squint. 太阳直射着她的眼睛,使她眯起了眼睛。

9 squinted   

斜视( squint的过去式和过去分词 )； 眯着眼睛； 瞟； 从小孔或缝隙里看

参考例句：

• Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel. 他把枪顶肩，眯起眼睛瞄准。
• I squinted through the keyhole. 我从锁眼窥看。