英语灵异故事-Spooky Pursuing Motorists 03 追赶我的开车幽灵 03

[00:22.39]Spooky Pursuing Motorists
[00:32.41]追赶我的开车幽灵
[00:42.91]We reached her house without incident.
[00:45.52]I made her a drink and reassured¹
[00:47.77]that there is a rational explanation to everything.
[00:51.58]I even reassured myself.
[00:53.51]Once she had calmed down, she fell asleep,
[00:56.80]and I locked her doors from the outside
[00:59.73]and put the key back through the letterbox.
[01:02.87]I set off walking back to my own house.
[01:06.45]When I saw two glaring car headlights
[01:08.67]at the top of her street
[01:10.16](which I had not noticed a very short time earlier)
[01:13.33]I once again started to freak out.
[01:16.32]So I started to run in the opposite direction to the car,
[01:20.19]which was incidentally the opposite direction to my house.
[01:24.32]My heart was racing², but I didn't know why
[01:27.71] - there was just something strange about this car.
[01:31.70]I can't explain it in words.
[01:34.63]You could feel it, and so did my girlfriend.
[01:37.81]Now it was my turn to start panicking.
[01:41.31]I ran down a number of alleyways and snickets,
[01:45.30]gradually working my way
[01:47.42]around the outskirts³ of the town back towards my house,
[01:51.65]and at the same time trying to avoid the roads like the plague.
[01:55.13]There was nobody to be seen anywhere or any other cars.
[02:00.05]I really, really started to get scared
[02:03.30]when I came close to a road and the strange car rolled by.
[02:08.07]It was as if it was looking for me.
[02:11.20]I ducked down below a hedge
[02:13.38]and hoped that I hadn't been seen
[02:16.01](that is how serious it was getting),
[02:19.56]but before I did - I caught a quick glimpse of two fat faces
[02:24.21]with the 'odd expressions' my girlfriend had remarked on.
[02:29.31]The really were eerie⁴. Like, melted.
[02:33.68]I don't know how to put it into words.
[02:36.35]Perhaps they were wearing masks?
[02:39.13]Nevertheless, it continued to drive on by me,
[02:42.36]so I assumed that I remained unseen.
[02:45.18]But it must have been a close call.
[02:58.29]讲解
[05:02.39]语言点
[05:04.46]without incident
[05:10.79]In spite of my fears, the meal passed without incident.
[05:20.61]reassure  使安心，使放心，安慰
[05:26.97]The police reassured us
[05:28.49]that the incident will never happen again.
[05:36.57]be one's turn to do something
[05:41.75]It is your turn to clean the room this time.
[05:48.44]panicking
[05:49.59]panic
[05:58.21]Whatever happened, just don't panic.
[06:04.95]snicket  墙间过道
[06:12.90]work one's way
[06:19.07]We carefully worked our way in the jungle.
[06:26.45]avoid  故意回避，避开
[06:32.75]I tried to avoid the worst of the traffic.
[06:39.71]plague  瘟疫
[06:44.38]roll  汽车开动，行驶
[06:50.26]The bus slowly rolled backwards⁵ down the hill.
[06:57.45]duck  躲闪，迅速低头，弯腰
[07:06.16]He saw a policeman coming and ducked behind a car.
[07:15.72]catch a glimpse of  瞥见，看见
[07:19.87]I only caught a glimpse of his car.
[07:25.09]eerie  怪诞，奇怪
[07:31.26]a close call  勉强脱险，九死一生
[07:45.54]英文原文
[07:48.34]We reached her house without incident.
[07:51.01]I made her a drink and reassured
[07:53.37]that there is a rational explanation to everything.
[07:56.87]I even reassured myself.
[07:58.91]Once she had calmed down, she fell asleep,
[08:02.76]and I locked her doors from the outside
[08:05.48]and put the key back through the letterbox.
[08:08.80]I set off walking back to my own house.
[08:12.04]When I saw two glaring car headlights
[08:14.34]at the top of her street
[08:15.67](which I had not noticed a very short time earlier)
[08:19.05]I once again started to freak out.
[08:22.15]So I started to run in the opposite direction to the car,
[08:25.69]which was incidentally the opposite direction to my house.
[08:29.95]My heart was racing, but I didn't know why
[08:33.80] - there was just something strange about this car.
[08:37.62]I can't explain it in words.
[08:40.07]You could feel it, and so did my girlfriend.
[08:43.70]Now it was my turn to start panicking.
[08:46.69]I ran down a number of alleyways and snickets,
[08:51.16]gradually working my way
[08:53.06]around the outskirts of the town back towards my house,
[08:57.32]and at the same time trying to avoid the roads like the plague.
[09:00.68]There was nobody to be seen anywhere or any other cars.
[09:05.56]I really, really started to get scared
[09:08.80]when I came close to a road and the strange car rolled by.
[09:13.80]It was as if it was looking for me.
[09:16.77]I ducked down below a hedge
[09:19.03]and hoped that I hadn't been seen
[09:21.87](that is how serious it was getting),
[09:25.05]but before I did - I caught a quick glimpse of two fat faces
[09:29.98]with the 'odd expressions' my girlfriend had remarked on.
[09:35.01]The really were eerie. Like, melted.
[09:39.51]I don't know how to put it into words.
[09:41.96]Perhaps they were wearing masks?
[09:44.74]Nevertheless, it continued to drive on by me,
[09:47.94]so I assumed that I remained unseen.
[09:50.68]But it must have been a close call.
[10:00.98]谢谢收听

1 reassured   

adj.使消除疑虑的；使放心的v.再保证，恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. 在风暴中船长的信念使旅客们恢复了信心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The doctor reassured the old lady. 医生叫那位老妇人放心。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

3 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

4 eerie   

adj.怪诞的；奇异的；可怕的；胆怯的

参考例句：

• It's eerie to walk through a dark wood at night.夜晚在漆黑的森林中行走很是恐怖。
• I walked down the eerie dark path.我走在那条漆黑恐怖的小路上。

5 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。