英语灵异故事-Spooky Pursuing Motorists 04 追赶我的开车幽灵 04

[00:22.38]Spooky Pursuing Motorists
[00:32.43]追赶我的开车幽灵
[00:43.40]Over the next half hour, there were four more 'close- calls',
[00:47.80]but I think that I managed to remain hidden well
[00:51.38]enough behind trees and bushes
[00:54.06]and by keeping as far away from roads as possible.
[00:58.15]But in the distance I could still see it
[01:00.63]driving around the town in circles, as if looking for me.
[01:05.60]All I had to do was get home, lock my doors,
[01:09.45]get a baseball bat,
[01:10.71]ring my girlfriend and maybe 999
[01:14.67]and warn them of creepy prankster motorists stalking my town...
[01:20.97]But eventually of course
[01:22.96]I had to come back onto the roads, to get home.
[01:26.90]I sprinted³ across street after street
[01:29.53]and soon came to the police station.
[01:32.51]Police station was dark and empty
[01:35.39]as it was unmanned at this time of night
[01:38.71](it is only a small rural town).
[01:42.78]There the car was waiting,
[01:44.77]and I was suddenly caught in its headlights
[01:47.23]like a small animal frozen by headlights with shock and fear.
[01:52.11]This tale now takes its paranormal twist.
[01:56.57]Up until this point,
[01:58.64]I had assumed it was some youths playing a prank¹ with me.
[02:03.11]But one of them got out of the car (the passenger side).
[02:07.44]The horrific 'melted face' was just not human.
[02:10.92]The figure was clad all in white
[02:14.26]and was of a burly build, and stocky...
[02:17.75]but unfeasibly tall at the same time.
[02:21.53]I mean, really tall, like seven foot.
[02:25.09]And he started to race towards me;
[02:27.77]arms outstretched making a kind of wailing⁴, screaming noise.
[02:42.18]讲解
[04:28.44]语言点
[04:31.91]manage to do something  设法做成，努力完成
[04:38.89]After many times of failure,
[04:41.06]I finally managed to get the driver's license⁵.
[04:49.60]in the distance  在远处
[04:55.40]She stood in the distance over there.
[05:01.43]bat  球棒
[05:05.37]warn somebody of  警告/告诫某人…
[05:10.10]The police warned the old man of risks involved.
[05:18.07]creepy
[05:23.61]The way he looked at me was really creepy.
[05:31.84]prankster  爱开玩笑的人
[05:38.68]stalk
[05:45.91]We know the robber stalks his victims at night.
[05:56.35]sprint²  短距离的快速奔跑
[06:02.05]The thief sprint out the shop.
[06:08.26]paranormal
[06:17.48]There are many paranormal things in the world.
[06:24.97]twist
[06:31.61]The story ends with a strange twist
[06:34.48]- the detective turns out to be the murderer.
[06:44.25]play a prank with somebody
[06:50.87]clad
[06:53.85]clothe
[06:56.62]be clad in  披上，覆盖
[07:00.49]The angel is clad in clouds.
[07:06.77]stocky  指人矮而结实的，粗壮的
[07:13.35]unfeasibly
[07:35.58]英文原文
[07:38.48]Over the next half hour, there were four more 'close- calls',
[07:42.75]but I think that I managed to remain hidden well
[07:46.38]enough behind trees and bushes
[07:49.03]and by keeping as far away from roads as possible.
[07:53.40]But in the distance I could still see it
[07:55.75]driving around the town in circles, as if looking for me.
[08:00.86]All I had to do was get home, lock my doors,
[08:04.43]get a baseball bat,
[08:05.80]ring my girlfriend and maybe 999
[08:09.94]and warn them of creepy prankster motorists stalking my town...
[08:15.89]But eventually of course
[08:17.90]I had to come back onto the roads, to get home.
[08:22.01]I sprinted across street after street
[08:24.63]and soon came to the police station.
[08:27.63]Police station was dark and empty
[08:30.39]as it was unmanned at this time of night
[08:33.81](it is only a small rural town).
[08:37.84]There the car was waiting,
[08:39.84]and I was suddenly caught in its headlights
[08:42.21]like a small animal frozen by headlights with shock and fear.
[08:47.20]This tale now takes its paranormal twist.
[08:51.56]Up until this point,
[08:53.69]I had assumed it was some youths playing a prank with me.
[08:58.06]But one of them got out of the car (the passenger side).
[09:02.37]The horrific 'melted face' was just not human.
[09:06.17]The figure was clad all in white
[09:09.18]and was of a burly build, and stocky...
[09:12.58]but unfeasibly tall at the same time.
[09:16.29]I mean, really tall, like seven foot.
[09:20.30]And he started to race towards me;
[09:23.03]arms outstretched making a kind of wailing, screaming noise.
[09:34.71]谢谢收听

1 prank   

n.开玩笑，恶作剧；v.装饰；打扮；炫耀自己

参考例句：

• It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.人们认为火警报警器响是个恶作剧。
• The dean was ranking the boys for pulling the prank.系主任正在惩罚那些恶作剧的男学生。

2 sprint   

n.短距离赛跑；vi. 奋力而跑，冲刺；vt.全速跑过

参考例句：

• He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。
• The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。

3 sprinted   

v.短距离疾跑( sprint的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He sprinted for the line. 他向终点线冲去。
• Sergeant Horne sprinted to the car. 霍恩中士全力冲向那辆汽车。 来自辞典例句

4 wailing   

v.哭叫，哀号( wail的现在分词 )；沱

参考例句：

• A police car raced past with its siren wailing. 一辆警车鸣着警报器飞驰而过。
• The little girl was wailing miserably. 那小女孩难过得号啕大哭。

5 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。