英语灵异故事-The House in the Field 01 荒野小屋 01

[00:21.90]The House in the Field
[00:29.98]荒野小屋
[01:00.67]I live in rural Virginia, and my high school,
[01:04.39]believe it or not,
[01:05.67]was in between two pastures
[01:07.64]in a very agrarian¹ area.
[01:12.29]Although I was never much into sports,
[01:15.44]I had a few friends who were,
[01:17.64]and several were on the cross-country running team.
[01:22.95]The course lay out for the cross-country track
[01:25.36]took a meandering² path around the school,
[01:28.38]then out into the pastures around the school
[01:31.12](with the permission of the farmers, of course).
[01:34.36]One part of the course took the runners
[01:36.64]past an immense old farmhouse,
[01:39.22]abandoned and dilapidated on the crest³ of a hill
[01:42.63]overlooking the school.
[01:45.19]There were, of course, rumors⁴ that it was haunted,
[01:48.96]but to my knowledge no one ever saw
[01:52.29]or heard anything there.
[01:54.93]It was just a big, old, spooky, abandoned house.
[01:59.64]At times,
[02:00.64]the CC runners did see someone poking⁵ around there,
[02:04.51]but it was obviously the owner of the property
[02:07.48]as they would see his truck parked in front of the place,
[02:11.71]and they could see that
[02:12.91]he was using the downstairs rooms to store equipment
[02:16.62]and surplus hay.
[02:18.85]That being said,
[02:20.53]I shall relate the story of my friend on the CC run,
[02:23.89]and the subsequent discovery made by myself
[02:26.88]and some intrepid⁶ companions one day...
[02:31.31]Her name was Candy, and she was on the CC team.
[02:35.42]She was hardly the star member, and would,
[02:38.88]unfortunately, often find herself running alone.
[02:43.23]That never dampened her spirits,
[02:45.91]however, and she remained on the team doing her part.
[02:50.17]One day, when as usual the pack had left her far behind,
[02:54.74]she found herself alone
[02:56.45]as she trudged⁷ up the hill towards the old house.
[03:00.08]Glancing up,
[03:00.97]she saw someone walk past an upstairs window.
[03:05.04]She thought nothing of it, of course,
[03:07.56]assuming it was the farmer.
[03:09.86]It didn't dawn on her until later
[03:12.26]that his truck was not in its usual place
[03:15.52]in front of the house.
[03:26.03]讲解
[05:43.27]语言点
[05:45.09]believe it or not  信不信由你
[05:52.42]a very agrarian area
[05:59.06]agrarian  土地的、农业的
[06:26.04]cross-country run  越野跑
[06:29.55]CC
[06:31.06]cross-country
[06:33.62]on the crest of  在...顶上
[06:37.79]on the top of
[06:39.83]to my knowledge  据我所知
[06:43.41]knowledge
[06:48.61]experience
[06:50.69]at times  有时
[06:55.97]sometimes
[06:58.16]that being said  那就是说
[07:04.10]that is
[07:05.62]that is to say
[07:07.75]subsequent  后来的
[07:14.58]consequent
[07:18.23]随之发生的、作为结果的
[07:28.21]His long illness and consequent absence
[07:31.18]put him far behind in his work.
[07:38.33]subsequent
[07:46.64]hardly  几乎不
[07:55.35]not
[08:02.77]was she
[08:04.68]wasn't she
[08:07.22]hardly
[08:13.25]some
[08:14.93]any
[08:17.50]doing one's part  尽自己的职责
[08:23.35]It didn't dawn on her until
[08:26.72]not...until...  直到...才...
[08:30.65]until
[08:32.35]not...until...
[08:44.73]until  到某个时候为止，之前一直在做
[08:51.34]I will wait here until the concert is over.
[09:21.69]谢谢收听

1 agrarian   

adj.土地的，农村的，农业的

参考例句：

• People are leaving an agrarian way of life to go to the city.人们正在放弃农业生活方式而转向城市。
• This was a feature of agrarian development in Britain.这是大不列颠土地所有制发展的一个特征。

2 meandering   

蜿蜒的河流，漫步，聊天

参考例句：

• The village seemed deserted except for small boys and a meandering donkey. 整个村子的人都像是逃光了，只留下了几个小男孩和一头正在游游荡荡的小毛驴。 来自教父部分
• We often took a walk along the meandering river after supper. 晚饭后我们常沿着那条弯弯曲曲的小河散步。

3 crest   

n.顶点；饰章；羽冠；vt.达到顶点；vi.形成浪尖

参考例句：

• The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
• He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。

4 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 poking   

n. 刺，戳，袋 vt. 拨开，刺，戳 vi. 戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• He was poking at the rubbish with his stick. 他正用手杖拨动垃圾。
• He spent his weekends poking around dusty old bookshops. 他周末都泡在布满尘埃的旧书店里。

6 intrepid   

adj.无畏的，刚毅的

参考例句：

• He is not really satisfied with his intrepid action.他没有真正满意他的无畏行动。
• John's intrepid personality made him a good choice for team leader.约翰勇敢的个性适合作领导工作。

7 trudged   

vt.& vi.跋涉，吃力地走（trudge的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He trudged the last two miles to the town. 他步履艰难地走完最后两英里到了城里。
• He trudged wearily along the path. 他沿着小路疲惫地走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》