英语灵异故事-Great Grandma's Strange Story 01 曾祖母的奇怪故事01

[00:25.58]Great Grandma's Strange Story
[00:36.86]曾祖母的奇怪故事
[00:50.83]I love listening to my great-grandma's stories,
[00:54.27]so I didn't object when she started to tell me a story
[00:57.78]about one of her strange experiences
[01:00.14]over a glass of iced tea...
[01:04.74]My Great-Great Grand-dad died in 1918
[01:08.54]at the age of 48
[01:10.46]when he fell off of a galloping¹ horse.
[01:14.43]My Great Grandma was only 17 when this happened.
[01:18.96]The story goes that at the get together after the funeral,
[01:23.75]a strange man showed up.
[01:26.41]No one had seen him at the funeral,
[01:29.15]or anytime else for that matter.
[01:32.40]He stayed for a long time,
[01:34.57]hardly talking to anybody,
[01:37.10]and refusing to take off his coat and hat.
[01:40.90]When my Great-Great aunt pointed² out to this man that,
[01:44.49]for the life of her,
[01:45.62]she could not recall who he was,
[01:48.81]he became absolutely livid and ran from the house.
[01:53.48]You can imagine how strange this seemed to everybody.
[02:04.23]Curiosity got the best of Great grandma
[02:06.99]and she decided³ to follow this strange man
[02:09.98]outside to see where he had gone.
[02:13.51]She stepped outside
[02:15.20]and proceeded out into the middle of the yard,
[02:18.90]but she stopped short
[02:20.81]because the strangest sight met her eyes...
[02:25.04]the man was standing⁴ quietly on the roof of the barn,
[02:28.81]just about 5 yards away,
[02:31.16]illuminated only by the moonlight.
[02:34.67]She remembers that
[02:36.16]he had an unnatural⁵ gleam to his eyes,
[02:40.03]and when the clouds passed over the moon,
[02:42.95]and the night was pitch black, that gleam remained.
[02:55.91]讲解
[05:08.89]I love listening to my great-grandma's stories,
[05:12.33]so I didn't object when she started to tell me a story
[05:15.77]about one of her strange experiences
[05:18.44]over a glass of iced tea...
[05:32.91]My Great-Great Grand-dad died in 1918
[05:36.56]at the age of 48
[05:38.41]when he fell off of a galloping horse.
[05:51.38]My Great Grandma was only 17 when this happened.
[05:59.79]The story goes that at the get together after the funeral,
[06:08.38]a strange man showed up.
[06:13.74]No one had seen him at the funeral,
[06:16.27]or anytime else for that matter.
[06:26.51]He stayed for a long time,
[06:28.58]hardly talking to anybody,
[06:31.32]and refusing to take off his coat and hat.
[06:41.78]When my Great-Great aunt pointed out to this man that,
[06:44.86]for the life of her,
[06:46.45]she could not recall who he was,
[06:56.68]he became absolutely livid and ran from the house.
[07:06.04]You can imagine how strange this seemed to everybody.
[07:16.87]Curiosity got the best of Great grandma
[07:19.79]and she decided to follow this strange man
[07:22.53]outside to see where he had gone.
[07:32.12]She stepped outside
[07:33.68]and proceeded out into the middle of the yard,
[07:41.91]but she stopped short
[07:43.74]because the strangest sight met her eyes...
[07:54.42]the man was standing quietly on the roof of the barn,
[07:58.28]just about 5 yards away,
[08:00.59]illuminated only by the moonlight.
[08:14.27]She remembers that
[08:15.73]he had an unnatural gleam to his eyes,
[08:19.51]and when the clouds passed over the moon,
[08:22.15]and the night was pitch black,
[08:24.93]that gleam remained.
[09:01.61]语言点
[09:03.77]great-grandma  曾祖母、太姥姥
[09:14.52]Great-Great Grand-dad
[09:23.02]get together  聚集、积累
[09:28.36]Let's get together someday.
[09:33.79]get together
[09:38.03]take off his coat and hat
[09:42.82]take off  脱衣
[09:53.92]put on
[09:56.06]the best of Great grandma
[10:04.16]stop short  突然停止
[10:11.35]suddenly
[10:26.26]谢谢收听

1 galloping   

adj. 飞驰的, 急性的 动词gallop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The horse started galloping the moment I gave it a good dig. 我猛戳了马一下，它就奔驰起来了。
• Japan is galloping ahead in the race to develop new technology. 日本在发展新技术的竞争中进展迅速，日新月异。

2 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

3 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。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 unnatural   

adj.不自然的；反常的

参考例句：

• Did her behaviour seem unnatural in any way?她有任何反常表现吗？
• She has an unnatural smile on her face.她脸上挂着做作的微笑。