英语灵异故事-Great Grandma's Strange Story 03 曾祖母的奇怪故事03

[00:26.24]Great Grandma's Strange Story
[00:34.76]曾祖母的奇怪故事
[00:56.50]Unfortunately, for the longest time
[00:59.21]my great-great grandma would find dead animals,
[01:02.38]like rabbits and squirrels,
[01:04.39]on the step to the back door,
[01:06.15]and strange hoof¹ prints
[01:07.97]were found circling the house,
[01:10.43]but it always seemed that
[01:11.78]there would be more prints
[01:13.16]below my great grandma's bedroom window,
[01:16.15]like something had been pacing just outside it.
[01:21.06]And on more than one occasion
[01:23.09]great grandma swore
[01:24.95]she could see those gleaming eyes outside
[01:27.87]when she was trying to get to sleep.
[01:31.96]The horses would cause a racket during the night,
[01:35.40]and when investigated
[01:37.65]they would be found dripping in sweat,
[01:40.37]tossing their heads and rolling their eyes wildly,
[01:45.11]and one of the weirdest² things
[01:46.93]was that the livestock³ would have bite marks
[01:49.36]on their ankles and tails, oddly enough.
[01:54.26]Now this could have been foxes or coyotes,
[01:59.09]but my great-great grandma knew better.
[02:02.07]The work of the devil, she'd say.
[02:05.62]If she was right, well,
[02:07.51]that's a scary thought isn't it?
[02:10.54]The odd occurrences stopped
[02:12.73]and as the hoof prints faded,
[02:14.80]and the bite marks on the cattle healed,
[02:17.63]my great grandma got over fright almost entirely⁴.
[02:23.12]Although she still gets a little uneasy
[02:26.07]when the clouds pass over the moon,
[02:28.28]leaving the night in total darkness.
[02:36.92]讲解
[04:38.97]Unfortunately, for the longest time
[04:41.54]my great-great grandma would find dead animals,
[04:44.58]like rabbits and squirrels,
[04:46.64]on the step to the back door,
[04:48.43]and strange hoof prints
[04:50.24]were found circling the house,
[04:52.84]but it always seemed that
[04:54.10]there would be more prints
[04:55.37]below my great grandma's bedroom window,
[04:58.41]like something had been pacing just outside it.
[05:31.25]And on more than one occasion
[05:33.69]great grandma swore
[05:35.57]she could see those gleaming eyes outside
[05:38.53]when she was trying to get to sleep.
[05:54.22]The horses would cause a racket during the night,
[05:57.84]and when investigated
[05:59.95]they would be found dripping in sweat,
[06:02.51]tossing their heads and rolling their eyes wildly,
[06:21.14]and one of the weirdest things
[06:22.99]was that the livestock would have bite marks
[06:25.42]on their ankles and tails, oddly enough.
[06:40.38]Now this could have been foxes or coyotes,
[06:45.23]but my great-great grandma knew better.
[06:48.22]The work of the devil, she'd say.
[07:03.23]If she was right, well,
[07:05.19]that's a scary thought isn't it?
[07:16.34]The odd occurrences stopped
[07:18.72]and as the hoof prints faded,
[07:20.50]and the bite marks on the cattle healed,
[07:23.13]my great grandma got over fright almost entirely.
[07:42.08]Although she still gets a little uneasy
[07:45.02]when the clouds pass over the moon,
[07:47.27]leaving the night in total darkness.
[08:14.11]语言点
[08:16.62]for the longest time
[08:38.41]pace  一步
[08:44.27]踱步
[08:51.23]pace a room
[08:55.41]on more than one occasion
[09:00.66]on one occasion  曾经, 有一个时候
[09:05.22]more than one
[09:10.76]this could have been
[09:13.13]could+完成时被动语态
[09:18.06]可能... 也许...
[09:24.97]should
[09:25.93]could
[09:30.19]uneasy
[09:39.76]uncomfortable
[09:51.70]uneasy
[10:06.59]谢谢收听

1 hoof   

n.(马，牛等的)蹄

参考例句：

• Suddenly he heard the quick,short click of a horse's hoof behind him.突然间，他听见背后响起一阵急骤的马蹄的得得声。
• I was kicked by a hoof.我被一只蹄子踢到了。

2 weirdest   

怪诞的( weird的最高级 )； 神秘而可怕的； 超然的； 古怪的

参考例句：

• Think of the weirdest, craziest shit you'd like to see chicks do. 想想这最怪异，最疯狂的屁事。你会喜欢看这些鸡巴表演的。
• It's still the weirdest damn sound I ever heard out of a Jersey boy. 这是我所听过新泽西人最为怪异的音调了。

3 livestock   

n.家畜，牲畜

参考例句：

• Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
• The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

4 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。