英语灵异故事-Harold 01 哈罗德 01

[00:17.39]Harold
[00:21.92]哈罗德
[00:34.74]Thomas and Alfred were two best friends.
[00:39.81]Whenever it got hot,
[00:41.66]they would take their cows up to a cool,
[00:44.31]green pasture in the mountains.
[00:47.14]Usually they stayed there with the cows all summer.
[00:52.27]The work there in the mountains was easy,
[00:55.70]but really boring.
[00:57.97]All they did was tend their cows all day.
[01:02.74]They would return to their tiny hut at night.
[01:07.05]Every night they ate supper,
[01:09.98]worked in the garden, and went to sleep.
[01:13.99]Then one day, Thomas said "Let's make a life-size doll.
[01:19.51]We can put it in the garden and use it as a scarecrow."
[01:24.41]There was a farmer they both hated named Harold,
[01:28.54]so they decided¹ to name the doll Harold
[01:31.75]and make it look like him.
[01:34.80]They made it out of straw
[01:36.80]and gave it a pointy nose and tiny eyes, like Harold's.
[01:43.24]Day after day,
[01:44.52]they would tie Harold to a pole in the garden
[01:47.38]to scare away the birds.
[01:50.15]They brought it in the house every night.
[01:52.80]Sometimes, they would talk to it,
[01:55.83]saying things like "How's it going?"
[01:58.99]And the other would say in a weird² voice "Not good."
[02:04.30]Of course, Harold wouldn't appreciate it.
[02:08.91]When they were in a bad mood,
[02:11.06]they would even curse at him or kick him.
[02:14.86]A while later,
[02:16.07]when Thomas was taking out his anger on Harold,
[02:19.62]Alfred swore he heard the doll grunt³.
[02:23.45]"Did you hear that? Harold grunted⁴!"
[02:27.26]"Impossible, he's just a sack of straw," replied Thomas.
[02:33.50]Alfred dismissed it,
[02:35.42]but they both stopped talking to it,
[02:38.01]kicking it, or even touching⁵ it,
[02:40.09]they just left him neglected in the corner of the room.
[02:54.33]讲解
[05:07.23]Thomas and Alfred were two best friends.
[05:15.20]Whenever it got hot,
[05:16.65]they would take their cows up to a cool,
[05:19.53]green pasture in the mountains.
[05:27.49]Usually they stayed there with the cows all summer.
[05:34.61]The work there in the mountains was easy,
[05:37.67]but really boring.
[05:44.64]All they did was tend their cows all day.
[05:48.48]They would return to their tiny hut at night.
[05:57.26]Every night they ate supper,
[05:59.99]worked in the garden, and went to sleep.
[06:07.58]Then one day, Thomas said "Let's make a life-size doll.
[06:13.03]We can put it in the garden and use it as a scarecrow."
[06:25.49]There was a farmer they both hated named Harold,
[06:29.50]so they decided to name the doll Harold
[06:32.48]and make it look like him.
[06:47.11]They made it out of straw
[06:48.73]and gave it a pointy nose and tiny eyes, like Harold's.
[07:01.37]Day after day,
[07:02.41]they would tie Harold to a pole in the garden
[07:05.26]to scare away the birds.
[07:07.61]They brought it in the house every night.
[07:18.99]Sometimes, they would talk to it,
[07:21.35]saying things like "How's it going?"
[07:24.15]And the other would say in a weird voice "Not good."
[07:37.20]Of course, Harold wouldn't appreciate it.
[07:45.37]When they were in a bad mood,
[07:47.14]they would even curse at him or kick him.
[07:55.78]A while later,
[07:56.71]when Thomas was taking out his anger on Harold,
[08:00.37]Alfred swore he heard the doll grunt.
[08:13.28]"Did you hear that? Harold grunted!"
[08:16.59]"Impossible, he's just a sack of straw," replied Thomas.
[08:31.28]Alfred dismissed it,
[08:32.82]but they both stopped talking to it,
[08:34.98]kicking it, or even touching it,
[08:37.23]they just left him neglected in the corner of the room.
[08:55.98]语言点
[08:57.48]How's it going?
[09:01.33]How are you?
[09:02.39]Fine, thanks.
[09:05.75]How's going?
[09:07.86]Quite good.
[09:10.54]What's up?
[09:11.29]Not much.
[09:14.25]in a bad mood
[09:18.41]unhappy
[09:21.88]in a good mood
[09:25.41]stop talking
[09:27.69]stop doing
[09:29.06]stop to do
[09:31.96]stop doing
[09:37.81]stop to do
[09:53.44]谢谢收听

1 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。

2 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

3 grunt   

v.嘟哝；作呼噜声；n.呼噜声，嘟哝

参考例句：

• He lifted the heavy suitcase with a grunt.他咕噜着把沉重的提箱拎了起来。
• I ask him what he think,but he just grunt.我问他在想什麽，他只哼了一声。

4 grunted   

（猪等）作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 )； （指人）发出类似的哼声； 咕哝着说

参考例句：

• She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声，继续看书，不屑抬起头来看一眼。
• She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。

5 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。