英语灵异故事-Harold 02 哈罗德 02

[00:17.41]Harold
[00:21.99]哈罗德
[00:35.71]After a while, they decided¹ nothing was to be feared.
[00:40.34]Maybe a few bugs² or rats were living in the straw.
[00:44.36]So they went back to their old routine.
[00:48.65]Every day, they would take it outside,
[00:51.75]and bring it back in at night.
[00:54.61]Then they even started treated him badly again.
[00:59.68]One night, Alfred noticed something that scared him.
[01:04.44]"It looks like Harold is growing."
[01:07.37]"I was thinking the same," answered Thomas.
[01:10.67]"Maybe it's just our imagination.
[01:13.56]I think the elevation³ is getting to us."
[01:17.24]The next morning,
[01:18.99]they saw Harold stand up and walk outside,
[01:22.48]climb onto the roof, and he stayed there all night.
[01:27.74]In the morning, it came down and stood in the pasture.
[01:33.10]They got very scared and decided to flee.
[01:37.66]They took their cows
[01:38.62]and started heading back down for the valley.
[01:42.80]After going only a mile or so,
[01:45.82]they realized they had forgotten the milking stools.
[01:50.58]They knew they didn't have the money to replace them,
[01:53.74]so Alfred forced himself back to get them.
[01:57.10]"I'll catch up with you later. You just keep moving."
[02:01.33]After walking for a while,
[02:03.44]Thomas looked back at the hut and did not see Alfred.
[02:08.87]What he did see, however, horrified⁴ him.
[02:14.12]He saw Harold, on the roof of the hut,
[02:17.46]stretching out a bloody⁵ piece of flesh to dry in the sun.
[02:29.80]讲解
[04:19.72]After a while, they decided nothing was to be feared.
[04:24.36]Maybe a few bugs or rats were living in the straw.
[04:28.42]So they went back to their old routine.
[04:45.27]Every day, they would take it outside,
[04:48.34]and bring it back in at night.
[04:51.11]Then they even started treated him badly again.
[05:02.14]One night, Alfred noticed something that scared him.
[05:11.71]"It looks like Harold is growing."
[05:14.69]"I was thinking the same," answered Thomas.
[05:17.87]"Maybe it's just our imagination.
[05:20.91]I think the elevation is getting to us."
[05:37.24]The next morning,
[05:39.00]they saw Harold stand up and walk outside,
[05:42.39]climb onto the roof, and he stayed there all night.
[05:56.68]In the morning, it came down and stood in the pasture.
[06:06.09]They got very scared and decided to flee.
[06:15.38]They took their cows
[06:16.40]and started heading back down for the valley.
[06:24.70]After going only a mile or so,
[06:27.85]they realized they had forgotten the milking stools.
[06:38.32]They knew they didn't have the money to replace them,
[06:41.33]so Alfred forced himself back to get them.
[06:49.82]"I'll catch up with you later. You just keep moving."
[06:56.81]After walking for a while,
[06:58.82]Thomas looked back at the hut and did not see Alfred.
[07:14.76]What he did see, however, horrified him.
[07:24.03]He saw Harold, on the roof of the hut,
[07:27.20]stretching out a bloody piece of flesh to dry in the sun.
[07:51.05]语言点
[07:53.90]after a while
[08:01.74]in a while / in an instant / in a moment
[08:08.47]a mile or so
[08:13.03]or so  大约
[08:16.19]about
[08:18.93]or so
[08:22.35]about
[08:27.74]What he did see, however, horrified him.
[08:36.38]what he did see
[08:39.57]what he saw
[08:43.68]do
[08:45.08]do do sth
[08:50.15]however
[08:56.85]flesh  肉体
[09:04.94]meet
[09:13.37]pork猪肉 /  beef牛肉 /  mutton羊肉
[09:33.88]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 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 elevation   

n.高度；海拔；高地；上升；提高

参考例句：

• The house is at an elevation of 2,000 metres.那幢房子位于海拔两千米的高处。
• His elevation to the position of General Manager was announced yesterday.昨天宣布他晋升总经理职位。

4 horrified   

a.(表现出)恐惧的

参考例句：

• The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
• We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。

5 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。