英语灵异故事-A floating head and a cat 03 漂浮的女头，神秘的夜猫 03

[00:21.07]A FLOATING HEAD AND A CAT
[00:25.96]漂浮的女头，神秘的夜猫
[00:42.53]I had drunk¹ a lot of water earlier
[00:45.40]as it's important when coming into the mountains
[00:48.04]from sea level or a lower altitude not to drink alcohol
[00:53.25]but instead drunk a lot of water to stay hydrated
[00:57.09]and to help acclimate² to the high altitude.
[01:00.81]So with all this water in my belly,
[01:03.16]I found I had to get up a couple of times in the night
[01:06.98]and use the bathroom.
[01:09.29]The lights were off in the bedroom
[01:11.40]and the door was shut
[01:14.63]making the room very dark indeed,
[01:17.73]but still I could see a little bit.
[01:21.10]It was my second trip to the bathroom,
[01:23.95]maybe around midnight,
[01:26.58]and as I went to the bedroom door,
[01:29.21]I glanced down
[01:31.45]and saw a cat waiting to get out of the room.
[01:36.40]My father has no cats,
[01:38.92]has never had cats as he is allergic³ to them
[01:43.24]and as far as I know
[01:44.80]there has never been a cat in that house, ever.
[01:49.74]I could see the cat was striped
[01:52.41]and looked gray and white and maybe a little brown.
[01:57.76]It appeared motionless
[01:59.48]but was gazing⁴ at the door the way animals do
[02:03.72]when they want to get out
[02:07.46]but are being very patient about it.
[02:10.45]I thought I was dreaming and kept looking at this cat,
[02:14.71]rubbing my eyes,
[02:15.87]looking back down at it but it remained.
[02:20.25](Now it is important to the story
[02:22.87]that I mention that we also had brought our dog
[02:26.27]and he was asleep in the room with us
[02:29.95]and as far as I know,
[02:31.76]he was not awake)
[02:47.74]讲解
[05:03.59]语言点
[05:05.63]it's import to do sth.
[05:13.55]important
[05:18.56]it's necessary to do sth.
[05:24.28]it's ridiculous to do sth.
[05:30.55]it's important
[05:33.60]to do
[05:36.05]when
[05:45.94]instead  代替，改为
[05:53.76]I didn't have a pen, so I used a pencil instead.
[06:05.87]instead of
[06:08.59]instead
[06:10.96]instead of
[06:17.62]We'll ask Li Mei instead of Mary.
[06:25.80]as far as I know
[06:30.87]As far as I know, he has gone to town.
[06:40.70]As far as I am concerned.
[06:44.68]ever
[06:53.97]never
[06:55.99]never ever
[07:09.61]I will never ever do it again.
[07:36.54]I had drunk a lot of water earlier
[07:39.47]as it's important when coming into the mountains
[07:42.21]from sea level or a lower altitude not to drink alcohol
[07:47.33]but instead drunk a lot of water to stay hydrated
[07:51.24]and to help acclimate to the high altitude.
[07:54.91]So with all this water in my belly,
[07:57.23]I found I had to get up a couple of times in the night
[08:01.15]and use the bathroom.
[08:03.48]The lights were off in the bedroom
[08:05.57]and the door was shut making the room very dark indeed,
[08:11.49]but still I could see a little bit.
[08:14.50]It was my second trip to the bathroom,
[08:17.60]maybe around midnight,
[08:20.96]and as I went to the bedroom door,
[08:23.20]I glanced down
[08:25.48]and saw a cat waiting to get out of the room.
[08:30.47]My father has no cats,
[08:32.67]has never had cats as he is allergic to them
[08:36.90]and as far as I know
[08:38.87]there has never been a cat in that house, ever.
[08:43.82]I could see the cat was striped
[08:46.47]and looked gray and white and maybe a little brown.
[08:51.81]It appeared motionless
[08:53.78]but was gazing at the door the way animals do
[08:57.91]when they want to get out
[09:01.74]but are being very patient about it.
[09:04.71]I thought I was dreaming and kept looking at this cat,
[09:08.92]rubbing my eyes,
[09:10.15]looking back down at it but it remained.
[09:14.47](Now it is important to the story
[09:17.21]that I mention that we also had brought our dog
[09:20.50]and he was asleep in the room with us
[09:24.27]and as far as I know,
[09:26.06]he was not awake)
[09:36.57]谢谢收听

1 drunk   

adj.醉酒的；(喻)陶醉的；n.酗酒者，醉汉

参考例句：

• People who drives when they are drunk should be heavily penalised.醉酒驾车的人应受重罚。
• She found him drunk when she came home at night.她晚上回家时，经常发现他醉醺醺的。

2 acclimate   

v.使服水土，使习惯于新环境

参考例句：

• I help them acclimate to living in the U.S.我帮助他们适应在美国的生活。
• How much time does she need to acclimate?她需要多少时间才能适应？

3 allergic   

adj.过敏的，变态的

参考例句：

• Alice is allergic to the fur of cats.艾丽斯对猫的皮毛过敏。
• Many people are allergic to airborne pollutants such as pollen.许多人对空气传播的污染物过敏，比如花粉。

4 gazing   

n. 凝视 动词gaze的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• What are you gazing at? 你在凝视什么？stare指“睁大眼睛、目不转睛地盯着看”，如：
• The climbers stood on the top of the mountain, gazing at the splendid view. 登山队员们站在山顶，凝视壮丽的景色。