英语灵异故事-Four Chaps in the Library 03 图书馆的四个家伙 03

[00:15.10]Four Chaps in the Library
[00:22.57]图书馆的四个家伙
[00:37.97]Excessive gasps¹ left the mouths of Blake and Atkinson,
[00:42.60]whilst I myself remained silent and breathless.
[00:47.89]Rhodes-Fotheringham's features became hidden
[00:50.90]in the midst of an awful-smelling cloud of cigar smoke,
[00:55.54]providing an eerie² vision of his face,
[00:59.16]and at that moment I wondered
[01:01.23]whether he himself was a dreadful phantom³.
[01:06.02]"Anyway," he continued,
[01:08.64]with the smoke drifting in the direction of the fireplace,
[01:12.57]"this chap could stand it no longer
[01:14.95]and subsequently decided⁴ to take his own life
[01:18.16]by shooting himself in the head with a pistol.
[01:21.75]Now it is rumored⁵ that he himself haunts that house."
[01:27.93]His two companions seemed quite unsettled by this story,
[01:32.78]and as the flames crackled in the hearth
[01:35.73]they each took a copious⁶ mouthful of the brandy
[01:39.37]that was readily available nearby.
[01:43.13]Then Blake appeared to decide
[01:45.54]that he was not to be outdone by his friend.
[01:49.30]"That is a pretty gruesome tale, old chap,"
[01:52.52]he said in a quavering voice,
[01:55.36]"but allow me to relate the story of the man
[01:58.42]whose wife gave birth to an apparition⁷."
[02:01.26]"By Jove!" exclaimed Rhodes-Fotheringham,
[02:04.85]with peculiar⁸ puffed⁹ cheeks.
[02:07.38]He appeared to be somewhat perturbed
[02:09.95]by Blake's proclamation,
[02:12.42]and I noticed how agitated¹⁰ he became
[02:15.47]as his companion continued the tale.
[02:31.20]讲解
[04:00.09]语言点
[04:03.69]whilst = while  当……时候，同时
[04:13.41]特征、特色  feature
[04:20.00]脸的一部分/容貌
[04:22.46]feature  专栏
[04:27.32]特写
[04:29.25]电影正片
[04:31.64]midst  中部、中间、中央
[04:37.22]in the midst of sth.
[04:46.39]Evidently they were in the midst of a crisis.
[04:54.01]a…version of sth.
[04:59.37]another version of explanation
[05:05.59]in the direction of  在……方向
[05:10.39]in the direction of west
[05:15.26]subsequently = sub + sequent
[05:21.48]sub  下，在下；低于，次于，副；亚，次
[05:30.71]suburban（市郊的）
[05:33.85]subagency（分理处，代理分公司）
[05:38.97]sequent  持续而来的
[05:43.57]shoot sb. in the head  饮弹自尽
[05:58.03]shoot his head
[06:01.49]shoot himself
[06:04.36]shoot
[06:08.08]in / on
[06:15.41]the
[06:20.84]I friendly pat him on the back.
[06:27.88]a mouthful of sth.  一口…… 满口……
[06:37.03]-ful
[06:42.11]mouthful
[06:43.35]spoonful（一匙）
[06:46.34]handful（一把）
[06:50.24]pretty
[06:57.55]相当、非常
[07:00.38]relate
[07:01.89]使联系
[07:03.84]讲、叙述
[07:06.76]Jove = Jupiter  朱庇特
[07:14.98]by Jove
[07:20.07]Jesus
[07:43.94]Excessive gasps left the mouths of Blake and Atkinson,
[07:48.41]whilst I myself remained silent and breathless.
[07:53.90]Rhodes-Fotheringham's features became hidden
[07:56.85]in the midst of an awful-smelling cloud of cigar smoke,
[08:01.52]providing an eerie vision of his face,
[08:05.00]and at that moment I wondered
[08:07.30]whether he himself was a dreadful phantom.
[08:12.07]"Anyway," he continued,
[08:14.61]with the smoke drifting in the direction of the fireplace,
[08:18.57]"this chap could stand it no longer
[08:21.02]and subsequently decided to take his own life
[08:24.26]by shooting himself in the head with a pistol.
[08:27.98]Now it is rumored that he himself haunts that house."
[08:34.12]His two companions seemed quite unsettled by this story,
[08:38.97]and as the flames crackled in the hearth
[08:41.92]they each took a copious mouthful of the brandy
[08:45.49]that was readily available nearby.
[08:49.32]Then Blake appeared to decide
[08:51.66]that he was not to be outdone by his friend.
[08:55.46]"That is a pretty gruesome tale, old chap,"
[08:59.00]he said in a quavering voice,
[09:01.61]"but allow me to relate the story of the man
[09:04.46]whose wife gave birth to an apparition."
[09:07.48]"By Jove!" exclaimed Rhodes-Fotheringham,
[09:11.09]with peculiar puffed cheeks.
[09:13.70]He appeared to be somewhat perturbed
[09:15.97]by Blake's proclamation,
[09:18.39]and I noticed how agitated he became
[09:21.53]as his companion continued the tale.
[09:32.77]谢谢收听

1 gasps   

v.喘气( gasp的第三人称单数 )；喘息；倒抽气；很想要

参考例句：

• He leant against the railing, his breath coming in short gasps. 他倚着栏杆，急促地喘气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• My breaths were coming in gasps. 我急促地喘起气来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 eerie   

adj.怪诞的；奇异的；可怕的；胆怯的

参考例句：

• It's eerie to walk through a dark wood at night.夜晚在漆黑的森林中行走很是恐怖。
• I walked down the eerie dark path.我走在那条漆黑恐怖的小路上。

3 phantom   

n.幻影，虚位，幽灵；adj.错觉的，幻影的，幽灵的

参考例句：

• I found myself staring at her as if she were a phantom.我发现自己瞪大眼睛看着她，好像她是一个幽灵。
• He is only a phantom of a king.他只是有名无实的国王。

4 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。

5 rumored   

adj.传说的，谣传的v.传闻( rumor的过去式和过去分词 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• It is rumored that he cheats on his wife. 据传他对他老婆不忠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was rumored that the white officer had been a Swede. 传说那个白人军官是个瑞典人。 来自辞典例句

6 copious   

adj.丰富的，大量的

参考例句：

• She supports her theory with copious evidences.她以大量的例证来充实自己的理论。
• Every star is a copious source of neutrinos.每颗恒星都是丰富的中微子源。

7 apparition   

n.幽灵，神奇的现象

参考例句：

• He saw the apparition of his dead wife.他看见了他亡妻的幽灵。
• But the terror of this new apparition brought me to a stand.这新出现的幽灵吓得我站在那里一动也不敢动。

8 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。

9 puffed   

adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 )；喷着汽（或烟）移动；吹嘘；吹捧

参考例句：

• He lit a cigarette and puffed at it furiously. 他点燃了一支香烟，狂吸了几口。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-importance. 他觉得长大了，便自以为了不起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 agitated   

adj.被鼓动的，不安的

参考例句：

• His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定，回答全乱了。
• She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时，她十分焦虑。