英语灵异故事-The Shadow 02 影子 02

[00:21.22]The Shadow
[00:25.19]影子
[00:32.92]When I asked my girlfriend
[00:34.68]to help me drag my mattress¹ down to the living room
[00:38.26]I discovered that she too
[00:40.69]had also grown extremely uncomfortable
[00:43.74]with the same section of the dwelling²
[00:46.16]and had experienced cold spots
[00:48.67]in front of the stairway and bathroom.
[00:52.83]By Thursday of that first week
[00:55.41]I returned home from classes
[00:57.39]to find her standing³ outside the apartment door,
[01:01.06]white as a sheet.
[01:03.89]It was not until I approached her
[01:06.12]that I noticed she was clutching my .45 caliber⁴ handgun
[01:10.51]in a death grip.
[01:12.62]I, of course, was quite troubled by this
[01:17.15]and asked her what was wrong.
[01:20.28]She explained to me
[01:21.75]that about 30 minutes before I arrived
[01:24.54]she had been in the process
[01:26.20]of preparing dinner for us in the kitchen
[01:29.23]when she heard extremely loud footsteps
[01:31.68]stomping up the stairs
[01:33.40]followed by the sound of a door
[01:35.24]being violently slammed shut
[01:38.01]and, fearing for her safety,
[01:40.81]grabbed the pistol and ran outside.
[01:45.32]I was skeptical⁵ at first
[01:47.79]but it quickly became obvious to me
[01:50.30]that she was clearly frightened
[01:52.66]and certainly believed what she was telling me
[01:55.65]as she steadfastly⁶ refused to reenter the dwelling
[02:00.71]until either I or the police
[02:03.80]had cleared it of possessing any potential danger.
[02:18.27]讲解
[03:36.39]语言点
[03:40.90]drag  拖，拉
[04:05.85]mattress  床垫
[04:11.65]section  部分，地域
[04:22.42]dwelling  住处，住宅
[04:32.45]stairway  楼梯
[04:36.32]find somebody doing something
[04:45.52]I found him standing by the river.
[04:50.74]Find her standing outside the apartment door.
[04:57.94]white as a sheet
[05:10.15]She went as white as a sheet when she heard the news.
[05:23.17]approach
[05:31.88]We approached the museum.
[05:35.92]Spring approaches.
[05:40.70]clutch  紧紧抓住
[05:46.41]grip  紧握
[05:49.32]in a death grip
[05:53.40]clutching my 45 caliber handgun in a death grip
[06:04.84]45 caliber handgun
[06:09.76]stomp  重重地踩踏
[06:14.94]stomp up the stairs
[06:21.30]pistol
[06:24.81]handgun  手枪
[06:29.52]skeptical  怀疑的，不相信的
[06:36.33]be skeptical  对…表示怀疑
[06:40.71]Many people were skeptical about this solution.
[06:49.91]steadfastly  坚定地,不动摇地
[06:56.60]She steadfastly refused to reenter the dwelling.
[07:11.03]potential  潜在的，有存在可能的
[07:18.55]potential danger  潜在的危险
[07:22.63]The hole in the road is a potential danger.
[07:29.82]potential danger
[07:31.92]ascertained danger
[07:54.80]When I asked my girlfriend
[07:56.50]to help me drag my mattress down to the living room
[08:00.27]I discovered that she too
[08:02.59]had also grown extremely uncomfortable
[08:05.64]with the same section of the dwelling
[08:08.06]and had experienced cold spots
[08:10.58]in front of the stairway and bathroom.
[08:14.80]By Thursday of that first week
[08:17.38]I returned home from classes
[08:19.38]to find her standing outside the apartment door,
[08:22.94]white as a sheet.
[08:25.86]It was not until I approached her
[08:28.12]that I noticed she was clutching my .45 caliber handgun
[08:32.40]in a death grip.
[08:34.58]I, of course, was quite troubled by this
[08:38.53]and asked her what was wrong.
[08:41.99]She explained to me
[08:43.45]that about 30 minutes before I arrived
[08:46.27]she had been in the process
[08:47.93]of preparing dinner for us in the kitchen
[08:50.98]when she heard extremely loud footsteps
[08:53.34]stomping up the stairs
[08:55.11]followed by the sound of a door
[08:57.28]being violently slammed shut
[09:00.11]and, fearing for her safety,
[09:02.71]grabbed the pistol and ran outside.
[09:07.25]I was skeptical at first
[09:09.81]but it quickly became obvious to me
[09:12.30]that she was clearly frightened
[09:14.74]and certainly believed what she was telling me
[09:17.58]as she steadfastly refused to reenter the dwelling
[09:22.64]until either I or the police
[09:26.01]had cleared it of possessing any potential danger.
[09:39.12]谢谢收听

1 mattress   

n.床垫，床褥

参考例句：

• The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
• The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。

2 dwelling   

n.住宅，住所，寓所

参考例句：

• Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
• He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 caliber   

n.能力；水准

参考例句：

• They ought to win with players of such high caliber.他们选手的能力这样高,应该获胜。
• We are always trying to improve the caliber of our schools.我们一直在想方设法提高我们学校的水平。

5 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

6 steadfastly   

adv.踏实地，不变地；岿然；坚定不渝

参考例句：

• So he sat, with a steadfastly vacant gaze, pausing in his work. 他就像这样坐着，停止了工作，直勾勾地瞪着眼。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
• Defarge and his wife looked steadfastly at one another. 德伐日和他的妻子彼此凝视了一会儿。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记