英语灵异故事-Clubbing In The Afterlife(夜总会幽灵) 03

As I ran down the stairs towards the end of the Club I watched as she darted¹ behind the stage curtains. Thinking she must be scared of getting busted² and that she must be trying to steal something, I hurried after her! I flew through the curtain into the back stage area. I did not see her there so I began the search.

　　After a good 15 mins of searching in a relatively³ small area I figured she must have slipped out to avoid being arrested. I then walked back to the balcony. As I put my foot on the first step I heard voices coming from the front of the club. Now since my boss left and I know I am alone, I walked into the front thinking my boss had returned, when I got there was no one to be found, and weirdly⁴ the stereo⁵ was turned off (I usually leave it on while I am working).

　　I never saw the woman again but I always did hear voices from time to time, and the stereo or lights would go off without warning on their own. I never told my boss of the occurrences⁶ because I thought he might have me committed!

我跟着她一直跑下楼,跑到夜总会的尽头,看着她跑到了舞台幕布后面.我想她肯定是害怕被抓住了,而且她肯定是想来偷什么东西,所以紧跟在她后面.我撩起幕布跑到后台,可却没看见她,所以我开始四处寻找.

　　后台并不大,可我足足找了十五分钟也没有找到她,所以我想她肯定是偷偷溜出去以免被我抓住.于是我又回到阳台上的酒吧间.正要上楼的时候,我突然听见从夜总会前面传出了什么声音,当时老板已经走了,我知道就我一个人,所以便走过去看看是不是老板又回来了,可是却一个人也没看到.奇怪的是,我发现音响被关掉了(通常我工作的时候都会把音响打开。)

　　从此我再也没有看到过那个女人,可是我真的时不时会听到有些声音,而且音响或者灯有时会无缘无故地就关了.但我从来没把这些怪事告诉过我老板,因为我怕他会把我送进精神病院的.

1 darted   

v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了，瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 busted   

adj. 破产了的，失败了的，被降级的，被逮捕的，被抓到的 动词bust的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You are so busted! 你被当场逮住了！
• It was money troubles that busted up their marriage. 是金钱纠纷使他们的婚姻破裂了。

3 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

4 weirdly   

古怪地

参考例句：

• Another special characteristic of Kweilin is its weirdly-shaped mountain grottoes. 桂林的另一特点是其形态怪异的岩洞。
• The country was weirdly transformed. 地势古怪地变了样。

5 stereo   

adj.有立体视觉的，立体声的；n.固定形象，立体声

参考例句：

• She had the stereo on at full blast.她把立体声音响开到了最大音量。
• This program is being broadcast in stereo.这个节目正用立体声播放。

6 occurrences   

n.发生( occurrence的名词复数 )；出现；事件；发生的事

参考例句：

• Newspapers record the chief occurrences of the day. 报纸报道了当天发生的大事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• None of these occurrences should be considered as errors. 这些现象没有一个应该被看做错误。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓