英语灵异故事-Burning Down the House(烧毁房子) 04

When Michelle called the next day she wanted us to come over and do it again the next night and I told her that I wasn't going to do it. I looked at my sister and told her what Michelle wanted and she got a very weird¹ expression on her face but didn't answer me. I told Michelle that neither of us was going to come over. I hung up the phone and asked Kelly what was wrong and she said that when she was looking at me she had a vision² of a flash of fire go across my face. That really unnerved me. I almost called Michelle to tell her not to use the board that night but I changed my mind because I thought she would think we were nuts.

　　A few days went by and we hadn't heard from Michelle so I tried to call her. But when I called her the operator³ said that the number was not in service. I tried one of her girlfriends that lives a few doors down and found out some horrifying⁴ news. Michelle's house had burned down the night before. No one was hurt but her and her family were staying at her grandmother's house. I got the number and called her there. The rest of the story is what she told me happened.

第二天，Michelle打来电话，希望我们晚上去她家，再做一次占卜。我告诉她我不会再做了。我看着妹妹，告诉了她Michelle的想法，她的表情变得非常奇怪，但是她并没有回应我。我告诉Michelle我们俩都不会去的。我挂了电话，问Kelly发生什么事了。她说她看着我的时候，看到有一簇火焰在我脸上闪过。她的话让我焦躁不安起来。我差一点就要打电话给Michelle了，告诉她晚上不要用占卜板，但是我又改变了主意，因为我觉得她会认为我们发疯了。

　　几天过去了，Michelle一直没有和我们联系，所以我试着给她打电话。但是电话拨通后，接线员说我拨打的号码已经暂停服务了。我就去找她最好的一个朋友，她家和我们家只隔几户人家，她告诉了我一个可怕的消息。Michelle家的房子在前一天晚上被烧毁了，没有人受伤，但是她和家人现在住在祖母家。我记下了那里的电话号码，给她打去了电话。下面的故事是她告诉我的那天所发生的事情。

1 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

2 vision   

n.视觉，先见之明，光景，视力，眼力，幻想，影像；vt.幻想

参考例句：

• The wall cuts across our line of vision.那面墙挡住了我们的视线。
• Much reading has impaired his vision.大量读书损害了他的视力。

3 operator   

n.（机器、设备等的）操作员；电话接线员

参考例句：

• He is a computer operator.他是个电脑操作员。
• The telephone operator connected us.话务员给我们接通了电话。

4 horrifying   

a.令人震惊的，使人毛骨悚然的

参考例句：

• He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was. 他极力指出战争是多么的恐怖。
• The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate. 战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。