英语灵异故事-Cottage(鬼屋) 07

I suddenly started to figure things out. That woman/ghost hated me because her husband kept watching me as I undressed! As a matter of fact, he watched my every move, I realized. She was jealous that her husband was staring at a young woman. The clerk at the hotel office had commented to me at check-in that we were one of the youngest couples she had ever seen there. She had said that most of the people that stayed there were retired¹, as there is a retiree resort very close to the hotel. I also remembered that in the guest book, most of the people had written that they were having a second honeymoon², or celebrating an anniversary. Just the manner in which most of the people wrote alluded³ to the fact that they were considerably⁴ older than us. He was a ghost pervert⁵!

我忽然开始明白了。那个女鬼之所以恨我是因为她丈夫总在我脱衣服的时候盯着我看！我意识到，他其实在窥视着我的每一个举动。丈夫盯着一个年轻的女人看，她为此感到嫉妒。旅馆办事处的工作人员在我们登记入住时告诉我，我们是她在那儿工作以来看到的最年轻的住客。她说住在那里的大部分人都是已经退休了的，因为离旅馆不远的地方有一个退休人员的度假胜地。我还记得大部分人在那本意见簿中写到他们正在二次蜜月或是庆祝结婚纪念日。大部分人书写的方式都暗示出他们的年纪要比我们大得多。那鬼竟然是个色鬼！

1 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

2 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。

3 alluded   

提及，暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• In your remarks you alluded to a certain sinister design. 在你的谈话中，你提到了某个阴谋。
• She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles. 她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。

4 considerably   

adv.极大地；相当大地；在很大程度上

参考例句：

• The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
• The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。

5 pervert   

n.堕落者，反常者；vt.误用，滥用；使人堕落，使入邪路

参考例句：

• Reading such silly stories will pervert your taste for good books.读这种愚昧的故事会败坏你对好书的嗜好。
• Do not pervert the idea.别歪曲那想法。