英语灵异故事-Don't listen (切勿聆听) 01

My favorite pastime is swinging on a swing. Preferably at night when no one can see or find me, being my only means of escape from the tortures of a large family. (Some people climb onto the roof when they need to be alone, I swing.) My swing set is in the backyard of our old house underneath¹ a huge tree that I climb during the day. The yard is covered in bushes, fruit trees, and horse pastures. It's a very beautiful little place with light, but at night it's very quiet and rather morbid² with its antique design. (My house was built in the early 1900s). So all in all, I have a dark and sinister³ looking house on my right, a horse pasture with a looming⁴ tree on my left, and an enormous pine tree that grows higher than any house on the street with a failing street lamp glowing between it's drooping⁵ branches. Our yard is a labyrinth⁶!

我最喜欢的消遣方式是荡秋千。尤其是晚上，因为那时没人能看到或找到我，这是我逃避身处大家族的煎熬的唯一途径。（有些人想独处的时候会爬到屋顶上，而我选择荡秋千。）我的秋千架在我家老房子后院的一棵大树下，白天我会爬到那棵大树上。院子里满是灌木丛、果树和喂马的草地，有亮光的时候这里很漂亮，但到了晚上，万籁俱寂，加上这里旧式的设计风格，让人感觉很恐怖（我家的房子是20世纪初建的）。总而言之，到了晚上，我右边是个看上去很凶险的房子，左边的喂马草地上有个阴森森的隐约的树影，再加上一棵比街上所有房屋都高的松树，松树低垂的枝干间有盏破烂的路灯闪着光。我家的院子简直就是个迷宫！

1 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

2 morbid   

adj.病的；致病的；病态的；可怕的

参考例句：

• Some people have a morbid fascination with crime.一些人对犯罪有一种病态的痴迷。
• It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like.不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。

3 sinister   

adj.不吉利的，凶恶的，左边的

参考例句：

• There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋。
• Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives.他们的建议不仅一钱不值，而且包藏祸心。

4 looming   

n.上现蜃景（光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼）v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望

5 drooping   

adj. 下垂的，无力的 动词droop的现在分词

参考例句：

• The drooping willows are waving gently in the morning breeze. 晨风中垂柳袅袅。
• The branches of the drooping willows were swaying lightly. 垂柳轻飘飘地摆动。

6 labyrinth   

n.迷宫；难解的事物；迷路

参考例句：

• He wandered through the labyrinth of the alleyways.他在迷宫似的小巷中闲逛。
• The human mind is a labyrinth.人的心灵是一座迷宫。