万圣节奇遇记 第15期:恐怖大宅院(1)

 　　Chapter Seven The House of Horrors

　　第七章 恐怖大宅院

　　The five friends meet at eight that evening.

　　五个朋友在那天晚上见面了。

　　Everyone has a scary costume.

　　每个人都穿上了恐怖的服装。

　　Bill is a vampire¹. Nick is a skeleton. Susan is a ghost.

　　比尔是吸血鬼。尼克是骷髅。苏珊是鬼。

　　When they see Kelly's costume they laugh and say, "Good evening, Mrs Abigail Cross!"

　　当他们看到凯丽的服装时，他们笑着说，“晚上好，阿比盖尔·克劳斯夫人！”

　　They cover the old table with a paper tablecloth².

　　他们用一块纸桌布盖在旧的桌子上。

　　Then they put the food and drinks on the table.

　　然后他们把食物和饮料摆放在桌上。

　　They light the candles because there is no electricity.

　　他们点上了蜡烛，因为没有电。

　　Nick turns on his portable radio.

　　尼克打开他的便携式收音机。

　　Megan goes to the dark bedroom.

　　梅格恩去了那个幽暗的卧室。

　　She opens the door and looks inside.

　　她打开门看了看里面。

　　The black dress and black boots are not there.

　　黑裙子和黑靴子不在那儿了。

　　She is afraid, but she says nothing to her friends.

　　她很害怕，但是她没有告诉她的朋友们。

　　Soon their friends arrive.

　　很快他们的朋友都到了。

　　They all have scary costumes and masks.

　　他们都穿上恐怖的衣服，戴上恐怖的面具。

　　"Is this a haunted house? It's very spooky," they say.

　　“这就是闹鬼的房子？太令人毛骨悚然了，”他们说。

　　No one answers.

　　没有人回答。

　　Some boys and girls dance.

　　有一些男孩和女孩在跳舞。

　　Others eat, talk and laugh.

　　其他人则边吃边谈边笑。

　　Several hours pass. Everyone is happy.

　　几个小时过去了。每个人都很开心。

　　"It's a great party," they say.

　　“这个聚会太棒了，”他们说。

　　"It's time for the treasure hunt," says Bill.

　　“寻宝藏的时间到了，”比尔说。

　　"You all have different maps. Let's start."

　　“你们各自有不同的地图。开始吧。”

　　Everyone starts in a different room.

　　每个人都从不同的房间开始。

　　Some start in the kitchen, others start in the bedrooms.

　　有些人从厨房开始，有些人从卧室开始。

　　Kelly takes her torch and goes downstairs to the basement.

　　凯丽拿着手电筒到楼下的地下室去了。

　　She looks inside a big barrel.

　　她看见里面有一个大的桶。

　　It is very dark and Kelly is in the basement alone.

　　很黑，凯丽独自一人在地下室。

　　Suddenly there is a sweet smell of roses.

　　突然，有一股玫瑰的芳香。

　　She turns on her torch and she is terrified.

　　她打开手电筒，她很害怕。

　　The old lady from the museum is standing³ by the barrel!

　　在博物馆里的老妇人就站在木桶旁！

　　"You are not Abigail Cross. I am Abigail Cross.

　　“你不是阿比盖尔·克劳斯。我才是阿比盖尔·克劳斯。

　　Tonight is Halloween and you are in my house.

　　今晚是万圣节，而且你们在我的房子里。

　　On this night we spirits look for young bodies.

　　就在这个晚上我们的灵魂要寻找年轻的生命。

　　When we find a young body we can live again.

　　当我们发现鲜活的身体后，我们就可以活过来了。

　　At midnight my spirit enters your body.

　　午夜，我的灵魂将进入到你的身体内。

　　You must die so that I can live!"

　　你得死我才可以活！”

1 vampire   

n.吸血鬼

参考例句：

• It wasn't a wife waiting there for him but a blood sucking vampire!家里的不是个老婆，而是个吸人血的妖精！
• Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of vampire.由于听过许多有关吸血鬼的传说，孩子们晚上不敢去睡觉。

2 tablecloth   

n.桌布，台布

参考例句：

• He sat there ruminating and picking at the tablecloth.他坐在那儿沉思，轻轻地抚弄着桌布。
• She smoothed down a wrinkled tablecloth.她把起皱的桌布熨平了。

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。