时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:英语灵异故事


英语课
[00:19.38]Snake Anut
[00:25.65]我的阿姨是条蛇
[00:34.69]The old man longed for children.
[00:37.56]But he and his young wife had none,
[00:40.98]so he invited his nephew to live with them.
[00:45.81]This infuriated his wife, who had a vile 1 temper.
[00:50.94]When her husband welcomed the young man
[00:53.19]with great affection,
[00:55.04]she turned pale with jealousy 2.
[00:58.13]Her eyes narrowed and her head flattened 3.
[01:03.73]And when she licked her lips,
[01:05.72]her nephew saw that her tongue was forked.
[01:11.42]From that day on,
[01:13.14]the young man spent as much time as possible
[01:16.33]with his uncle and tried to avoid his aunt.
[01:20.53]But she seemed to enjoy startling him,
[01:24.33]suddenly appearing when he least expected her.
[01:29.95]One evening,
[01:31.62]the nephew returned to the house quite late.
[01:35.25]He lit a candle and started up the stairs.
[01:39.02]Halfway up,
[01:40.33]he tripped on what seemed to be a coiled rope.
[01:44.11]Imagine his horror when that rope uncoiled
[01:48.97]and slithered up the steps in front of him!
[01:52.91]Then he saw it glide 4 across the hall
[01:55.56]and under the door of his uncle's bedroom.
[01:59.49]"Wake up! Wake up" the young man shouted,
[02:02.82]and he knocked on the door until his knuckles 5 hurt.
[02:07.84]But when his sleepy uncle finally let him in the bedroom,
[02:11.63]there was no snake in sight.
[02:23.38]讲解
[04:15.59]The old man longed for children.
[04:18.39]But he and his young wife had none,
[04:29.41]so he invited his nephew to live with them.
[04:33.16]This infuriated his wife, who had a vile temper.
[04:45.71]When her husband welcomed the young man
[04:47.80]with great affection,
[04:49.76]she turned pale with jealousy.
[05:00.27]Her eyes narrowed and her head flattened.
[05:05.99]And when she licked her lips,
[05:08.02]her nephew saw that her tongue was forked.
[05:22.48]From that day on,
[05:24.25]the young man spent as much time as possible
[05:27.32]with his uncle and tried to avoid his aunt.
[05:40.85]But she seemed to enjoy startling him,
[05:44.63]suddenly appearing when he least expected her.
[05:59.52]One evening,
[06:01.22]the nephew returned to the house quite late.
[06:08.42]He lit a candle and started up the stairs.
[06:12.08]Halfway up,
[06:13.52]he tripped on what seemed to be a coiled rope.
[06:25.73]Imagine his horror when that rope uncoiled
[06:30.40]and slithered up the steps in front of him!
[06:43.02]Then he saw it glide across the hall
[06:45.60]and under the door of his uncle's bedroom.
[06:56.92]"Wake up! Wake up" the young man shouted,
[07:00.22]and he knocked on the door until his knuckles hurt.
[07:13.77]But when his sleepy uncle finally let him in the bedroom,
[07:17.77]there was no snake in sight.
[07:47.20]语言点
[07:49.17]long for sth  渴望
[07:54.80]eager for
[07:56.74]People are longing 6 for peace.
[08:02.04]turn pale with jealousy
[08:12.16]sleep with the window open
[08:17.88]as much time as possible
[08:22.58]do sth as...as possible
[08:30.83]do sth as soon as possible
[08:37.50]as...as
[08:54.79]As tall as you.
[08:59.33]across the hall
[09:02.83]across
[09:07.04]across the road
[09:09.57]across the river
[09:16.77]along the road
[09:19.07]wake up
[09:25.78]get up
[09:34.66]谢谢收听

1 vile
adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的
  • Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢?
  • Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。
2 jealousy
n.妒忌,嫉妒,猜忌
  • Some women have a disposition to jealousy.有些女人生性爱妒忌。
  • I can't support your jealousy any longer.我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。
3 flattened
[医](水)平扁的,弄平的
  • She flattened her nose and lips against the window. 她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户。
  • I flattened myself against the wall to let them pass. 我身体紧靠着墙让他们通过。
4 glide
n./v.溜,滑行;(时间)消逝
  • We stood in silence watching the snake glide effortlessly.我们噤若寒蝉地站着,眼看那条蛇逍遥自在地游来游去。
  • So graceful was the ballerina that she just seemed to glide.那芭蕾舞女演员翩跹起舞,宛如滑翔。
5 knuckles
n.(指人)指关节( knuckle的名词复数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝v.(指人)指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝
  • He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘,握得指关节都变白了。
  • Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles. 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 longing
n.(for)渴望
  • Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
  • His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
学英语单词
-stat
2-phenylphenol
Almansis strain
analyticaldynamics
assertive behavior
athene noctua plumipes
balk at
barrow-wights
be caught red-handed
blue i.
booster hose support bracket
bottom outlet orifice
canned fish
ch'ang tzu
change-over switching
chromesthesias
claused bill of lading
cold sensitizer
common-law lien
container terminal
core samples
crick in the neck
critical software
dasyhelea curtiradialis
decomp
discous
dodecyl cyanide
dollar bills
double fugue
drip proof
dromomerycid
ethylene-trifluorochloroethylene copolymer fiber
extraneous pigmentation
fairness in taxes
flap position indicator
forecast-analysis cycle
fourlegged
galapagos island
galletting
gauge control
gray knight
have more sauce than pig
hegerties
helodium paludosum (sull.) aust.
in travail
kazatski
L. P. R.
liquorice ginger
Louisburgh
ludvigsens
lyon (lyons)
manufacturing information system support integrate
mapping device
meadow spikemoss
medium cut filter
millile seeker
moorthy
NDSF
nephrotomic plate
nonconfidence voting
nuts of an anchor
over-consume
over-walker
parent's liability for child's torts
passing place
permanganate method
permanganate value
petrosilexes
phaneuf
Pharyngostomum
plastic mold
plastic shield prebalelling
platelet aggregation test
plumbic ocher
polycondensate
pore-forming materials
positive law
positivist philosophy of science
preter-
quartz-fiber dosimeter
radio refraction correction
Rhynchites giganteus
sahaba
segmentectomy
set with
snare drum
sodium alphanaphthy-lamine sulfonate
spastic entropion
sporoderm
stochastic simulation
stokes derivative
structure index
sushi bar
thunderpeal
torsion twist crimping
transformer with ring core
turnover machine
underdispersive
upper plate
uro-ammoniac
Veronica sutchuenensis
yur