时间:2019-01-06 作者:英语课 分类:阅读空间


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    近期发表的一份名为《边缘科学怪异报告》称,英国在去年共经历了227起“超自然事件”,是目前为止最高的记录。这份报告是由英国圣公会的一位牧师编写的,在这227起“超自然事件”中,“撞鬼”事件、 不明飞行物、怪声以及公路上的奇幻现象占到多数。此外,报告中还提到鬼怪、麦田怪圈和传说中的幽灵大黑狗等事件。在此前的年度记录中,每年经历的“超自然事件”约为140到180起,不过近年来这个数字在不断攀升。编写报告的牧师指出,在手机与网络普及的科技时代,信息传播的速度更快,此类事件数量上升可能也有这个因素的影响。

    A report revealed that Britain has been witness to a record number of 227 spooky events last year.

    The Fringe Weird 2 Report compiled by the Rev 1 Lionel Fanthorpe, a Cardiff-based Anglican priest, found that ghosts, UFOs, strange sounds and road phantoms 4 were the most common spooks experienced.

    Also among the reports are poltergeists, crop circles and shucks - spectres of large black dogs.

    In a normal year there are 140 to 180 reports but the number has been rising steadily 5.

    "It has to be considered that news spreads faster in our technological 6 days with mobile phones and the Internet. However, it’s beginning to look as if 2010 will produce a higher-than-average number of reports," the Sun quoted Fanthorpe as saying.

    Some of the paranormal hotspots around the country:

    Prestwick: The most recent event - a man on Saturday reported seeing a ball-shaped red object in the sky close to this Scottish town that changed colour, flew and was joined by other similar shapes.

    Truro: Passers-by reported in February hearing the rattling 7 of chains at Comprigney Field, where criminals'' bodies were exhibited in an iron cage known as a gibbet.

    Ipswich: A woman was seen in February looking from a window in the Crown Hotel when the room was thought to be unoccupied.

    Trowbridge: Unexplained orbs 8 of light, a strange phantom 3 figure and examples of poltergeist activity were reported in March at the Wiltshire town''s Rose and Crown pub.

    Exeter: St Thomas station is apparently 9 haunted by a person wearing heels who likes to pat dogs. The animals respond affectionately even though no one can be seen. The latest report was in August.

    York: A girl carrying a child is reported on misty 10 evenings on the A64 Malton Road where a highwayman supposedly murdered her. She was spotted 11 in April.

    Culcreach Castle: A phantom harpist plays and in June was heard by boatmen on Loch Lomond.

    Vocabulary:

    poltergeist: troublesome spirit or ghost 鬼怪shuck: the name given to a ghostly black dog which is said to roam the Norfolk, Essex and Suffolk coastline. 指经常游移在诺福克、埃塞克斯以及苏佛克海岸线附近的幽灵大黑狗。在英国,人们经常看到这种动物,并将它们称为黑夏克(Black Shuck,Shuck来自盎格鲁—撒克逊语的scucca,意思是魔鬼),老夏克(Old Shuck)。



v.发动机旋转,加快速度
  • It's his job to rev up the audience before the show starts.他要负责在表演开始前鼓动观众的热情。
  • Don't rev the engine so hard.别让发动机转得太快。
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
  • 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。
n.幻影,虚位,幽灵;adj.错觉的,幻影的,幽灵的
  • I found myself staring at her as if she were a phantom.我发现自己瞪大眼睛看着她,好像她是一个幽灵。
  • He is only a phantom of a king.他只是有名无实的国王。
n.鬼怪,幽灵( phantom的名词复数 )
  • They vanished down the stairs like two phantoms. 他们像两个幽灵似的消失在了楼下。 来自辞典例句
  • The horrible night that he had passed had left phantoms behind it. 他刚才度过的恐布之夜留下了种种错觉。 来自辞典例句
adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地
  • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
adj.技术的;工艺的
  • A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
  • Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今, 随着科技进步,生活节奏不断增快。
abbr.off-reservation boarding school 在校寄宿学校n.球,天体,圆形物( orb的名词复数 )
  • So strange did It'seem that those dark wild orbs were ignorant of the day. 那双狂热的深色眼珠竟然没有见过天日,这似乎太奇怪了。 来自辞典例句
  • HELPERKALECGOSORB01.wav-> I will channel my power into the orbs! Be ready! 我会把我的力量引导进宝珠里!准备! 来自互联网
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
adj.雾蒙蒙的,有雾的
  • He crossed over to the window to see if it was still misty.他走到窗户那儿,看看是不是还有雾霭。
  • The misty scene had a dreamy quality about it.雾景给人以梦幻般的感觉。
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
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