时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:英语灵异故事


英语课
[00:17.78]Head On A Stick
[00:24.86]木棍上的头颅
[00:33.87]A young couple were happily driving home
[00:36.74]well after midnight one night.
[00:39.71]They had enjoyed a party
[00:41.30]until the early hours of the morning
[00:43.76]and were exhausted,
[00:45.89]both looked forward to getting home
[00:48.14]and retiring to bed with the sounds of the party
[00:52.11]still ringing in their ears.
[00:55.27]The boy, suddenly feeling
[00:57.48]that the night was still only young,
[01:00.01]abruptly took a detour 1 off the main road home.
[01:04.72]It happens that the road they were already on
[01:07.68]was fairly desolate 2 and surrounded by thick foliage
[01:12.02]from the dense 3 forest as it was,
[01:15.23]but now he had chosen a gravel 4 road,
[01:18.40]one that looked as if nobody had driven down it
[01:22.10]for quite a long time with even thicker scrub
[01:25.83]that was occasionally scraping down the sides
[01:28.80]of the old car they were driving.
[01:31.45]Waking up and wondering where they were going,
[01:35.19]the girl inquired as to what their new destination was.
[01:40.47]The boy admitted he felt like going for a bit of drive
[01:45.01]and spending more "quality time" alone with his girlfriend.
[01:49.60]He had in mind somewhere dark and secluded,
[01:53.69]where no interruptions were going to take place.
[01:57.55]Although the girl was tired, she agreed to the new plans,
[02:02.27]knowing that the boy was far too pushy 5 for her to say no.
[02:16.50]讲解
[03:44.75]A young couple were happily driving home
[03:47.69]well after midnight one night.
[03:56.18]They had enjoyed a party
[03:57.94]until the early hours of the morning
[04:00.77]and were exhausted,
[04:02.72]both looked forward to getting home
[04:04.93]and retiring to bed with the sounds of the party
[04:08.82]still ringing in their ears.
[04:27.01]The boy, suddenly feeling
[04:29.09]that the night was still only young,
[04:31.74]abruptly took a detour off the main road home.
[04:42.65]It happens that the road they were already on
[04:46.15]was fairly desolate and surrounded by thick foliage
[04:50.51]from the dense forest as it was,
[05:03.06]but now he had chosen a gravel road,
[05:06.22]one that looked as if nobody had driven down it
[05:09.78]for quite a long time with even thicker scrub
[05:13.52]that was occasionally scraping down the sides
[05:16.39]of the old car they were driving.
[05:32.58]Waking up and wondering where they were going,
[05:35.93]the girl inquired as to what their new destination was.
[05:47.29]The boy admitted he felt like going for a bit of drive
[05:51.72]and spending more "quality time" alone with his girlfriend.
[06:02.57]He had in mind somewhere dark and secluded,
[06:06.22]where no interruptions were going to take place.
[06:15.55]Although the girl was tired, she agreed to the new plans,
[06:20.34]knowing that the boy was far too pushy for her to say no.
[06:44.42]语言点
[06:46.65]well after midnight
[06:51.23]well
[06:55.63]He must be well over forty.
[07:01.58]look forward to something / doing something
[07:08.04]Tom is looking forward to Jane's reply.
[07:16.23]I'm looking forward to seeing you soon.
[07:22.42]The night was still only young.
[07:25.30]young
[07:34.91]detour  便道、绕行的路
[07:42.25]took a detour off the main road home
[07:51.16]desolate
[07:57.53]secluded
[08:09.00]be surrounded by
[08:13.10]by
[08:14.41]with
[08:16.44]foliage
[08:23.53]a tree with handsome foliage
[08:28.99]dense  密集的、稠密的
[08:33.43]a dense forest  密林
[08:37.14]as it is
[08:46.09]As it was they had no unity 6, no sense of co-operation.
[08:55.90]as it is
[09:02.99]I like the house better as it is.
[09:16.97]a gravel road  碎石路
[09:20.68]scrub  擦洗、擦掉 / 灌木丛
[09:30.39]scrape  刮、擦
[09:36.24]feel like  想要、倾向于
[09:48.95]I feel like a cup of coffee.
[09:53.95]go for a drive  开车兜风
[09:57.49]quality time
[10:03.94]interruption  打扰
[10:11.12]pushy
[10:28.37]谢谢收听

1 detour
n.绕行的路,迂回路;v.迂回,绕道
  • We made a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.我们绕道走,避开繁忙的交通。
  • He did not take the direct route to his home,but made a detour around the outskirts of the city.他没有直接回家,而是绕到市郊兜了个圈子。
2 desolate
adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂
  • The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
  • We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后,我们都觉得万分孤寂。
3 dense
a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的
  • The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
  • The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
4 gravel
n.砂跞;砂砾层;结石
  • We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
  • More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。
5 pushy
adj.固执己见的,一意孤行的
  • But she insisted and was very pushy.但她一直坚持,而且很急于求成。
  • He made himself unpopular by being so pushy.他特别喜欢出风头,所以人缘不好。
6 unity
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调
  • When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结,并非一团和气。
  • We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前,我们必须加强团结。