时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:英语灵异故事


英语课
[00:18.57]Mr Joe
[00:22.43]乔先生
[00:35.03]He told me that plants are just like us humans,
[00:39.02]in that, when they are visiting with friends
[00:41.97]they are up awake and ready to pass a good time
[00:45.83]but when everyone leaves it is time to rest.
[00:49.92]I almost choked 1 on the water I was drinking
[00:52.91]when it all came together in my mind,
[00:56.08]he really was talking to his plants,
[00:58.58]they really do understand each other,
[01:01.48]I thought. I excused myself and then ran home
[01:05.35]as fast as I could to tell my mother of what I had seen.
[01:10.03]I rushed through the door screaming 2 for her to come down
[01:13.00]so that I could tell her what happened.
[01:16.11]When she did come I told her the story
[01:18.88]and she told me that I must be crazy
[01:22.06]for that could never happen
[01:23.63]and that I had gotten too much sun
[01:26.10]from fishing that afternoon.
[01:28.84]Well, I didn't believe her
[01:31.14]but I swore 3 never to go back to Mr. Joe's house again.
[01:35.83]Years went by with everyday 4 I passed
[01:38.07]in front of that old house
[01:40.12]and I could hear that old man talking away to his plants
[01:44.16]and growing the finest fruits and vegetables
[01:46.97]ever to be served on a supper table
[01:49.46]until one day Mr. Joe had a heart attack 5 and died.
[01:55.51]The whole town went to his funeral
[01:57.84]and we all said our goodbyes
[02:00.09]but the main topic of conversation was his garden
[02:04.70]and how pitiful it was that it would all die.
[02:09.62]Little did they know the truth?
[02:12.23]You see it is believed
[02:13.54]that Mr. Joe made a pact 6 with his plants that even
[02:17.40]when he passed on the plants
[02:19.58]would continue to thrive 7 in his name.
[02:22.93]The fact is, 20 years later,
[02:25.70]I still live in the same town
[02:27.66]and still pass by old Mr. Joe's house,
[02:31.23]and his plants are still there
[02:33.66]with no one taking care of them.
[02:36.50]They say that if you listen hard enough
[02:39.41]you can still hear him talking to his plants,
[02:42.56]telling them that he will always be there
[02:45.40]to take care of them.
[02:54.22]讲解
[05:06.26]He told me that plants are just like us humans,
[05:13.28]in that, when they are visiting with friends
[05:16.15]they are up awake and ready to pass a good time
[05:26.07]but when everyone leaves it is time to rest.
[05:34.42]I almost choked on the water I was drinking
[05:37.47]when it all came together in my mind,
[05:44.44]he really was talking to his plants,
[05:47.09]they really do understand each other,
[05:50.28]I thought. I excused myself and then ran home
[05:53.61]as fast as I could to tell my mother of what I had seen.
[06:12.10]I rushed through the door screaming for her to come down
[06:15.09]so that I could tell her what happened.
[06:18.25]When she did come I told her the story
[06:21.33]and she told me that I must be crazy
[06:24.15]for that could never happen
[06:26.17]and that I had gotten too much sun
[06:28.23]from fishing that afternoon.
[06:47.30]Well, I didn't believe her
[06:50.19]but I swore never to go back to Mr. Joe's house again.
[06:59.91]Years went by with everyday I passed
[07:02.22]in front of that old house
[07:04.05]and I could hear that old man talking away to his plants
[07:07.75]and growing the finest fruits and vegetables
[07:10.98]ever to be served on a supper table
[07:13.43]until one day Mr. Joe had a heart attack and died.
[07:34.85]The whole town went to his funeral
[07:37.16]and we all said our goodbyes
[07:39.69]but the main topic of conversation was his garden
[07:44.03]and how pitiful it was that it would all die.
[08:01.56]Little did they know the truth?
[08:06.09]You see it is believed
[08:07.26]that Mr. Joe made a pact with his plants that even
[08:11.02]when he passed on the plants
[08:13.05]would continue to thrive in his name.
[08:25.59]The fact is, 20 years later,
[08:28.93]I still live in the same town
[08:30.96]and still pass by old Mr. Joe's house,
[08:42.90]and his plants are still there
[08:45.10]with no one taking care of them.
[08:52.53]They say that if you listen hard enough
[08:55.36]you can still hear him talking to his plants,
[08:58.58]telling them that he will always be there
[09:01.63]to take care of them.
[09:24.45]语言点
[09:27.39]come together  集合
[09:31.50]do+动词原形
[09:39.31]when she did come
[09:43.53]excuse oneself
[09:48.52]swear  发誓
[09:51.25]swear (not) to do sth. / swear+从句
[09:58.75]serve  端饭、上菜
[10:03.37]have a heart attack  心脏病发作
[10:09.53]little
[10:12.92]few
[10:15.42]pass on  去世 / 传递
[10:23.43]in one's name  在某人的名义下
[10:36.60]谢谢收听

1 Choked
v.填塞( choke的过去式和过去分词 );(使)窒息;(尤指感情激动)而哽咽;因紧张而失灵
  • They'd ruthlessly choked off all opposition to their plans. 他们无情地把反对他们的方案都压制下去了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • It was a thankless job, so we choked him off before long. 那是一件吃力不讨好的事情,所以我们很快就不让他做了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 screaming
adj.尖叫的,令人惊愕的,引人捧腹大笑的v.(因伤痛、害怕、激动等)尖叫 ~发出尖叫声( scream的现在分词 );(向某人或为某事)高声喊;发出大而尖的声音;呼啸而过
  • He covered her mouth to stop her from screaming. 他捂上她的嘴,不让她叫出声来。
  • People were floundering about in the water, shouting and screaming. 人们呼喊尖叫着在水里挣扎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 swore
v.诅咒,咒骂( swear的过去式 );(使某人)就…宣誓;郑重承诺;发誓要
  • They swore their loyalty to the king. 他们宣誓效忠国王。
  • She fell over and swore loudly. 她摔倒了,大骂了一声。
4 everyday
adj.每天的,日常的,平常的
  • Sweeping the floor is his everyday work.扫地是他的日常工作。
  • He practices speaking English everyday.他每天练习说英语。
5 attack
n./v.攻击,袭击,进攻,抨击
  • We must keep the enemy's attack off until dark.天黑前我们应当顶住敌人的进攻。
  • Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
6 pact
n.合同,条约,公约,协定
  • The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
  • The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。
7 thrive
v.兴旺,繁荣,茁壮成长
  • These animals thrive on the leaves of certain trees.这些动物靠吃某些树的叶子长壮。
  • This flowering plant will thrive and bloom wherever you plant it.这种花随便你种在哪儿都能活。
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a step forward
acid-resisting centrifugal pump
acoustic deflection circuit
arenaria carolinianas
associationist
bacteriogenic
bartimole
Battenberger
bed killing
Berthollet's fluid
bitter-bark
blaises
burgessy
Casiphia
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chabrette
contact potential series
D40
dentes cariosus
diaphragmatic lobe
diode-driven DC motor
discontinuous agitating retort
displaycell
endothermicity
entry variable
environmental goods and services
finishing impression
finishing tap
first in first out list
fischl
fish-like mouth
Fraunhofer's lines
garnet type pigment
gave notice
Gemini Seamounts
geochronometry
geroscience
haze tallow
HOME and HOUSE
hydroxyethylation
incline of the jumper
Inhibitus
ivdus
jehanne
Karnoi
king macherel
kingsboroughs
kitist
L-Serine
linearly ordered set
litterateurs
lost stowage
low cost carrier
low sundays
make a commitment
mammuth
Marina di Massa
match-maker
metacarpi
model(l)ing of software fault tolerance strategy
monetary stringency
mufasa
muff-joint
multisphere (wheel) magnetron
myoblastic myoma
nephritic stone
niaosaitong tablets
onychomys torridus
osmose
outer stay
outtie
parafoil
peripheral field
Phormidium molle
physiological isochronism
Poirrier
pre-dispositions
Processus majores
question-answerings
ring a bell with
rose aurora
Rubus taiwanicola
rules of interpretation
safety cutout
shockproof packaging
short crust
side bowl
single axle load
skelped
soda cellulose
sphargids
Svarstad
T-connection
tera-joule
time-of-flight mass spectroscopy
transfolk
up to date
Warehouse control system
World Conference on Medical Informatics
zintl boundary