时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:英语灵异故事


英语课
[00:15.10]Four Chaps in the Library
[00:22.51]图书馆的四个家伙
[00:38.00]"It is indeed true," said Blake,
[00:41.27]who, in contrast to Rhodes-Fotheringham,
[00:44.74]was of a thin shape,
[00:47.06]and was clutching his brandy glass
[00:49.49]tightly the whole time.
[00:52.28]"This apparition 1 grew to a fine old age,
[00:56.01]until he reached a maturity 2 he could not improve on,
[01:00.51]and now he haunts the church
[01:02.69]in which his parents had married."
[01:05.82]Again, a strange air filled the room,
[01:10.08]and an odd nervousness prevailed in the three figures
[01:13.52]that flanked me.
[01:15.87]I remember thinking how chilling
[01:18.00]and sinister 3 were those three fellows,
[01:21.27]to the point where I began to feel rather frightened me.
[01:26.19]However, I attempted not to reveal this,
[01:29.73]as I sat with clenched 4 fists upon that armchair,
[01:34.76]gazing into the leaping flames
[01:36.95]opposite my position in that library.
[01:41.38]"That is an impressive story," said Atkinson.
[01:46.14]I had never seen a chap as tall and gangly as he was.
[01:51.14]His weird-looking legs protruded 5 from that chair,
[01:55.16]stretched out before him like two huge clothes-props,
[02:00.77]and behind his gold-rimmed spectacles
[02:03.48]I observed the most evil pair of grey eyes.
[02:20.97]讲解
[03:38.23]语言点
[03:41.46]indeed
[03:54.28]1. (加强语气) 真正地, 确实, 实在
[04:00.00]A friend in need is a friend indeed.
[04:06.69]2. (表示让步) 当然, 固然
[04:10.87]He is indeed young, but he is competent.
[04:18.04]3. (表示进一层的意思) 更确切地; 甚至
[04:23.03]I am hungry; indeed, I am almost starving.
[04:32.72]indeed
[04:35.18]be of…shape  是…形状
[04:40.17]This type of sofa
[04:41.89]is of the shape of Marilyn Monroe's lips.
[04:50.20]fine  美好的、杰出的
[04:56.04]相当不错的、很可观的
[04:59.49]improve on  改进
[05:05.38]prevail
[05:11.07]胜过, 战胜, 优胜
[05:14.19]Good will prevail over evil.
[05:20.46]His argument prevailed and I yielded.
[05:28.72]流行, 盛行, 普遍
[05:31.94]This custom prevails over the whole area.
[05:38.96]flank  腰窝、侧翼
[05:44.90]在…侧面,侧面包围
[05:50.03]remember doing sth. / remember to do sth.
[05:54.31]remember doing sth.  记得已做过的某件事
[05:59.23]remember to do sth.  记得要去做(还未做)某件事
[06:05.29]I remember telling him about it once.
[06:11.11]Remember to tell him about it when you meet him.
[06:18.25]gangly  身材瘦长难看的
[06:24.69]gang(流氓团伙)
[06:28.25]protrude from  从…伸出来
[06:32.15]stretch out before him
[06:49.17]his legs
[06:50.91]stretch out
[06:54.03]before him
[06:57.04]He is calling you from behind the door.
[07:02.15]He is calling you from someplace.
[07:05.68]someplace
[07:06.97]behind the door
[07:30.77]"It is indeed true," said Blake,
[07:34.12]who, in contrast to Rhodes-Fotheringham,
[07:37.42]was of a thin shape,
[07:40.09]and was clutching his brandy glass
[07:42.22]tightly the whole time.
[07:45.01]"This apparition grew to a fine old age,
[07:48.65]until he reached a maturity he could not improve on,
[07:53.26]and now he haunts the church
[07:55.55]in which his parents had married."
[07:58.59]Again, a strange air filled the room,
[08:02.79]and an odd nervousness prevailed in the three figures
[08:06.30]that flanked me.
[08:08.58]I remember thinking how chilling
[08:10.50]and sinister were those three fellows,
[08:13.74]to the point where I began to feel rather frightened me.
[08:19.27]However, I attempted not to reveal this,
[08:23.21]as I sat with clenched fists upon that armchair,
[08:27.94]gazing into the leaping flames
[08:30.08]opposite my position in that library.
[08:34.76]"That is an impressive story," said Atkinson.
[08:39.27]I had never seen a chap as tall and gangly as he was.
[08:44.29]His weird-looking legs protruded from that chair,
[08:48.23]stretched out before him like two huge clothes-props,
[08:52.98]and behind his gold-rimmed spectacles
[08:56.18]I observed the most evil pair of grey eyes.
[09:08.74]谢谢收听

1 apparition
n.幽灵,神奇的现象
  • He saw the apparition of his dead wife.他看见了他亡妻的幽灵。
  • But the terror of this new apparition brought me to a stand.这新出现的幽灵吓得我站在那里一动也不敢动。
2 maturity
n.成熟;完成;(支票、债券等)到期
  • These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
  • This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。
3 sinister
adj.不吉利的,凶恶的,左边的
  • There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋。
  • Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives.他们的建议不仅一钱不值,而且包藏祸心。
4 clenched
v.紧握,抓紧,咬紧( clench的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He clenched his fists in anger. 他愤怒地攥紧了拳头。
  • She clenched her hands in her lap to hide their trembling. 她攥紧双手放在腿上,以掩饰其颤抖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 protruded
v.(使某物)伸出,(使某物)突出( protrude的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The child protruded his tongue. 那小孩伸出舌头。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The creature's face seemed to be protruded, because of its bent carriage. 那人的脑袋似乎向前突出,那是因为身子佝偻的缘故。 来自英汉文学
学英语单词
abegglen
amarantine
an infant in arms
andvaris
antibiotin
antique Bristol
audio button
Auger electron spectroscopy (AES)
average investment criterion
Barrow Island
bath electric hot-air
bottom-side ionospheric sounding
calusa
cathode back-bombardment
certificate of patent
cettia fortipes robustipes
chant sing the praises of someone
classification of business transactions
cochrans
collicluefaction
compressive fatigue strength
core cap
cost of distribution and sales
crimp stripe
declark
Defrost Cycle
delightful
didymodon constrictus flexicuspis
direct reductive analysis
direct-method heat balance
drops over
entoconid
ferrous metal pipe
filler panel
free milling gold
Futu (S32)
genus Sula
goal-orientated
gonadectomy
grid focusing system
headstock
holding tank equipment
hot vulcanization
hydron c
i'll bet
ICPP
icterus catarrhalis
identity rooted tree
information note(s)
insurance agents
intercatilaginous
interpretative geochemistry
intra-arteria
isophil antigen
jump out of
Kazanovo
Kennedya
leave it out
lever set
life forces
live by one's wits
lowstand fan
manual-advance lever
melt-down time
methods time measurement
monotropa hypopithyss
Mushu I.
nanoconstrictions
nebularia lugubris
newsnights
noninterpretive
nontrophoblastic
p'u sa man tui wu
periapical granuloma
phthalylglutamic acid
Poles'ye
political advantage
propose a toast
receiving unit
regulation of stock
relative damping factor
removal of trade barriers
resolutes
retributress
sauce-boat
secondary pellagra
seeing off
simple Keynesian model
sliding dial
solomos
sorosilicates
sose
ster
Stilling's bundle
taji
thermo gravimetric analysis
underground duct
uniform signal quantization
unsummoning
Vitis baihuashanensis
wishbook
wood-produce