英语灵异故事-Roofer 01 房顶工人 01

[00:14.15]Roofer
[00:19.31]房顶工人
[00:31.61]I worked in the basement of a Caltech campus building
[00:35.17]that had been periodically haunted
[00:37.88]by the specter of the upper half of a roofer
[00:41.07]who had fallen from the six story roof
[00:43.87]twenty years earlier.
[00:46.69]On the day of the 6.0 Whittier earthquakes of 1987
[00:52.41]I arrived at the building an hour earlier than usual
[00:56.17]and took the elevator to the top floor
[00:59.39]where the snack bar was located.
[01:03.04]After buying a cup of coffee from the dispenser
[01:06.24]I strolled out of the snack room
[01:08.43]onto the penthouse balcony
[01:10.26]to gaze over the lovely campus.
[01:13.78]Just as I was about to take a sip 1 of coffee
[01:16.87]the whole building jolted 2 upwards
[01:19.88]and nearly knocked me off balance.
[01:23.97]Thinking the short earthquake
[01:26.05]could be a precursor 3 to an even bigger earthquake,
[01:30.02]I turned to find my way to the stairwell.
[01:33.24]However, as I turned
[01:35.25]I was slammed to the tarmac so violently
[01:38.83]and swiftly that I had no time
[01:41.16]to break my fall with my hands.
[01:44.67]As I struggled to crawl towards the stairwell
[01:47.96]I felt a sharp jabbing pain of my left ankle.
[01:52.62]I descended 4 the stairs to the lobby
[01:55.07]and observed huge cracks in the corners
[01:58.18]and stumbled over chucks of plaster
[02:00.33]that had fallen onto the stairs.
[02:03.80]As I stumbled and limped through the lobby
[02:06.70]I encountered marble wall panels
[02:09.25]that had fallen and broken.
[02:19.57]讲解
[03:53.06]语言点
[03:56.06]periodically  周期性地，定期地
[04:00.34]periodical
[04:04.00]haunt  神鬼出没，闹鬼
[04:09.95]the upper half
[04:13.00]upper  上面的
[04:17.22]lower
[04:19.52]the upper class  上层社会
[04:22.46]the lower class  下层社会
[04:26.32]story  楼层
[04:29.56]故事，小说
[04:32.69]on the day of….
[04:38.34]on
[04:40.06]on September. 9th
[04:44.65]on the day I came to Beijing
[04:50.27]arrive at  到达
[04:54.52]get to / reach
[04:57.68]I arrived at/got to/reached New York last month.
[05:06.09]an hour earlier than usual
[05:10.77]than usual  比平时
[05:13.33]ten minutes later than usual
[05:18.51]take the elevator  乘电梯。电梯
[05:23.04]elevator
[05:25.30]lift
[05:27.59]snack bar  小吃店，快餐柜
[05:31.17]snack  小吃，快餐
[05:35.30]locate  位于，坐落于
[05:42.56]Our campus is located in the northwest of the city of Beijing.
[05:51.55]dispenser  自动售货机
[05:58.65]药剂师，配药员
[06:03.07]stroll  漫步、闲逛
[06:12.12]I met an old classmate when I was strolling along the street.
[06:21.23]gaze  凝视，盯
[06:25.86]gaze at somebody
[06:29.08]He likes to gaze at those pretty girls.
[06:35.00]be about to do something  即将做某事
[06:39.02]I was about to watch TV when the doorbell rang.
[06:47.41]a sip of  一小口
[06:50.56]knock somebody off balance
[06:56.07]off balance  失去平衡
[06:58.90]on balance  保持平衡
[07:02.19]a precursor to  …的先兆
[07:06.00]Lightning and thundering are usually precursors 5 to rainfalls.
[07:15.41]so…that…  太…以至于…
[07:19.68]It's so hot that all the people just want to stay at home.
[07:28.43]a sharp jabbing pain
[07:32.76]sharp  剧烈的、强烈的
[07:37.82]descend  下降
[07:42.74]ascend  上升
[07:47.53]broken
[07:48.70]break
[08:09.28]I worked in the basement of a Caltech campus building
[08:13.14]that had been periodically haunted
[08:15.51]by the specter of the upper half of a roofer
[08:18.64]who had fallen from the six story roof
[08:21.49]twenty years earlier.
[08:24.29]On the day of the 6.0 Whittier earthquakes of 1987
[08:30.14]I arrived at the building an hour earlier than usual
[08:34.38]and took the elevator to the top floor
[08:37.11]where the snack bar was located.
[08:40.70]After buying a cup of coffee from the dispenser
[08:43.88]I strolled out of the snack room
[08:46.04]onto the penthouse balcony
[08:47.90]to gaze over the lovely campus.
[08:51.45]Just as I was about to take a sip of coffee
[08:54.65]the whole building jolted upwards
[08:57.44]and nearly knocked me off balance.
[09:01.65]Thinking the short earthquake
[09:03.74]could be a precursor to an even bigger earthquake,
[09:07.65]I turned to find my way to the stairwell.
[09:10.90]However, as I turned
[09:12.94]I was slammed to the tarmac so violently
[09:16.52]and swiftly that I had no time
[09:18.82]to break my fall with my hands.
[09:22.56]As I struggled to crawl towards the stairwell
[09:25.65]I felt a sharp jabbing pain of my left ankle.
[09:29.87]I descended the stairs to the lobby
[09:32.68]and observed huge cracks in the corners
[09:35.79]and stumbled over chucks of plaster
[09:38.01]that had fallen onto the stairs.
[09:41.46]As I stumbled and limped through the lobby
[09:44.38]I encountered marble wall panels
[09:46.86]that had fallen and broken.
[09:58.51]谢谢收听