英语灵异故事-The Shadow 04 影子 04

[00:21.16]The Shadow
[00:25.16]影子
[00:31.69]At first it would be puzzling
[00:34.19]but almost inconsequential things
[00:37.00]such as lights being on that I was positive I turned off
[00:41.28]when I left that morning
[00:42.76]or objects mysteriously being moved across the room.
[00:49.59]On Thursday night of that week
[00:51.97]I experienced something
[00:54.10]that caused me to make my own vow 2
[00:56.61]never to return to that apartment.
[00:59.73]At 3:15 am I awoke suddenly to an unexplainable
[01:05.19]and utterly 3 paralyzing feeling of horror and dread
[01:09.26]that steals the warmth of my blood even now.
[01:13.10]When I rolled over and looked across the living room
[01:17.00]I saw the figure of what I took to be a human
[01:19.89]standing in front of the window by the door.
[01:23.71]My first thought
[01:25.01]was that someone had illegally entered my apartment
[01:28.29]and was intent on robbery or foul 4 play.
[01:33.17]I slowly rolled over and got my hand around my .45
[01:37.79]that I kept by the mattress 5 I had dragged downstairs,
[01:41.69]fully 6 intending to shoot whomever it happened to be.
[01:45.68]No sooner had I swung the barrel of the gun
[01:48.90]into line with the intruder than the room got very, very cold.
[01:54.70]So cold, in fact,
[01:56.89]that I could see my breath in the moonlight streaming
[02:00.19]through the curtains.
[02:14.95]讲解
[03:45.78]语言点
[03:48.37]puzzling  令人迷惑的, 莫名其妙的
[03:54.71]inconsequential = consequential 1 + in
[04:00.61]不合逻辑的, 不合理的
[04:04.23]positive  肯定的,确实的
[04:10.55]I am positive that I gave you his address.
[04:18.18]mysteriously
[04:23.95]experience  体验, 经历
[04:29.55]cause somebody to do something
[04:36.71]Loss of sleep can make you look tired,
[04:39.93]and even cause you to put on weight.
[04:49.64]vow  誓言，誓约
[04:55.26]make my own vow
[04:57.66]make a vow to myself  发誓
[05:02.31]awoke
[05:03.41]awake
[05:06.10]awake to
[05:10.50]We are fully awake to the dangers of the situation.
[05:19.25]unexplainable = explainable + un
[05:35.22]dread  恐惧，惧怕
[05:40.97]figure  轮廓，人体的形状，人影
[05:46.26]take to be
[05:52.16]the figure of what I took to be a human
[06:13.99]robbery  抢劫，抢劫案
[06:21.36]foul play
[06:33.15]roll over  翻滚，翻身
[06:40.76]no sooner…than…
[06:48.51]no sooner
[06:53.42]No sooner had I got home than it began to rain.
[07:00.50]barrel
[07:11.05]intruder  闯入者, 夜盗
[07:38.92]At first it would be puzzling
[07:41.53]but almost inconsequential things
[07:44.18]such as lights being on that I was positive I turned off
[07:48.57]when I left that morning
[07:50.48]or objects mysteriously being moved across the room.
[07:56.80]On Thursday night of that week
[07:59.01]I experienced something
[08:01.27]that caused me to make my own vow
[08:03.71]never to return to that apartment.
[08:06.65]At 3:15 am I awoke suddenly to an unexplainable
[08:12.34]and utterly paralyzing feeling of horror and dread
[08:16.48]that steals the warmth of my blood even now.
[08:20.35]When I rolled over and looked across the living room
[08:24.30]I saw the figure of what I took to be a human
[08:27.38]standing in front of the window by the door.
[08:31.20]My first thought
[08:32.47]was that someone had illegally entered my apartment
[08:35.78]and was intent on robbery or foul play.
[08:40.71]I slowly rolled over and got my hand around my .45
[08:45.17]that I kept by the mattress I had dragged downstairs,
[08:49.28]fully intending to shoot whomever it happened to be.
[08:53.35]No sooner had I swung the barrel of the gun
[08:56.44]into line with the intruder than the room got very, very cold.
[09:02.29]So cold, in fact,
[09:04.50]that I could see my breath in the moonlight streaming
[09:07.63]through the curtains.
[09:21.80]谢谢收听