时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:英语灵异故事


英语课
[00:25.66]Photo of the dead
[00:30.90]死亡照片
[00:37.60]As I rode home in the gathering 1 darkness,
[00:41.21]I thought about all the faces I had seen in the curled
[00:44.35]and yellowed photographs of the people buried
[00:46.81]in the lonely, abandoned cemetery 2,
[00:49.94]about the dreams they might have had,
[00:52.50]and where they were now.
[00:54.70]I had found the solitude 3 I was seeking,
[00:57.43]but it was tainted 4 with sadness,
[01:00.13]particularly because of the young couple.
[01:03.05]There was peace in the old cemetery
[01:05.29]but it was a dark peace
[01:07.00]and I was eager to get back to the resort,
[01:10.09]and to living.
[01:12.48]I left Greece a few days later
[01:14.87]and traveled elsewhere for several more months.
[01:19.35]I didn't develop the film
[01:20.99]until after I returned to California.
[01:24.11]I took three to four hundred photographs on that trip,
[01:27.69]and only about ten at that cemetery.
[01:30.59]But of all the photos I took,
[01:33.03]only one has an abnormality
[01:37.22]- the one I took
[01:38.19]while standing 5 on the tomb of the young couple.
[01:41.81]A white mist swirls 6 upward from the bottom
[01:44.74]right to the upper left corners.
[01:47.36]The mist has defined edges in several areas,
[01:51.16]which eliminates the possibility of a lens flare
[01:55.07]or light refraction.
[01:57.36]It appears to be something,
[01:59.15]or someone, rushing upward very quickly.
[02:03.68]I guess, by standing on the lid of their tomb,
[02:06.67]I had apparently 7 awoken their spirits.
[02:10.28]Perhaps they had died so young
[02:12.75]and with so much life left to live,
[02:16.33]they had not yet accepted death
[02:18.58]and were eager to rejoin the living.
[02:21.96]That might also be the reason
[02:24.05]that the only flowers in the entire cemetery
[02:27.43]were growing by their grave.
[02:31.10]Whether they were happy to have company
[02:33.61]or disturbed by the intrusion,
[02:36.02]I will never know.
[02:46.40]讲解
[05:05.99]As I rode home in the gathering darkness,
[05:09.06]I thought about all the faces I had seen in the curled
[05:12.15]and yellowed photographs of the people buried
[05:14.57]in the lonely, abandoned cemetery,
[05:29.60]about the dreams they might have had,
[05:31.80]and where they were now.
[05:37.53]I had found the solitude I was seeking,
[05:39.97]but it was tainted with sadness,
[05:42.21]particularly because of the young couple.
[05:54.71]There was peace in the old cemetery
[05:56.71]but it was a dark peace
[05:58.21]and I was eager to get back to the resort,
[06:01.29]and to living.
[06:11.65]I left Greece a few days later
[06:13.80]and traveled elsewhere for several more months.
[06:22.82]I didn't develop the film
[06:24.32]until after I returned to California.
[06:30.78]I took three to four hundred photographs on that trip,
[06:34.11]and only about ten at that cemetery.
[06:44.23]But of all the photos I took,
[06:46.28]only one has an abnormality
[06:53.44]- the one I took
[06:54.41]while standing on the tomb of the young couple.
[07:01.03]A white mist swirls upward from the bottom
[07:03.77]right to the upper left corners.
[07:14.44]The mist has defined edges in several areas,
[07:17.75]which eliminates the possibility of a lens flare
[07:21.22]or light refraction.
[07:30.39]It appears to be something,
[07:31.93]or someone, rushing upward very quickly.
[07:41.37]I guess, by standing on the lid of their tomb,
[07:44.22]I had apparently awoken their spirits.
[07:52.88]Perhaps they had died so young
[07:55.34]and with so much life left to live,
[07:58.43]they had not yet accepted death
[08:00.46]and were eager to rejoin the living.
[08:14.86]That might also be the reason
[08:16.36]that the only flowers in the entire cemetery
[08:19.75]were growing by their grave.
[08:28.68]Whether they were happy to have company
[08:30.79]or disturbed by the intrusion,
[08:33.32]I will never know.
[08:55.57]语言点
[08:57.65]in the gathering darkness
[09:00.09]gathering
[09:04.15]gathering darkness
[09:11.56]seek  探索、寻找
[09:16.79]seek / find
[09:18.92]find  找到、发现
[09:21.90]seek
[09:25.56]I was seeking my bicycle but never find it.
[09:32.61]to living
[09:34.84]to doing
[09:36.52]living  生活、生存
[09:41.20]develop the film  冲底片、洗照片
[09:45.06]from the bottom right to the upper left corners
[09:49.34]from...to...  从...到...
[09:53.57]left  左边
[09:56.50]right
[09:58.36]lens flare  镜头眩光
[10:01.67]light refraction  反光
[10:17.63]谢谢收听

1 gathering
n.集会,聚会,聚集
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
2 cemetery
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场
  • He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
  • His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。
3 solitude
n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方
  • People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
  • They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。
4 tainted
adj.腐坏的;污染的;沾污的;感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 );使污染;败坏;被污染,腐坏,败坏
  • The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
  • He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
6 swirls
n.旋转( swirl的名词复数 );卷状物;漩涡;尘旋v.旋转,打旋( swirl的第三人称单数 )
  • Swirls of smoke rose through the trees. 树林中升起盘旋的青烟。 来自辞典例句
  • On reaching the southeast corner of Himalaya-Tibet, It'swirls cyclonically across the Yunnan Plateau. 在到达喜马拉雅--西藏高原东南角处,它作气旋性转向越过云南高原。 来自辞典例句
7 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
学英语单词
abnormal network cause
aggregate index number
algarrobas
alterable attribute
argon compound
arshins
bartk
bathygenic movement
blocking of speech
Bostrychanthera
buergerianum
calcium mediatory protein
charge hand
clambe
coinhabitant
covenably
cw lasing
cycloalkanes
destination bill
dragooner
Easy-Lax
electric vibrating feeders
electrophoretic techniques
etruscan furniture
exterior view
fire-resisting rolling shutter
flexible crawler tractor
forked end lever
foundation analysis
georging
good combination
gravity closing
H. C. S.
harmoniation of law
have butterflies
house trailers
hygrosensor
Ilex nubicola
index movement
individual's
jetting method
knowledge based program editing
l'escargot
law of pilotage
limited current
line (hydraulic)
LSI circuit
magneto optical disk
manthorpe
memorised
Metzgeriales
microreversible
mishne
monthly compounding of interest
morteys
multiple rotate instruction
multiple-order
new disposal site
newly industrialized countries (nics)
nightblooming
nonslip plane
oilcloth
operating system functions
pair of quadratic forms
palatine malformation
periclitate
pet shop
Peucedanum henryi
pivot pin,king pin
polarized signal control line circuit
poplar inset
premiering
pressure-altitude sensor
price cutting
prime information
Propriano
Puerto Williams
purpose-designed
rail renewal
red clause letter of credit
reinstaure
retroprogestagen
rice sclerotial disease
right bundle-branch block
risk-maturity relationship
sale afloat
sectiuncule
sidewhiskers
silicon carbide rod
simple-supported beam bridge
slow motions
songmen
speech synthesis data capture
strain seismometer
superdick
surface electric double layer
teacher employment
tectonic patterns
thyroid cyst
underinvestment
unhearting
Utero-placentarartery