时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:英语灵异故事


英语课
[00:19.38]Snake Anut
[00:25.65]我的阿姨是条蛇
[00:34.69]The old man longed for children.
[00:37.56]But he and his young wife had none,
[00:40.98]so he invited his nephew to live with them.
[00:45.81]This infuriated his wife, who had a vile 1 temper.
[00:50.94]When her husband welcomed the young man
[00:53.19]with great affection,
[00:55.04]she turned pale with jealousy 2.
[00:58.13]Her eyes narrowed and her head flattened 3.
[01:03.73]And when she licked her lips,
[01:05.72]her nephew saw that her tongue was forked.
[01:11.42]From that day on,
[01:13.14]the young man spent as much time as possible
[01:16.33]with his uncle and tried to avoid his aunt.
[01:20.53]But she seemed to enjoy startling him,
[01:24.33]suddenly appearing when he least expected her.
[01:29.95]One evening,
[01:31.62]the nephew returned to the house quite late.
[01:35.25]He lit a candle and started up the stairs.
[01:39.02]Halfway up,
[01:40.33]he tripped on what seemed to be a coiled rope.
[01:44.11]Imagine his horror when that rope uncoiled
[01:48.97]and slithered up the steps in front of him!
[01:52.91]Then he saw it glide 4 across the hall
[01:55.56]and under the door of his uncle's bedroom.
[01:59.49]"Wake up! Wake up" the young man shouted,
[02:02.82]and he knocked on the door until his knuckles 5 hurt.
[02:07.84]But when his sleepy uncle finally let him in the bedroom,
[02:11.63]there was no snake in sight.
[02:23.38]讲解
[04:15.59]The old man longed for children.
[04:18.39]But he and his young wife had none,
[04:29.41]so he invited his nephew to live with them.
[04:33.16]This infuriated his wife, who had a vile temper.
[04:45.71]When her husband welcomed the young man
[04:47.80]with great affection,
[04:49.76]she turned pale with jealousy.
[05:00.27]Her eyes narrowed and her head flattened.
[05:05.99]And when she licked her lips,
[05:08.02]her nephew saw that her tongue was forked.
[05:22.48]From that day on,
[05:24.25]the young man spent as much time as possible
[05:27.32]with his uncle and tried to avoid his aunt.
[05:40.85]But she seemed to enjoy startling him,
[05:44.63]suddenly appearing when he least expected her.
[05:59.52]One evening,
[06:01.22]the nephew returned to the house quite late.
[06:08.42]He lit a candle and started up the stairs.
[06:12.08]Halfway up,
[06:13.52]he tripped on what seemed to be a coiled rope.
[06:25.73]Imagine his horror when that rope uncoiled
[06:30.40]and slithered up the steps in front of him!
[06:43.02]Then he saw it glide across the hall
[06:45.60]and under the door of his uncle's bedroom.
[06:56.92]"Wake up! Wake up" the young man shouted,
[07:00.22]and he knocked on the door until his knuckles hurt.
[07:13.77]But when his sleepy uncle finally let him in the bedroom,
[07:17.77]there was no snake in sight.
[07:47.20]语言点
[07:49.17]long for sth  渴望
[07:54.80]eager for
[07:56.74]People are longing 6 for peace.
[08:02.04]turn pale with jealousy
[08:12.16]sleep with the window open
[08:17.88]as much time as possible
[08:22.58]do sth as...as possible
[08:30.83]do sth as soon as possible
[08:37.50]as...as
[08:54.79]As tall as you.
[08:59.33]across the hall
[09:02.83]across
[09:07.04]across the road
[09:09.57]across the river
[09:16.77]along the road
[09:19.07]wake up
[09:25.78]get up
[09:34.66]谢谢收听

1 vile
adj.卑鄙的,可耻的,邪恶的;坏透的
  • Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢?
  • Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。
2 jealousy
n.妒忌,嫉妒,猜忌
  • Some women have a disposition to jealousy.有些女人生性爱妒忌。
  • I can't support your jealousy any longer.我再也无法忍受你的嫉妒了。
3 flattened
[医](水)平扁的,弄平的
  • She flattened her nose and lips against the window. 她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户。
  • I flattened myself against the wall to let them pass. 我身体紧靠着墙让他们通过。
4 glide
n./v.溜,滑行;(时间)消逝
  • We stood in silence watching the snake glide effortlessly.我们噤若寒蝉地站着,眼看那条蛇逍遥自在地游来游去。
  • So graceful was the ballerina that she just seemed to glide.那芭蕾舞女演员翩跹起舞,宛如滑翔。
5 knuckles
n.(指人)指关节( knuckle的名词复数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝v.(指人)指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 );(指动物)膝关节,踝
  • He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘,握得指关节都变白了。
  • Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles. 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 longing
n.(for)渴望
  • Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
  • His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
学英语单词
a pair of colours
adjoining sheets
amnemonic aphasia
anisothermal diagram
annular crucible
arundells
astun
australis surora
balance oscillator
blanket washing machine
branchiostegal ray
brevipetala
capelongo (folgares)
Cassia nodosa
clathrinid
clithon oualaniensis
cnc milling machine
cocoa tree
colloquial speech
component test facility
compression vacuum gauge
conioscinella opacifrons
controlled mine
dense element
diagnostic work
down-draw process
draf
eat well
error of the second type
ewes produce twins
family carabidaes
FMCG
fonge
for-sure
fructus xanthoxyli
glassy tuff
government-organized
guarantor employment status
hand pressure condensation
have the ability to do sth
heave a ship apeak
high-frequency induction coil
high-voltage pulser
hollinshead
horn gap switch
Hugh Capet
hull structure similar model
inherent nature of commodity
injury of elbow fascia
inspection charge
intensicon
Jenner,Sir William
joint snakes
kepi
litharch sere
Lossburg
Machanao, Mt.
melero
message entropy
mountain blacksnake
New Age Movement
orchiotomy
paper and board
patrocinations
pelvis aequabililer justo minor
pentadecylene dicarboxylic acid
periodic file
phenyl-dihydroquinazoline tannate
pius i
popcorn balls
potentiometric wheel
ppkis
preference-field index number
protein glycation
radar rainfall integrator
reencourages
refudiated
relation of market supply and demand
responsibilized
run across sth
russell-simmons
sabelline
sara crewe
scarlet toxin
shit-stirrers
siphon recording barometer
sir jack hobbss
siskind
sour odour
spool flange
stuprum
subsectional
Talidine
tempilaq
tissue roentgen
tocandiras
tongguansan
truncatella amaniensis
urnsful
warrioress
wave selector
weald-clay