时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:英语灵异故事


英语课
[00:22.44]Road Rage
[00:30.75]公路的怒气
[00:39.22]I was terrified beyond the capacity for words,
[00:43.18]and I felt like the forest was going to suffocate 1 me.
[00:46.95]I turned around to head back to my car
[00:49.49]and nearly tripped over something.
[00:52.23]I saw what it was; a small plaque 2 affixed 3 to a stone,
[00:58.36]facing the road. I'd never noticed it before.
[01:02.99]The inscription 4 read:
[01:04.71]"In loving memory of the three lives
[01:07.70]lost the morning of July 6, 1998.
[01:13.15]May it serve as a warning to those suffering
[01:16.06]from Road Rage."
[01:18.74]I ran back to my car and never looked back.
[01:21.47]It was only a few months later
[01:23.57]that I recounted my tail to a friend in a neighboring condo.
[01:28.50]Our buildings all have private, outdoor entrances,
[01:32.07]and we ran into each other coming home from work.
[01:35.86]I asked him if he knew anything about an accident
[01:38.69]about 2 years ago on that road.
[01:41.17]He invited me in for a drink and I relayed my experience.
[01:46.98]He listened intently.
[01:49.12]I thought he would think I was nuts,
[01:51.44]but when I finished he spoke 5 softly and understandingly.
[01:56.06]He told me that a mother was taking her little girl
[01:59.57]to school on that road on the morning of July 6, 1998
[02:04.56]when an angry driver,
[02:06.11]who had taken the road as an alternative
[02:08.83]to the morning traffic rush,
[02:11.35]sped by and hit their car.
[02:14.56]The mother and her little girl died instantly.
[02:17.64]The driver was hospitalized for a few weeks and released.
[02:22.95]He admitted that he suffered from Road Rage,
[02:25.86]and could not take the main street traffic;
[02:29.31]that's why he went the back way.
[02:43.54]讲解
[04:31.31]I was terrified beyond the capacity for words,
[04:35.02]and I felt like the forest was going to suffocate me.
[04:44.70]I turned around to head back to my car
[04:47.13]and nearly tripped over something.
[04:54.01]I saw what it was; a small plaque affixed to a stone,
[05:00.44]facing the road.
[05:08.05]I'd never noticed it before.
[05:13.51]The inscription read:
[05:14.79]"In loving memory of the three lives
[05:17.87]lost the morning of July 6, 1998.
[05:31.24]May it serve as a warning to those suffering
[05:34.26]from Road Rage."
[05:41.73]I ran back to my car and never looked back.
[05:48.58]It was only a few months later
[05:51.14]that I recounted my tail to a friend in a neighboring condo.
[06:00.77]Our buildings all have private, outdoor entrances,
[06:04.65]and we ran into each other coming home from work.
[06:14.85]I asked him if he knew anything about an accident
[06:17.31]about 2 years ago on that road.
[06:25.00]He invited me in for a drink and I relayed my experience.
[06:36.46]He listened intently.
[06:38.64]I thought he would think I was nuts,
[06:40.73]but when I finished he spoke softly and understandingly.
[06:55.13]He told me that a mother was taking her little girl
[06:58.53]to school on that road on the morning of July 6, 1998
[07:10.08]when an angry driver,
[07:11.44]who had taken the road as an alternative
[07:14.46]to the morning traffic rush,
[07:17.21]sped by and hit their car.
[07:27.62]The mother and her little girl died instantly.
[07:30.92]The driver was hospitalized for a few weeks and released.
[07:43.31]He admitted that he suffered from Road Rage,
[07:46.23]and could not take the main street traffic;
[07:49.55]that's why he went the back way.
[08:12.48]语言点
[08:13.92]trip  绊倒,摔跤
[08:18.37]over  被…绊了
[08:22.51]I tripped over the box on the floor and fell.
[08:30.61]He tripped on that difficult question。
[08:42.58]affix  贴上
[08:46.94]to
[08:48.50]affix…to  把…贴上
[08:51.45]affix a stamp to the envelope
[08:56.63]read
[09:02.56]The notice reads:No smoking!
[09:08.57]in memory of
[09:10.13]memory  记忆
[09:12.31]in memory of  追念,怀念
[09:16.99]They will build a monument in memory of the national hero.
[09:27.34]run into  偶然遇见,偶然发现
[09:31.91]I ran into an old friend.
[09:37.23]run across / chance upon
[09:42.53]We chanced upon him in the park the day before yesterday.
[09:50.05]alternative  选择
[09:52.88]If you don't like the school lunch,
[09:54.60]you have the alternative of bringing your own.
[10:04.83]have no alternative but
[10:11.78]We have no alternative but to give up.
[10:23.60]谢谢收听

1 suffocate
vt.使窒息,使缺氧,阻碍;vi.窒息,窒息而亡,阻碍发展
  • If you shut all the windows,I will suffocate.如果你把窗户全部关起来,我就会闷死。
  • The stale air made us suffocate.浑浊的空气使我们感到窒息。
2 plaque
n.饰板,匾,(医)血小板
  • There is a commemorative plaque to the artist in the village hall.村公所里有一块纪念该艺术家的牌匾。
  • Some Latin words were engraved on the plaque. 牌匾上刻着些拉丁文。
3 affixed
adj.[医]附着的,附着的v.附加( affix的过去式和过去分词 );粘贴;加以;盖(印章)
  • The label should be firmly affixed to the package. 这张标签应该牢牢地贴在包裹上。
  • He affixed the sign to the wall. 他将标记贴到墙上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 inscription
n.(尤指石块上的)刻印文字,铭文,碑文
  • The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read.铭文已磨损,无法辨认了。
  • He chiselled an inscription on the marble.他在大理石上刻碑文。
5 spoke
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
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