时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:英语灵异故事


英语课
[00:15.99]Mister
[00:23.38]先生
[00:35.25]My mom looked in the directionI was pointing
[00:38.26]in time to see,
[00:40.47]two huge hairy legs step over the ledge 1 of the roof.
[00:44.39]That was all she needed to see,
[00:47.76]she picked me up turned around
[00:49.95]and started running for Mister's store.
[00:53.73]She didn't see the whole spider but I did.
[00:57.29]It was so big its body completely covered
[01:00.32]one of the windows on the side of the building.
[01:04.04]In addition it was headed diagonally toward us
[01:08.32]with amazing speed.
[01:10.98]Mom got into the store and locked the door behind her.
[01:15.38]Mister, was surprised,
[01:18.00]she would do this but could tell she was terrified.
[01:22.53]What's wrong Mrs. S, why are you so pale?
[01:26.97]My mother was primarily Spanish speaking.
[01:30.62]So what she said was,
[01:31.86]"This big black thing, it try to kill me and the baby!!"
[01:36.67]Mister was confused
[01:39.07]but he thought my mother was talking about a black man.
[01:43.00]He said, "Now Mrs. S. it's not nice to refer to people as things.
[01:47.92]But I will call the police."
[01:50.26]Mom said, "No people, no people,
[01:52.39]big black many legs, it kill, it kill!"
[01:57.02]Now while this confusing conversation is going on,
[02:02.05]I can see in my minds eye what the spider is doing
[02:06.18]and sense what it's thinking.
[02:08.89]It's thinking it can't come into the store,
[02:12.49]someone might actually see it.
[02:16.08]Usually, its intended victim can only see it.
[02:20.99]But for some reason it could not understand or explain,
[02:25.10]it knew I could see it and I should not have been able to.
[02:31.13]I had a psychic 2 link to my mom
[02:34.12]and despite the inconvenience of my ability to see it,
[02:39.13]the spider knew it had to complete its mission
[02:42.69]of killing 4 my mother.
[02:57.26]讲解
[04:42.67]语言点
[04:45.78]in addition  另外,也
[04:50.08]also / besides / as well
[04:53.43]They eat a great deal of fruit in addition.
[05:00.13]in addition to
[05:06.64]In addition to English, she learns Japanese.
[05:14.02]but  但是
[05:20.71]只是,仅仅
[05:23.09]only
[05:24.89]Hopes that lasted but a moment.
[05:32.86]It took her but a few days to learn it.
[05:39.46]should not have done
[05:56.73]We should not have watered the flowers so much.
[06:04.51]should have done  本该做,却没有做
[06:09.70]You should have come earlier.
[06:14.43]could
[06:16.25]could have done
[06:21.84]You could have caught the bus if you had got up earlier.
[06:30.72]despite  尽管
[06:33.48]in spite 3 of
[06:35.80]Won the game despite overwhelming 5 odds 6.
[06:57.53]My mom looked in the direction I was pointing
[07:00.37]in time to see,
[07:02.48]two huge hairy legs step over the ledge of the roof.
[07:06.63]That was all she needed to see,
[07:10.06]she picked me up turned around
[07:12.22]and started running for Mister's store.
[07:16.01]She didn't see the whole spider but I did.
[07:19.60]It was so big its body completely covered
[07:22.64]one of the windows on the side of the building.
[07:26.33]In addition it was headed diagonally toward us
[07:30.62]with amazing speed.
[07:33.32]Mom got into the store and locked the door behind her.
[07:37.28]Mister, was surprised,
[07:40.26]she would do this but could tell she was terrified.
[07:44.48]What's wrong Mrs. S, why are you so pale?
[07:49.01]My mother was primarily Spanish speaking.
[07:52.37]So what she said was,
[07:53.99]"This big black thing, it try to kill me and the baby!!"
[07:58.69]Mister was confused
[08:00.98]but he thought my mother was talking about a black man.
[08:05.37]He said, "Now Mrs. S. it's not nice to refer to people as things.
[08:10.33]But I will call the police."
[08:12.63]Mom said, "No people, no people,
[08:14.85]big black many legs, it kill, it kill!"
[08:19.57]Now while this confusing conversation is going on,
[08:24.36]I can see in my minds eye what the spider is doing
[08:28.52]and sense what it's thinking.
[08:31.36]It's thinking it can't come into the store,
[08:34.93]someone might actually see it.
[08:37.99]Usually, its intended victim can only see it.
[08:43.37]But for some reason it could not understand or explain,
[08:47.81]it knew I could see it and I should not have been able to.
[08:53.76]I had a psychic link to my mom
[08:56.42]and despite the inconvenience of my ability to see it,
[09:01.24]the spider knew it had to complete its mission
[09:05.01]of killing my mother.
[09:19.36]谢谢收听

1 ledge
n.壁架,架状突出物;岩架,岩礁
  • They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge.他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。
  • Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell.突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上,摔倒了。
2 psychic
n.对超自然力敏感的人;adj.有超自然力的
  • Some people are said to have psychic powers.据说有些人有通灵的能力。
  • She claims to be psychic and to be able to foretell the future.她自称有特异功能,能预知未来。
3 spite
n.(用于短语)虽然,不顾,尽管
  • He has modern ideas in spite of his great age.尽管他年事很高,但思想观念却很入时。
  • In spite of his anger,his remarks were restrained.他尽管生气,说的话还是有节制的。
4 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
5 overwhelming
adj.势不可挡的,压倒的,无法抵抗的
  • The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned.洪水来势凶猛,很快这个城市就被淹没了。
  • The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.该法案以压倒多数通过。
6 odds
n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别
  • The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
  • Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗?
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above-threshold operation method
accommodation layout
aedon
akita sh?jo (japan)
amount in figures
apogeic
Ascii terminal.
ask yourself
Bali tiger
Basilides
beamstopper
betongia lesueur
brogressive
cbtis
communal relationship
constant speed
cornucoquimba chidai
cryogenic biology
data directed reasoning
diagram of screenroom
digital output pulse train
dilators
dust wind
effascinations
embryo engineering
extra special flexible steel wire rope
Federal Reserve System Board of Governors
fool on
foreshortened scale
gap-bridge
gas expansion factor
gas-station
ghost catsharks
Grotian
heritability in the broad sense
hidekis
high-frequency diode
immunoexpress
inseverably
isomorphic graphs
jointure of command
jump out of skin
jumping (hydraulic)
Key, L.
lattice reciprocal
living alone
lock-in stress
mahgribs
Maurist
mercurializes
mesopleural suture
mile-per-hour
motacilla tschutschensis simillima
non-modern
nondermatologic
oblique flat culture
one-colour
optical digits-display
orifice-plate flowmeter
ornithodoriasis
paly
Penicillium crustaceum
plant damage
pnpv
pressure intensity
primordium of palatine tonsil
propargite
prosocial television
psychoneuroimmunologic
pumping tube
quimper
quinterns
regular foam
righter
secondary fumarole
self - contained flat
self-fulfillings
sesquiterpenol
set of lens
slimming bath essence
smooth hammerhead
Spanish blind
sperchon uchidai
sphragidite
spiral lifecycle model
sporeforming bacillus
squeaker
steam-electric power
storage cryopump
supersphere
system alternatives
the focal point
theoretical rocket
tire of
tractile fibre
translay relay
two step
united states intelligence agencies
volitional movement
w.l
water seal ioint
zoophyte