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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