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?
学英语单词
acid siphon
additional wave
Alepisauridae
alternative reserve assets
aluminum alloy wire
amandes
anchor with a spring
Antipodes I.
baby roller
Ban Khang Kha
bardarson
bidirectional categorial grammar
biotrophically
Bobrowice
bonzodet
Canglangpuan Stage
Cavite Mutiny
cell typing
chiasmatypy
Chiltepec
claudicates
clutch pedal shaft bracket
commercial stock
control force system
current limiting threshold
dehydro-epi-androsteronacetate
digital baseband chip
dissecans pneumonia
dissociation curve
dynamic loads
dysostosis hypophysalia
eddy kinematic viscosity
edingtonite
Elaeagnus longipes
end of medium character (em)
eskoes
event chart
fabric filler
family possessions
Faxinal
feather-veined
flow-friction characteristics
flue gas analyzing apparatus
glassfiber sleeve-springs
have a distaste for
heavenly cover cosmology
identification of human remains
Ihlienworth
Ikuu
indiella
izonsteride
jahnsite-(CaMnFe)
jiaozi
junction-station
kalyvias
lead pencils
let's play
lugsail
Lyakhavichy
MacDonald, Dwight
magnesium chlorophoenicite
mauthner
merodesmosine
nardielloes
Nayuma
Nischintāpur
nonideal gas
nouveau pauvre
pairwise independence
parallels of latitude
parameter calculation procedure
periplanone
photofield
pollachiuss pollachiuss
porate
port of distress
presessional
propelling explosive
quotient of similarity
race knife
requarantine
retarder released
ring sticking test
rocket attack
rough-leaved
Sagami-gawa
Septuagintal
set ... loose
sicklewort
successive induction
swermer
Sātkānia
tabber
throut
throw a sprat to catch a mackerel
to-tween
Trigonella ruthenica
underwater structure
valcour island
warning off
water transport enterprise
zinc anode for protection