万花筒 2013-03-12&03-14 墓地房：物美价廉

 In New York City, at the exact Bedseat Pittropolise lives their killer¹ townhouse. I mean really, really lovely. Now if this is pretty much anywhere else in Brooklyn.

I would say this house would have gone for 40 to 50 percent more.

Why did you get such a good deal?

There were dead people over there.

Green-Wood Cemetery², one of the biggest in New York City, home to over half a million dead people, when moved in the day we visited. But, there are upsights.

A dead neighbour is a quiet neighbour. 

So lonely no party in. None much whatsoever³.

And the cemetery is, kind of, like a lively park. 

Where you don’t have to worry about development; you’d have great views of this beautiful scenery across the way that will never disappear.

There is a lake and everything, Learner Bernstein, among many others, buried in this urban green oasis⁴. But, and there is a big but. 

Are you worried about the Zonbi Pockelips?

I am worried about the Zonbi Pockelips.

You are the first victim. 

I am a frontline. 

But maybe the fest will go quick.

In a way I suppose. … you can soon … 

On the other side, if the cemetery leaves ... Yes, sanitary⁵. 

There just people who were dead. 

The Zonbi isn’t just in movie. 

Yeah. 

Do you like going down there?

Yeah, I like. You usually see graves … 

That must be fun. 

Isn’t it a freaky act? 

No, not at all.

Really?

I’m very peaceful.

But it sure freaks Sarah’s her mother-in-law. 

She does doesn’t understand why you are dwelling⁶ on a actual cemetery; but when she came the first time she sort of: Aih! It’s not real! Why!

One good reason: No one is gonna build there and ruin there fabulous⁷ view all the way to Manhattan. 

Now, you don’t mind the dead people, but do the dead people mind you?

We’ve got a TV or two to turn on, and the song.

Just sign.

Mayby they’ll just say “Hi!” They will welcome in us to their … 

To their turf. 

1 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

2 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

3 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

4 oasis   

n.（沙漠中的）绿洲，宜人的地方

参考例句：

• They stopped for the night at an oasis.他们在沙漠中的绿洲停下来过夜。
• The town was an oasis of prosperity in a desert of poverty.该镇是贫穷荒漠中的一块繁荣的“绿洲”。

5 sanitary   

adj.卫生方面的，卫生的，清洁的，卫生的

参考例句：

• It's not sanitary to let flies come near food.让苍蝇接近食物是不卫生的。
• The sanitary conditions in this restaurant are abominable.这家饭馆的卫生状况糟透了。

6 dwelling   

n.住宅，住所，寓所

参考例句：

• Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
• He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。

7 fabulous   

adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的

参考例句：

• We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
• This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。