英语灵异故事-The Coffee Cup 01 神秘的咖啡杯 01（在线收听） |
| [00:15.61]The Coffee Cup [00:23.30]神秘的咖啡杯 [00:29.93]Just before the summer of 1977, [00:33.67]I was hired as a busboy at a local hotel's restaurant. [00:38.63]The hotel was only three years old [00:41.28]and had been built on the site of another hotel [00:44.26]that had burned down many years before. [00:47.58]The hotel had a creek that ran through the property. [00:51.46]This town at one time had been a stopping point [00:55.07]for people traveling west through Texas. [00:58.20]It was fairy common for travelers [01:00.69]to stop at this creek in the 1800's, [01:04.28]and the town had been established due to this. [01:07.57]I first was assigned to the evening dinner shift [01:11.30]as I still was in school. [01:13.39]When school was let out for the summer, [01:16.01]I moved to the far more hectic morning breakfast shift. [01:20.20]The girl who opened the restaurant [01:21.84]quit abruptly one morning [01:24.90](she literally ran out yelling that she quit [01:28.08]and was gone before anyone else arrived) [01:31.82]so I was assigned to open the restaurant. [01:35.33]This necessitated me arriving at about 5:30 [01:39.48]in the morning to get the dining room set up [01:42.47]and ready for the breakfast rush [01:44.53]before the restaurant opened at 7:00. [01:48.50]The rest of the dining room staff showed up at around 6:00. [02:03.97]讲解 [03:37.55]Just before the summer of 1977, [03:41.00]I was hired as a busboy at a local hotel's restaurant. [03:55.09]The hotel was only three years old [03:57.47]and had been built on the site of another hotel [04:00.58]that had burned down many years before. [04:11.60]The hotel had a creek that ran through the property. [04:19.04]This town at one time had been a stopping point [04:22.30]for people traveling west through Texas. [04:35.10]It was fairy common for travelers [04:37.83]to stop at this creek in the 1800's, [04:41.54]and the town had been established due to this. [04:55.17]I first was assigned to the evening dinner shift [04:58.39]as I still was in school. [05:07.08]When school was let out for the summer, [05:09.17]I moved to the far more hectic morning breakfast shift. [05:20.66]The girl who opened the restaurant [05:22.33]quit abruptly one morning [05:25.35](she literally ran out yelling that she quit [05:28.49]and was gone before anyone else arrived) [05:32.63]so I was assigned to open the restaurant. [05:50.09]This necessitated me arriving at about 5:30 [05:54.17]in the morning to get the dining room set up [05:57.16]and ready for the breakfast rush [05:59.42]before the restaurant opened at 7:00. [06:03.07]The rest of the dining room staff showed up at around 6:00. [06:31.34]语言点 [06:33.41]busboy [06:43.43]waiter's assistant [06:54.65]site 地点 [07:00.34]construction site [07:03.04]burn down [07:08.08]creek 小溪，小河 [07:15.68]up the creek [07:20.44]I'll be up the creek if I don't pass this English test. [07:30.07]due to 因为 [07:32.79]because of [07:36.59]His successes were largely due to luck. [07:43.05]be assigned to [07:48.12]I can not believe [07:49.58]I will be assigned to the marketing department, [07:52.46]...I know nothing about marketing. [08:02.94]shift 轮班 [08:10.29]早班 morning shift [08:12.97]午班 afternoon shift [08:17.35]hectic 繁忙 [08:22.25]busy [08:25.32]quit abruptly 突然辞职 [08:28.73]quit 辞职 [08:33.10]I've had enough, so I quit. [08:39.87]quit doing something [08:49.62]Can you quit smoking? [08:54.47]Can you quit making noises? [08:57.87]necessitate 使…成为必需 [09:05.29]It's an unpopular measure, [09:07.40]but the situation necessitates it. [09:15.42]show up 出现 [09:25.17]谢谢收听 |
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