英语灵异故事-Roofer 01 房顶工人 01（在线收听） |
| [00:14.15]Roofer [00:19.31]房顶工人 [00:31.61]I worked in the basement of a Caltech campus building [00:35.17]that had been periodically haunted [00:37.88]by the specter of the upper half of a roofer [00:41.07]who had fallen from the six story roof [00:43.87]twenty years earlier. [00:46.69]On the day of the 6.0 Whittier earthquakes of 1987 [00:52.41]I arrived at the building an hour earlier than usual [00:56.17]and took the elevator to the top floor [00:59.39]where the snack bar was located. [01:03.04]After buying a cup of coffee from the dispenser [01:06.24]I strolled out of the snack room [01:08.43]onto the penthouse balcony [01:10.26]to gaze over the lovely campus. [01:13.78]Just as I was about to take a sip of coffee [01:16.87]the whole building jolted upwards [01:19.88]and nearly knocked me off balance. [01:23.97]Thinking the short earthquake [01:26.05]could be a precursor to an even bigger earthquake, [01:30.02]I turned to find my way to the stairwell. [01:33.24]However, as I turned [01:35.25]I was slammed to the tarmac so violently [01:38.83]and swiftly that I had no time [01:41.16]to break my fall with my hands. [01:44.67]As I struggled to crawl towards the stairwell [01:47.96]I felt a sharp jabbing pain of my left ankle. [01:52.62]I descended the stairs to the lobby [01:55.07]and observed huge cracks in the corners [01:58.18]and stumbled over chucks of plaster [02:00.33]that had fallen onto the stairs. [02:03.80]As I stumbled and limped through the lobby [02:06.70]I encountered marble wall panels [02:09.25]that had fallen and broken. [02:19.57]讲解 [03:53.06]语言点 [03:56.06]periodically 周期性地，定期地 [04:00.34]periodical [04:04.00]haunt 神鬼出没，闹鬼 [04:09.95]the upper half [04:13.00]upper 上面的 [04:17.22]lower [04:19.52]the upper class 上层社会 [04:22.46]the lower class 下层社会 [04:26.32]story 楼层 [04:29.56]故事，小说 [04:32.69]on the day of…. [04:38.34]on [04:40.06]on September. 9th [04:44.65]on the day I came to Beijing [04:50.27]arrive at 到达 [04:54.52]get to / reach [04:57.68]I arrived at/got to/reached New York last month. [05:06.09]an hour earlier than usual [05:10.77]than usual 比平时 [05:13.33]ten minutes later than usual [05:18.51]take the elevator 乘电梯。电梯 [05:23.04]elevator [05:25.30]lift [05:27.59]snack bar 小吃店，快餐柜 [05:31.17]snack 小吃，快餐 [05:35.30]locate 位于，坐落于 [05:42.56]Our campus is located in the northwest of the city of Beijing. [05:51.55]dispenser 自动售货机 [05:58.65]药剂师，配药员 [06:03.07]stroll 漫步、闲逛 [06:12.12]I met an old classmate when I was strolling along the street. [06:21.23]gaze 凝视，盯 [06:25.86]gaze at somebody [06:29.08]He likes to gaze at those pretty girls. [06:35.00]be about to do something 即将做某事 [06:39.02]I was about to watch TV when the doorbell rang. [06:47.41]a sip of 一小口 [06:50.56]knock somebody off balance [06:56.07]off balance 失去平衡 [06:58.90]on balance 保持平衡 [07:02.19]a precursor to …的先兆 [07:06.00]Lightning and thundering are usually precursors to rainfalls. [07:15.41]so…that… 太…以至于… [07:19.68]It's so hot that all the people just want to stay at home. [07:28.43]a sharp jabbing pain [07:32.76]sharp 剧烈的、强烈的 [07:37.82]descend 下降 [07:42.74]ascend 上升 [07:47.53]broken [07:48.70]break [08:09.28]I worked in the basement of a Caltech campus building [08:13.14]that had been periodically haunted [08:15.51]by the specter of the upper half of a roofer [08:18.64]who had fallen from the six story roof [08:21.49]twenty years earlier. [08:24.29]On the day of the 6.0 Whittier earthquakes of 1987 [08:30.14]I arrived at the building an hour earlier than usual [08:34.38]and took the elevator to the top floor [08:37.11]where the snack bar was located. [08:40.70]After buying a cup of coffee from the dispenser [08:43.88]I strolled out of the snack room [08:46.04]onto the penthouse balcony [08:47.90]to gaze over the lovely campus. [08:51.45]Just as I was about to take a sip of coffee [08:54.65]the whole building jolted upwards [08:57.44]and nearly knocked me off balance. [09:01.65]Thinking the short earthquake [09:03.74]could be a precursor to an even bigger earthquake, [09:07.65]I turned to find my way to the stairwell. [09:10.90]However, as I turned [09:12.94]I was slammed to the tarmac so violently [09:16.52]and swiftly that I had no time [09:18.82]to break my fall with my hands. [09:22.56]As I struggled to crawl towards the stairwell [09:25.65]I felt a sharp jabbing pain of my left ankle. [09:29.87]I descended the stairs to the lobby [09:32.68]and observed huge cracks in the corners [09:35.79]and stumbled over chucks of plaster [09:38.01]that had fallen onto the stairs. [09:41.46]As I stumbled and limped through the lobby [09:44.38]I encountered marble wall panels [09:46.86]that had fallen and broken. [09:58.51]谢谢收听 |
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