英语灵异故事-The Banshee 01 爱尔兰女妖 01

[00:17.31]The Banshee
[00:26.51]爱尔兰女妖
[00:36.91]My mom's side of the family is Irish.
[00:40.48]So my grandma would tell me stories
[00:42.90]about my great-grandpa who was from Ireland.
[00:48.52]Just small stories,
[00:50.00]such as the fact that he had a musical ear
[00:52.86]and could play almost every instrument.
[00:56.33](I wish it passed on through the family.)
[00:59.08]I've always been into paranormal things,
[01:02.37]so I would always ask her
[01:04.08]if he had encountered anything
[01:06.02]out of the ordinary throughout his life.
[01:09.37]Her memory was vague,
[01:11.49]so she asked her sister Mary,
[01:14.09]and Mary reminded her of his banshee incidents
[01:18.55]back in County Cork¹ Ireland.
[01:23.26]My grandma explained to me
[01:25.12]what Mary had remembered
[01:26.78]her father telling her as a kid.
[01:30.49]A banshee, before I go on, is an Irish myth.
[01:36.01]A ghost that protects an Irish family
[01:39.23]throughout eternity² without showing itself,
[01:43.94]unless someone in the family dies.
[01:47.24]Since the banshee can predict the future,
[01:50.21]it knows who is going to die beforehand.
[01:54.58]So it mourns under the moonlight,
[01:57.07]with cries more like the wind
[01:58.93]and shows itself to someone in the family
[02:02.24](preferably the one who isn't going to die).
[02:07.09]It gets so sad because it is a part of the family.
[02:13.45]So anyway, when my great grandpa was a kid
[02:16.99]he would ride home on a horse,
[02:19.16]back in Ireland,
[02:20.36]through the fields from school dances.
[02:24.43]So once in a while
[02:26.34]his horse would stop dead in its tracks,
[02:29.77]because you know animals
[02:31.21]can sense things people can't.
[02:34.72]My great grandpa would tell it to trudge³ on,
[02:37.97]but it wouldn't budge⁴.
[02:45.39]讲解
[04:55.07]My mom's side of the family is Irish.
[04:58.54]So my grandma would tell me stories
[05:00.97]about my great-grandpa who was from Ireland.
[05:13.10]Just small stories,
[05:15.03]such as the fact that he had a musical ear
[05:17.86]and could play almost every instrument.
[05:28.17](I wish it passed on through the family.)
[05:34.15]I've always been into paranormal things,
[05:37.32]so I would always ask her
[05:38.97]if he had encountered anything
[05:41.19]out of the ordinary throughout his life.
[05:53.33]Her memory was vague,
[05:55.52]so she asked her sister Mary,
[05:58.02]and Mary reminded her of his banshee incidents
[06:02.60]back in County Cork Ireland.
[06:21.34]My grandma explained to me
[06:23.04]what Mary had remembered
[06:24.79]her father telling her as a kid.
[06:36.11]A banshee, before I go on, is an Irish myth.
[06:41.59]A ghost that protects an Irish family
[06:44.94]throughout eternity without showing itself,
[06:49.49]unless someone in the family dies.
[07:08.10]Since the banshee can predict the future,
[07:10.86]it knows who is going to die beforehand.
[07:22.38]So it mourns under the moonlight,
[07:24.97]with cries more like the wind
[07:26.89]and shows itself to someone in the family
[07:30.17](preferably the one who isn't going to die).
[07:47.48]It gets so sad because it is a part of the family.
[08:00.89]So anyway, when my great grandpa was a kid
[08:04.48]he would ride home on a horse,
[08:06.68]back in Ireland,
[08:07.85]through the fields from school dances.
[08:22.47]So once in a while
[08:24.27]his horse would stop dead in its tracks,
[08:27.63]because you know animals
[08:29.10]can sense things people can't.
[08:41.00]My great grandpa would tell it to trudge on,
[08:44.06]but it wouldn't budge.
[08:58.39]语言点
[08:59.99]banshee  女妖精
[09:04.79]my mom's side of the family
[09:11.27]be into sth  给...迷住, 对...深感兴趣
[09:19.17]encounter  遭遇，遇到
[09:30.45]encounter sth
[09:35.58]meet
[09:37.83]sth out of the ordinary
[09:42.73]before I go on
[09:55.29]eternity  永远
[10:01.65]throughout
[10:03.34]throughout eternity
[10:07.30]anyway  无论如何，总之
[10:24.32]stop dead  突然停止
[10:27.20]dead  突然地
[10:30.85]stop dead  戛然而止
[10:40.13]谢谢收听

1 cork   

n.软木，软木塞

参考例句：

• We heard the pop of a cork.我们听见瓶塞砰的一声打开。
• Cork is a very buoyant material.软木是极易浮起的材料。

2 eternity   

n.不朽，来世；永恒，无穷

参考例句：

• The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
• Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞，永世相随。

3 trudge   

v.步履艰难地走；n.跋涉，费力艰难的步行

参考例句：

• It was a hard trudge up the hill.这趟上山是一次艰难的跋涉。
• The trudge through the forest will be tiresome.长途跋涉穿越森林会令人疲惫不堪。

4 budge   

v.移动一点儿；改变立场

参考例句：

• We tried to lift the rock but it wouldn't budge.我们试图把大石头抬起来，但它连动都没动一下。
• She wouldn't budge on the issue.她在这个问题上不肯让步。