英语灵异故事-The Church And The Handprint (教堂与掌印) 03

I walked on around to the car and was standing¹ outside of the driver's side waiting for them. It had been a calm, cool night in November (night before Thanksgiving, actually) and no wind. Suddenly, I felt a breeze come up and as I looked up at the trees above me, it was like there was thousands of fireflies in the branches. They lit up like a Christmas tree!

　　About that time, I heard Walt yell to Shawn, "RUN!" and I could hear them running, feet pounding, towards the car. I jumped in the driver side and started the car. As I did so, I looked and saw Shawn coming through the gate of the fence. As I sat there and looked, he appeared to trip or something had shoved him. He went flying through the dirt and gravel², landing on his hands and knees. He got up, continued on around the car and jumped in the front passenger seat. Walt then ran around and got in. (Note: keep in mind, Shawn was so far ahead of Walt, he was able to fall, get up and get in the car before Walt had even cleared the gate area.)

我继续走到汽车旁，站在车外驾驶员一侧等着他们。当时是11月份，那晚宁静凉爽，没有风（那天是感恩节前夜）。突然吹来一阵风，我抬头看看头顶的树，看到树枝间大概有好几千只萤火虫，把那棵树照的像棵圣诞树似的！

　　正在这时，我听到沃尔特对肖恩喊道：“快跑！”我能听到他们向汽车跑过来时脚落地的声音。我跳上驾驶座，发动汽车。肖恩冲过篱笆门。我坐在那看见他仿佛被什么东西推了一下似的踉跄了一下，滑过泥土和沙砾，摔倒在地上。他站起来跑到车边，跳到副驾驶座上。沃尔特也跑上了车。（要记得，沃尔特远远地落在肖恩后边，肖恩跌倒了又站起来然后上了车，沃尔特才刚到篱笆门口。）

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 gravel   

n.砂跞；砂砾层；结石

参考例句：

• We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
• More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。