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Lesson 47 A thirsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂

A public house which was recently bought by Mr Ian Thompson is up for sale. Mr Thompson is going to(計劃..) sell it because it is haunted. He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Though Mr Thompson had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before. When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr Thompson shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept the inn even if he gives it away.

伊恩.湯普森先生最近才買的一個小酒店現(xiàn)在又要賣出去。湯普森先生之所以想賣它，是因為那里常鬧鬼。他告訴我有天夜里他怎么也睡不著，因為他聽到酒吧里傳來一陣奇怪的響聲。第二天早上，他發(fā)現(xiàn)酒吧間的門被椅子堵上了，家具也被挪動過。雖然湯普森臨睡覺時把燈關(guān)了，但早晨燈卻都亮著。他還說他發(fā)現(xiàn)了5只空的威士忌瓶子，肯定是鬼魂昨天晚上喝的。當(dāng)我暗示說一定是村里有些人來喝不花錢的酒時，湯普森先生搖了搖頭。村里的人已經(jīng)告訴他，即使他把小酒店白送人，他們也不要。

• 這里用到同義詞替換 public house / the bar / the inn 可以加上 the pub
• thirsty 生物干渴都可說是 thirsty 至于嗜酒, 有點隱喻, 像需要水一樣需要酒.
• public house 是 pub 的正式 官方用法. pub UK詞, bar AM詞
  • 主要用于have alcoholic drinks and talk to their friends, 現(xiàn)在許多pubs也serve food.
• recently = not long ago 不久前, 最近
• up for
  • 正被考慮..., 計劃要..., for 跟著事件
  • be up for sale 待售中
  • be put up for auction 被拍賣
  • be up for discussion 被討論
  • 被提名 for 跟職業(yè), 或事件
  • be up for the chief executive's job 被提名總經(jīng)理職位
  • be up for re-election(連任)
  • 因有罪出庭受審 for 跟罪名
  • be up for drinking and driving
  • 有興趣
  • we're going to the pub later -- are you up for it?
• haunted 鬧鬼 where a ghost regularly appears
• turn off 機器電燈等不在運轉(zhuǎn)叫off, 在運轉(zhuǎn)在on.
  • 等價于 switch off
• whisky
  • a strong, pale brown alcoholic drink
  • made from grain(谷物) such as barley(大麥), maize(玉米) or rye(黑麥)
• suggest 1. sb提議 2. sb推薦 3.sb言下之意 4. sth暗示,表明 5. 使想起

  • I suggested to Mike that we can rush up to the woman and steal her handbag.
    It is wrong to suggest that there are easy alternatives.
    Its long hair suggests a girl.
    Does anything suggests itself? (= Have you got any ideas about what we should do?)

• give sth away

From Ian Thompson's View:

Not sooner had I bought a pub in a small village than I was going to sell it because it is haunted. Last night, I couldn't 'fall in'[=> go to] sleep because I heard strange noises coming from downstairs. I got such a fright that I failed to get down to see what was happening. I was sure that the ghosts had drunk here because five empty whisky bottles were found in[=> on] the spot today morning. The door was blocked by some chairs and the lights were all on although I had turn them off last night. The villagers said they would not accept this inn even if it is free. One of my friends had suggested that some villagers must have come in and have a free drink but I was still going to sell it.

Knowledges

• fall asleep != go to sleep
  • fall asleep 本該醒的時候睡著了, 可能太累 太困之類的
  • go to sleep 有意為之的睡覺, 睡覺時間到了
• on the spot 在現(xiàn)場

From A villager's View:

The pub which had been bought two weeks ago was up for sale again. Ian Thompson is its forteenth owner 'for'[=> ''] this year. Why had it been bought and sold ''[=>again and again]? Because it is a haunted house. Is it really haunted? No, no, no. There are no ghosts in 'this'[=> the] world! On Saturday nights, we, about four men, always have dressed like ghosts and went into the inn and had a drink. We all know the owner lives upstairs. In order to frighten him not to disturb our drinking, we have been talking and singing songs like ghosts. 'Some dare men have been able'[=> Some men have been courageous enough to] to 'walk'[=> come] down 'slowly'[=> step by step] 'with a stick'[=> with fear] to see what have been happening. They often have been holding a stick or a knife, but they all have been frightened by us and have ran back upstairs. And then, as you know, they put the pub up for sale the next day.

Knowledges

• again and again 再三, 反復(fù)
• dare 是動詞, 敢于... dare to do 這里沒用對
• courageous 1* / brave 3* / valiant 1*
  • courageous 有膽量的 show courage; courage => without showing fear
  • brave 困難危險前不害怕
  • valiant = brave or bravely determined

Remembers

• up for
  • 正被考慮..., 計劃要..., for 跟著事件
  • be up for sale 待售中
  • be put up for auction 被拍賣
  • be up for discussion 被討論
  • 被提名 for 跟職業(yè), 或事件
  • be up for the chief executive's job 被提名總經(jīng)理職位
  • be up for re-election(連任)
• courageous 1* / brave 3* / valiant 1*
  • courageous 有膽量的 show courage; courage => without showing fear
  • brave 困難危險前不害怕
  • valiant = brave or bravely determined

任務(wù)時間: 2017-01-29
(作文時間: 2017-01-30, 耗時: 120 分鐘)

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