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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(计划..) 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.汤普森先生最近才买的一个小酒店现在又要卖出去。汤普森先生之所以想卖它，是因为那里常闹鬼。他告诉我有天夜里他怎么也睡不着，因为他听到酒吧里传来一阵奇怪的响声。第二天早上，他发现酒吧间的门被椅子堵上了，家具也被挪动过。虽然汤普森临睡觉时把灯关了，但早晨灯却都亮着。他还说他发现了5只空的威士忌瓶子，肯定是鬼魂昨天晚上喝的。当我暗示说一定是村里有些人来喝不花钱的酒时，汤普森先生摇了摇头。村里的人已经告诉他，即使他把小酒店白送人，他们也不要。

• 这里用到同义词替换 public house / the bar / the inn 可以加上 the pub
• thirsty 生物干渴都可说是 thirsty 至于嗜酒, 有点隐喻, 像需要水一样需要酒.
• public house 是 pub 的正式 官方用法. pub UK词, bar AM词
  • 主要用于have alcoholic drinks and talk to their friends, 现在许多pubs也serve food.
• recently = not long ago 不久前, 最近
• up for
  • 正被考虑..., 计划要..., for 跟着事件
  • be up for sale 待售中
  • be put up for auction 被拍卖
  • be up for discussion 被讨论
  • 被提名 for 跟职业, 或事件
  • be up for the chief executive's job 被提名总经理职位
  • be up for re-election(连任)
  • 因有罪出庭受审 for 跟罪名
  • be up for drinking and driving
  • 有兴趣
  • we're going to the pub later -- are you up for it?
• haunted 闹鬼 where a ghost regularly appears
• turn off 机器电灯等不在运转叫off, 在运转在on.
  • 等价于 switch off
• whisky
  • a strong, pale brown alcoholic drink
  • made from grain(谷物) such as barley(大麦), maize(玉米) or rye(黑麦)
• suggest 1. sb提议 2. sb推荐 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 本该醒的时候睡着了, 可能太累 太困之类的
  • go to sleep 有意为之的睡觉, 睡觉时间到了
• on the spot 在现场

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, 反复
• dare 是动词, 敢于... dare to do 这里没用对
• courageous 1* / brave 3* / valiant 1*
  • courageous 有胆量的 show courage; courage => without showing fear
  • brave 困难危险前不害怕
  • valiant = brave or bravely determined

Remembers

• up for
  • 正被考虑..., 计划要..., for 跟着事件
  • be up for sale 待售中
  • be put up for auction 被拍卖
  • be up for discussion 被讨论
  • 被提名 for 跟职业, 或事件
  • be up for the chief executive's job 被提名总经理职位
  • be up for re-election(连任)
• courageous 1* / brave 3* / valiant 1*
  • courageous 有胆量的 show courage; courage => without showing fear
  • brave 困难危险前不害怕
  • valiant = brave or bravely determined

任务时间: 2017-01-29
(作文时间: 2017-01-30, 耗时: 120 分钟)

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