Lesson 30 The death of a ghost

歌曲 Lesson 30 The death of a ghost
歌手 英语听力
专辑 新概念英语(第三册)

歌词

[00:01.080] --- lesson 30 The death of a ghost
[00:05.840] --- Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:11.480] --- Why did the two brothers keep the secret?
[00:16.640] For years, villagers believed that Endley Farm was hunted.
[00:21.720] The farm was owned by two brothers, Joe and Bob Cox.
[00:26.480] They employed a few farmhands, but no one was willing to work there long.
[00:31.520] Every time a worker gave up his job, he told the same story.
[00:36.400] Farm labourers said that they always woke up to find that work had been done overnight.
[00:42.760] Hay had been cut and cowsheds had been cleaned.
[00:47.000] A farm worker, who stayed up all night claimed to have seen a figure cutting corn in the moonlight.
[00:53.800] In time, it became an accepted fact that the Cox brothers employed a conscientious ghost that did most of their work for them.
[01:03.560] No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.
[01:09.560] This was indeed the case.
[01:11.360] A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had died.
[01:18.560] Everyone went to the funeral, for the 'ghost' was none other than Eric Cox, a third brother who was supposed to have died as a young man.
[01:28.440] After the funeral, Joe and Bob revealed a secret which they had kept for over fifty years.
[01:35.800] Eric had been the eldest son of the family, very much older than his two brothers.
[01:41.640] He had been obliged to join the army during the Second World War.
[01:45.680] As he hated army life, he decided to desert his regiment.
[01:49.960] When he learnt that he would be sent abroad, he returned to the farm and his father hid him until the end of the war.
[01:58.000] Fearing the authorities, Eric remained in hiding after the war as well.
[02:02.760] His father told everybody that Eric had been killed in action.
[02:07.080] The only other people who knew the secret were Joe and Bob.
[02:11.680] They did not even tell their wives.
[02:14.280] When their father died, they thought it their duty to keep Eric in hiding.
[02:18.800] All these years, Eric had lived as a recluse.
[02:22.800] He used to sleep during the day and work at night, quite unaware of the fact that he had become the ghost of Endley.
[02:31.040] When he died, however, his brothers found it impossible to keep the secret any longer.

歌词大意

[00:01.080] yōu líng zhī sǐ
[00:05.840] tīng lù yīn, rán hòu huí dá yǐ xià wèn tí.
[00:11.480]
[00:16.640] duō nián lái, cūn mín men yī zhí rèn wéi ēn dé lì nóng chǎng zài nào guǐ.
[00:21.720] ēn dé lì nóng chǎng shǔ yú qiáo. kǎo kē sī hé bào bó. kǎo kē sī xiōng dì liǎ suǒ yǒu.
[00:26.480] tā men gù le jǐ gè nóng gōng, dàn shuí yě bù yuàn yì zài na r cháng qī gōng zuò xià qù.
[00:31.520] měi cì gù gōng cí zhí hòu dōu xù shù zhe tóng yàng de gù shì.
[00:36.400] gù gōng men shuō, cháng cháng yī zǎo qǐ lái fā xiàn yǒu rén zài yè lǐ bǎ huó gàn le,
[00:42.760] gān cǎo yǐ qiè hǎo, niú péng yě dǎ sǎo gān jìng le.
[00:47.000] yǒu yí gè chè yè wèi mián de gù gōng hái shēng chēng tā kàn jiàn yí ge rén yǐng zài yuè guāng xià shōu gē zhuāng jià.
[00:53.800] suí zhe shí jiān de liú shì, kǎo kē sī xiōng dì gù le yí gè jìn xīn jìn zé de guǐ, tā men jiā de huó dà bù fèn dōu ràng guǐ gěi gàn le, zhè jiàn shì chéng le gōng rèn de shì shí.
[01:03.560] shuí yě méi xiǎng dào nóng chǎng jìng huì yǒu yí gè cóng wèi lòu miàn de rén.
[01:09.560] dàn shì shí shàng què yǒu cǐ rén.
[01:11.360] bù jiǔ zhī qián, cūn mín men jīng xī ēn dé lì nóng chǎng de guǐ sǐ le.
[01:18.560] dà jiā dōu qù cān jiā le zàng lǐ, yīn wèi nà" guǐ" bú shì bié rén, zhèng shì nóng cháng zhǔ de xiōng dì āi lǐ kè. kǎo kē sī. rén men yǐ wéi āi lǐ kè nián qīng shí jiù sǐ le.
[01:28.440] zàng lǐ zhī hòu, qiáo hé bào bó tòu lù le tā men bǎo shǒu le cháng dá 50 duō nián de mì mì.
[01:35.800] āi lǐ kè shì zhè jiā zhǎng zǐ. nián líng bǐ tā liǎng gè dì di dà hěn duō,
[01:41.640] dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn qī jiān bèi pò cān jūn.
[01:45.680] tā tǎo yàn jūn lǚ shēng huó, jué dìng táo lí suǒ zài bù duì.
[01:49.960] dāng tā liǎo jiě zì jǐ jiāng bèi pài qiǎn chū guó shí, tā táo huí nóng chǎng, fù qīn bǎ tā cáng le qǐ lái, zhí dào zhàn zhēng jié shù.
[01:58.000] yóu yú hài pà dāng jú, āi lǐ kè zhàn hòu jì xù shēn cáng bù lù.
[02:02.760] tā de fù qīn gào sù dà jiā, āi lǐ kè zài zhàn zhēng zhōng bèi dǎ sǐ le.
[02:07.080] chú cǐ zhī wài, zhǐ yǒu qiáo yǔ bào zhī dào zhè gè mì mì.
[02:11.680] dàn tā liǎ lián zì jǐ de qī zǐ dōu méi gào sù.
[02:14.280] fù qīn sǐ hòu, tā men xiōng dì liǎ rèn wéi yǒu zé rèn jì xù bǎ āi lǐ kè cáng qǐ lái.
[02:18.800] zhèi xiē nián lái, āi lǐ kè guò zhe yǐn shì shēng huó,
[02:22.800] bái tiān shuì jiào, yè lǐ chū lái gàn huó, yì diǎn bù zhī dào zì jǐ yǐ chéng le ēn dé lì jiā chǎng de huó guǐ.
[02:31.040] tā sǐ hòu, tā de dì di men cái jué de wú fǎ zài bǎo shǒu zhè gè mì mì le.
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