Ghosts in the House
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Noises in the Night.
深夜里充满了噪音
4 Lies and Lullabies.
4 谎言和卢拉比斯。
9 Shadows Beyond the Door.
9个阴影 出门外.
14 Epilogue.
14 Epilogue. (英语).
19 Glossary.
19 词汇表。
20 Noises in the Night It was the 1830s in rural New Hampshire.
夜里有20个噪音 是新罕布什尔州农村的1830年代.
Since no school buses or cars existed back then, Virginia had a long walk to and from school every day.
由于当时没有校车或汽车存在,弗吉尼亚每天都有很长的往返学校的步行.
She liked walking through the farm fields because it gave her time to think.
她喜欢走过农田 因为它给了她思考的时间。
Sometimes she’d meet up with friends and they’d pass the time talking.
有时她会和朋友见面,
One day, Caleb told her that he had heard strange sounds while staying at his grandmother’s house.
一天,Caleb告诉她,他住在他祖母家时听到奇怪的声音。
His grandfather had died recently and many of his belongings were stored in the attic.
他的祖父最近去世,他的很多物品被存放在阁楼.
Caleb said that anytime he walked past the stairs, he felt a cold chill.
Caleb说只要他走过楼梯 他就会觉得很冷
Virginia asked him to stop talking.
弗吉尼亚要求他停止说话.
She was getting scared.
她吓坏了。
She too, lived in an old farmhouse with an attic.
她也住在一间旧农舍里 有阁楼
She too, heard noises in her attic.
她也听到阁楼里有声音
She grew worried and wondered if her house was haunted.
她越发担心 她家是不是闹鬼了
When Virginia arrived home, she wanted to ask her mother if she believed in ghosts, but decided against it.
弗吉尼亚到家后,她想问她的母亲是否相信有鬼,但决定反对.
Instead, she quietly and feverishly did her chores.
相反,她悄悄地和发烧地做了她的家务活.
She helped with dinner, washed all the dishes, and swept up afterward.
她帮忙吃晚饭,洗了所有的盘子,然后冲了过来。
Later in the evening, she was so exhausted that as she worked on her homework, she fell asleep in her chair.
晚上晚些时候,她非常疲惫,在做作业时,她坐在椅子上睡着了。
Her mother had to help walk her upstairs to get ready for bed.
她的母亲不得不帮助她上楼去准备睡觉.
“Good night, Virginia.
“晚安,弗吉尼亚。
Sleep well.”
睡个好觉 “
Virginia’s mother kissed her daughter on the forehead as she climbed under the quilt.
弗吉尼亚的母亲在被子下爬行时亲吻了前额上的女儿.
“Good night, Mother,” said Virginia with a yawn, but as she drifted off to sleep, she dreamed of ghosts.
“晚安, 母亲,”说弗吉尼亚用打哈欠,但当她去睡觉时,她梦见了鬼魂.
Tip-tap.
嗒嗒。
tip-tap.
嗒嗒。
Virginia popped open her eyes with a burst of fear.
弗吉尼亚用恐惧的爆发打开了眼睛
What was that sound?
那是什么声音?
She sat up and listened carefully, holding her breath.
她静静地坐着听 屏住呼吸
Tip-tap.
嗒嗒。
tip-tap.
嗒嗒。
“Mother, is that you?”
“妈妈,是你吗? “
Virginia whispered urgently, but there was no answer, only a strange, mysterious sound.
弗吉尼亚语紧急低语,但没有任何答案,只有奇特而神秘的声音.
Was it ghosts?
是鬼吗?
Her father always preached that there was usually a simple answer to a simple problem, and so she decided to find out.
她的父亲总是传道,对于一个简单的问题通常有一个简单的答案,所以她决定找出答案.
Tip-tap.
嗒嗒。
tip-tap.
嗒嗒。
Virginia jumped out of bed and ran over to her bedroom window to see if maybe a tree branch was brushing against the glass.
弗吉尼亚跳出床,跑到她卧室的窗户,看看有没有树枝在倒玻璃.
While peering outside, she watched the wind whip up leaves across the grass under a full moon.
在对面外边时,她看着风将叶子鞭打到满月下草地上.
Tip-tap.
嗒嗒。
tip-tap.
嗒嗒。
Virginia realized that the mysterious sound was not coming from below her, but from above her.
弗吉尼亚意识到神秘的声音不是从她下方传来,而是从她上方传来.
There were no bedrooms on the top floor, so it must be an animal, Virginia thought.
顶层没有卧室,所以一定是动物,弗吉尼亚想.
Maybe a raccoon snuck into the attic and is clawing its way out.
也许一只浣熊溜入了阁楼 正在把它的出路。
Virginia got back in bed, feeling much better that she had convinced herself there were no ghosts, and soon fell into a deep sleep.
弗吉尼亚回到了床上,感觉好多了,她说服自己没有鬼,并很快陷入了深睡.
Lies and Lullabies The next morning at breakfast, Virginia told her parents about the sounds she heard coming from the attic.
谎言和卢拉比 第二天早上早餐的时候,弗吉尼亚告诉她的父母她听到的从阁楼传来的声音.
“I’ll look up there after breakfast,” said her father, with a quick glance toward her mother.
她的父亲说, “我早餐后会往上看,
“Can I go with you?”
“我可以和你一起去吗? “
asked Virginia.
问了弗吉尼亚
She saw a flash of worry cross her mother’s face.
她看到母亲脸上一闪忧愁。
“No, dear,” said Mother.
“没有,亲爱的,”妈妈说。
“The attic is dusty, and you’ll get your dress dirty.”
" 阁楼一尘不染,你就会弄脏衣服。 “
Virginia was disappointed, but she knew better than to argue with her mother.
弗吉尼亚很失望,但她比和母亲争吵更清楚.
Later that day, Virginia helped her mother hang meat to smoke behind the fireplace.
当天晚些时候,弗吉尼亚帮助母亲将肉挂在壁炉后吸烟.
“I thought we had one ham left,” said Virginia with a confused look on her face.
弗吉尼亚说,“我以为我们只剩下一个火腿,”她脸上的表情很混乱。
“What happened to it?”
" 发生了什么事? “
she asked.
她问。
Her mother looked away without answering, which Virginia thought was strange.
她的母亲不回答就视而不见,弗吉尼亚认为这很奇怪.
Her mother was often short with her, but never ignored her.
她的母亲经常与她矮小,但从未忽视她.
That evening, at dinner, Virginia asked her father about the animal in the attic.
当晚晚餐时,弗吉尼亚问起她父亲阁楼里的动物.
“Did you find anything?”
“你找到什么了吗? “
Her father shook his head saying only, “Maybe a couple of squirrels got in there, but it’s nothing to worry about.”
她父亲摇头说道:“也许一对松鼠进了那里, “
Virginia noticed a shared glance between her parents.
弗吉尼亚注意到她的父母之间有一个共同的相貌.
That night, Virginia lay in bed waiting to fall asleep but was having trouble because she was thinking about the missing ham.
当晚,弗吉尼亚躺在床上等待入睡,但因为她想着失火腿而遇到了麻烦.
She wondered if the missing ham and the sounds in the attic were somehow connected.
她想知道缺少的火腿和阁楼里的音响是否有某种联系。
Had a giant raccoon somehow stolen their ham and dragged it upstairs?
有一只巨型浣熊偷了他们的火腿 把它拖上楼?
Virginia got out of bed and ran to her parents’ room.
弗吉尼亚下床跑去她父母的房间。
“Mother!
“妈妈!
Father!”
父亲!”
she called out.
她叫了出来。
“There are people in the attic!
“阁上有人!
I heard someone singing!”
我听到有人唱歌!”
“Hush, child,” scolded her mother, “you’ll wake your baby sister.”
“嘘,孩子,”骂她的母亲,“你会吵醒你的妹妹。 “
Then Virginia thought she had heard sounds, but she didn’t—she heard voices.
她没有听到声音。
Virginia sat up and listened but could not hear any words, only the murmur of a whisper.
弗吉尼亚坐起听了,但听不到任何话,只是低语的喃喃.
Someone—a woman—was singing very softly, perhaps a lullaby, but Virginia did not recognize the words or the melody.
某个人——一个女人——唱得非常柔和,也许是一首摇篮曲,但弗吉尼亚却不认得这首词或旋律.
She heard from Caleb at school that ghosts made strange sounds, but could they sing, too?
她从Caleb学校听说 鬼魂发出奇怪的声音 但是他们也能唱歌吗?
“But I heard someone singing a lullaby,” Virginia insisted.
我听到有人唱摇篮曲,
“It must have been your mother,” said Virginia’s father.
弗吉尼亚的父亲说,
“She was singing to the baby.”
“她在为婴儿唱歌。 “
Virginia glanced at her mother.
弗吉尼亚看着她的母亲
She was leaning over the baby’s cradle.
她靠在婴儿的摇篮上。
“Go back to bed, Virginia,” she said without raising her eyes.
“回到床上去,弗吉尼亚”她说,她没有举起眼睛。
Virginia went back to her bedroom feeling annoyed and confused because she knew all her mother’s favorite lullabies.
弗吉尼亚回到她的卧室感到烦恼和困惑,因为她知道所有她母亲最喜爱的花絮.
The tune she had heard earlier was not any of them.
她刚才听到的曲子不是其中之一。
But why would her father lie to her?
但是她父亲为什么要骗她?
Maybe our house is haunted after all, thought Virginia.
也许我们的房子是闹鬼 毕竟,以为弗吉尼亚。
Maybe Mother and Father know about the ghosts and don’t want me to be scared.
也许父母知道鬼魂的事,
Virginia climbed back into bed, where she strained to hear more singing, but the house was oddly silent.
弗吉尼亚爬回了床上去,在那里她紧张地听到更多的歌声,但是这所房子却奇怪的是沉默.
Virginia liked that less than the noises.
弗吉尼亚喜欢的比噪音少。
Something—or someone—was directly above her, but who, or what, was it?
某事——或某人——直接在她身上,但是谁,或是什么?
She slipped deeper under her quilt.
她的被子下潜得更深
Shadows Beyond the Door The next morning, Virginia went into the pantry to get a jar of peaches for breakfast, but there were none on the shelf.
门外的阴影 第二天早上,弗吉尼亚进入储藏室取出一罐桃子来做早餐,但货架上没有.
Virginia remembered that there had been three jars left the last time she looked.
弗吉尼亚记得她上次看时 只剩下了三个罐子
Who had eaten all those peaches?
谁吃了所有的桃子?
Was it the same person or thing that took our ham?
是同一个人还是东西拿走了我们的火腿?
“Do ghosts eat?”
“鬼会吃东西吗? “
Virginia asked her parents at breakfast.
弗吉尼亚在早餐时问她父母.
Virginia’s father chuckled, but her mother was not amused.
弗吉尼亚的父亲笑了,但她的母亲却不觉得好笑。
“What nonsense,” she said.
她说“胡说八道”。
Virginia was not sure if she believed in ghosts or not but was tired of being treated like a kid, and so she decided she would sneak up and explore the attic on her own.
弗吉尼亚并不确定她是否相信鬼魂,但厌倦了被像孩子一样对待,于是她决定自己偷偷地上楼去探索阁楼.
That night, Virginia forced herself to stay awake till after her parents were asleep.
当晚,弗吉尼亚强迫自己保持清醒,直到她的父母入睡后.
Then she got out of bed, lit a candle, and tiptoed to the steps that went up to the attic.
然后她下了床,点起一盏蜡烛,向上到阁楼的台阶倾斜.
Virginia heard soft thumps and bumps and scraping noises along the way.
弗吉尼亚在路上听到柔软的出击声和出击声和刮刮声.
She paused several times, clutching her chest, but always kept going.
她暂停了好几次, 抓住了她的胸口, 但总是继续前进。
Her heart was beating so hard she thought that she might faint.
她的心跳非常猛烈 她以为她可能会晕倒
She pushed on the door to the attic, but it didn’t move—it was locked.
她把门推到阁楼,
Virginia peeked through the keyhole and saw shadowy figures moving inside.
弗吉尼亚从钥匙孔里偷窥,看到影子人物在内部移动.
Ghosts!
幽灵!
She was right!
她说得对!
Her house was haunted!
她的房子闹鬼!
And there wasn’t just one—Virginia counted three ghosts: two big ones and one that was about her size.
不仅如此, 弗吉尼亚共统计出3个鬼:2个大鬼和1个大小相仿.
Suddenly, her candle blew out, and Virginia was left in darkness.
突然,她的蜡烛被吹灭,弗吉尼亚被留在了黑暗中.
She wanted to scream!
她想叫起来!
The only sound she could hear was the beating of her own heart!
她唯一能听到的声音是她自己的心跳!
As Virginia stumbled her way back down the stairs in a hurry, her hands touched something soft.
当弗吉尼亚匆匆地从楼梯上滑倒回来时,她的手触摸了柔软的东西.
She nervously picked it up and scurried back to her bedroom.
她紧张地捡起它,并冲回了她的卧室.
Standing next to the window, she let the moonlight show her what she held in her hands: it was a doll made from cornhusks.
站在窗户旁边,她让月光向她展示她手中所握着的东西:这是由玉米壳所制作的娃娃.
While Virginia wasn’t sure whether ghosts ate or not, she was quite sure they did not play with dolls.
虽然弗吉尼亚不知道鬼是否吃过,
She thought about the lullaby she had heard and the missing food and suddenly realized no ghosts were in the attic—real people were, but who?
她想到她听到的摇篮曲和缺少的食物,突然意识到阁楼里没有鬼——真人,但是是谁?
Virginia devised a trap to find out.
弗吉尼亚设计了一个陷阱来发现。
The next morning, Virginia quietly put the doll back on the attic stairs.
第二天早上,弗吉尼亚悄悄地把娃娃放回了阁楼楼梯上.
As she waited at the foot of the stairs, the attic door eased open.
当她等待在楼梯脚下时,阁楼门打开了.
A little girl crept out and picked up the doll.
一个小女孩跳出 捡起娃娃。
Then she looked up and spotted Virginia.
然后她抬头看 发现了弗吉尼亚
The frightened little girl gasped and started to cry.
被吓倒的小女孩被气喘吁吁地打出泪来.
Before Virginia could comfort the girl, a hand whisked her back into the attic and slammed the door.
在弗吉尼亚能安慰女孩之前,一只手将她擦回了阁楼并砸倒了门.
Now Virginia knew the secret her parents had been keeping from her: the people in the attic were not ghosts; they were fugitives— slaves escaping to freedom in the north.
现在弗吉尼亚知道她父母一直瞒着她的秘密:阁楼里的人不是鬼;他们是逃亡者——奴隶从北方逃到自由.
Virginia once heard her parents whispering about the Underground Railroad, which was not a real railroad, with trains and tracks, but a collection of routes and homes fugitives could use to escape to Canada.
弗吉尼亚一度听到她的父母在低声说地下铁道的事,那条铁道不是一条真正的铁路,有火车和铁轨,但收集的路线和家园逃犯可以用来逃到加拿大.
They could find freedom in Canada.
他们可以在加拿大找到自由。
Virginia’s parents were stationmasters on the Underground Railroad, and now, so was she.
弗吉尼亚的父母是地下铁道的站长 现在她也是
A few days later, Virginia realized the ghosts were gone.
几天后,弗吉尼亚意识到鬼魂已经消失.
One of them had left a gift for her on the attic stairs.
其中一人在阁楼楼梯上给她留下了礼物.
It was the small doll made from cornhusks.
那是由玉米壳制成的小娃娃
She kept it, but not for herself.
她留着,但不是给自己
If ever another family should stop at their “station,” she would have something to offer them other than her own fear.
如果其他家庭在“站站”上停下来,她除了自己的恐惧之外,还有其他东西可以给他们。
Epilogue Around the 1830s, the effort to help slaves escaping from the southern United States was called the Underground Railroad.
1830年代前后,帮助奴隶从美国南部逃出的努力被称为"地下铁道".
Although it was against the law, many individuals, both black and white, opened their homes to help these fugitives find freedom.
尽管这违反了法律,但许多黑人和白人都打开了家园来帮助这些逃犯找到自由.
Families like Virginia’s often fed, clothed, and hid small groups of fugitives until it was safe for them to move farther north.
维吉尼亚等家庭常提供食物、衣着并藏匿少量逃犯,
It could take from several months to an entire year for fugitives to make it north to Canada, one of the only places they could be truly safe and free.
逃犯可能要花几个月到一整年的时间才能北上加拿大,这是他们唯一真正安全和自由的地方之一。