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1 课文
What evidence is there of a ghost?
A public house which was recently bought by Mr.Ian Thompson is up for sale.
【1 a public house: 小酒馆 2 be up for sale 准备出售】
Mr.Thompson is going to sell it because it is haunted.
【be haunted 被鬼来访】
He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar.
【间接引语 动双宾】
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,
【turn off 关掉；turn on 打开】
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.
【must have done推测过去】
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 pub even if he gives it away.
【1 间接引语 2 even if 即使 3 give it away 送人】
参考译文
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。
2 单词
2.1 thirsty [ˈθɜ:sti] adj. 贪杯的
I am thirsty. / I feel thirsty.
渴望：be thirsty for
The man was thirsty for power / knowledge / success.
hungry adj. 饿的
2.2 ghost [gəʊst] n. 鬼魂
a creepy ghost story 一个令人毛骨悚然的鬼故事
2.3 haunt [hɔ:nt] v. （鬼）来访（主动语态），闹鬼（被动语态）
人们说鬼参观了老房子
People say ghosts haunt the old house.
房子被鬼来访。（闹鬼）
The house is haunted (by the ghosts).
v. (不愉快的事情)萦绕心头
If something unpleasant haunts you, try to ignore it and move on.
She was haunted by bad feelings night and day
2.4 block [blɒk] v. 堵
The highway was blocked by a few trucks.
The clouds blocked his view of the mountains.
n.拥堵 大楼 街区
traffic block / jam
公寓楼
a block of flats
She walked three blocks down the main street
2.5 furniture [ˈfɜ:nɪtʃə®] n. 家具
a piece of furniture 一件家具
2.6 whisky [ˈwɪski] n. 威士忌酒
2.7 suggest [səˈdʒest] v. 暗示
2.8 shake [ʃeɪk] v. 摇动
shake shook shaken
shake one’s head 摇头
shake hands with sb. 握手
2.9 accept [əkˈsept] v. 接受
receive 表示客观上收到了。
accept 表示主观是否接受。
You receive something,but you don’t accept it.