The english we speak(BBC教學)第120期:The creeps 毛骨悚然

Neil: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, I'm Neil (demonic laughter).

尼爾：大家好，歡迎來到地道英語節目。我是尼爾（惡魔般的笑聲）。

Li: And I'm Li. (scream)

李：我是李。（尖叫聲）

Neil: It's Halloween time, so we have a special, scary edition of the programme today (more demonic laughter).

尼爾：現在是萬聖節，所以我們今天準備了一期恐怖版特別節目（更多惡魔般的笑聲）。

Li: That's right. It wouldn't be Halloween without something scary for you. (More screaming).

李：沒錯。要是沒有嚇到你們，那就不算過萬聖節了。（更多的尖叫聲）

Neil: Today we want to give you the creeps!

尼爾：今天我們要嚇一嚇你們！

Li: Give them what?!

李：給他們什麼？

Neil: The creeps. To give somebody the creeps.

尼爾：驚嚇。要嚇嚇人。

Li: To give somebody the creeps. This means to make someone feel nervous or scared.

李：give somebody the creeps的意思就是讓某人感到緊張或害怕。

Neil: (More demonic laughter)

尼爾：（更多惡魔般的笑聲）

Li: Stop it Neil! You're giving me the creeps.

李：尼爾，別再笑了！你讓我心裏發毛。

Man: (whispering) What's that noise?

男：（低語）那個聲音是什麼？

Woman: What noise?

女：什麼聲音？

Man: Those footsteps… shh... listen…

男：那些腳步聲……噓……你聽……

Woman: I can't hear anything. Stop it! You're giving me the creeps.

女：我什麼都沒聽到。別說了！你讓我毛骨悚然。

Li: That man thought he could hear footsteps in the house they're in. It made the woman scared. She said 'You're giving me the creeps.'

李：那個男人認爲他聽到房子裏有腳步聲。這讓女人覺得很害怕。所以她說‘你讓我毛骨悚然。’

Neil: What gives you the creeps, Li?

尼爾：李，什麼會讓你害怕？

Li: Oh I hate horror films. Some people find them entertaining but they just scare me.

李：哦，我討厭恐怖電影。有些人認爲恐怖片很有趣，可是恐怖片讓我感到害怕。

Neil: Yeah, they always give me the creeps too.

尼爾：對，我也怕恐怖片。

Li: What else gives you the creeps, Neil?

李：尼爾，你還害怕其他的什麼嗎？

Neil: I really, really hate cockroaches. The way they disappear when you turn a light on. And the fact it's so hard to kill them. They just give me the creeps.

尼爾：我真的非常討厭蟑螂。你一開燈它們就會消失。而實際上你很難消滅它們。它們讓我心裏發毛。

Li: Oh no, I don't like cockroaches either..

李：哦不，我也不喜歡蟑螂。

Neil: Urgh… just thinking about them gives me the creeps.

尼爾：額……只是想想我都覺得心裏發慌。

Li: I'm scared of spiders! They give me the creeps.

李：我害怕蜘蛛！它們讓我很害怕。

Neil: This music gives me the creeps.

尼爾：這首歌讓我心裏發毛。

Li: Yeah and that laugh gives me the creeps (demonic laughter).

李：嗯，那個笑聲讓我害怕（惡魔般的笑聲）

Neil: That scream gives me the creeps (scream).

尼爾：這個尖叫聲讓我毛骨悚然（尖叫聲）。

重點講解：
1. give sb. the creeps
嚇人；使驚慌；使心裏發毛；
eg. I always hated that statue. It gave me the creeps.
我一直都很討厭那座雕像。它讓我心裏發毛。
eg. The nightmare gave her the creeps.
那場惡夢使她不寒而慄。
2. it's hard to do sth.
做某事很難；
eg. It's hard to pick yourself up after such a terrible shock.
經歷這樣可怕的打擊後，就很難再振奮起來了。
eg. It's hard to measure his ability when we haven't seen his work.
沒有見過他的作品，很難估計他的能力。
3. be scared of
驚恐的；恐懼的；害怕的；
eg. And they have good reason to be scared of the consequences.
而且他們也完全有理由害怕其所帶來的後果。
eg. Normally, kids are scared of darkness.
小孩子通常怕黑。