趣味文章：難忘的“鬼節”經歷

摘錄：可惜，沒過多久，大概一小時後，羅伯遜夫人(或是哈加莎夫人，因爲她是這樣告訴我們的)帶着大家穿過一條漆黑的走廊，這裏曾是5年級的側廊。這條走廊看上去跟我每天走過的完全不一樣!到處都是蜘蛛網，門後還有發光的眼睛正瞪着我，而且我發誓聽見了狼人的嗥叫。

　　趣味文章：難忘的“鬼節”經歷

Growing up, I always felt a great animosity[2] towards the holiday Halloween. Why you ask? Long story short, I was so easily scared, that it wasn’t even funny (okay, looking back on it, maybe it was a little funny). However, even though I was scared, I still had to try and hide it and pretend that I wasn’t scared so that I wouldn’t become a target of Halloween pranks[3]. Yep, that was the complicated life of a pre-adolescent scaredy cat.[4] Out of all the years of this, probably the most memorable was the Halloween of 2006. Here’s the story.

可惜，沒過多久，大概一小時後，羅伯遜夫人(或是哈加莎夫人，因爲她是這樣告訴我們的)帶着大家穿過一條漆黑的走廊，這裏曾是5年級的側廊。這條走廊看上去跟我每天走過的完全不一樣!到處都是蜘蛛網，門後還有發光的眼睛正瞪着我，而且我發誓聽見了狼人的嗥叫。

在我成長的這些年裏，我一直都對萬聖節懷有一種強烈的憎惡感。你會問爲什麼?長話短說吧，我太容易被嚇到了，而且這一點都不好玩(好吧，現在回想起來，還算有點意思)。不過，即便我感到很害怕，也必須努力隱藏這個弱點，裝作不害怕，這樣我纔不會成爲萬聖節前夕惡作劇的目標。是的，這就是一個青春期之前的膽小鬼的複雜生活。在所有萬聖節前夜的經歷中，最令人難忘的就是2006年了。故事是這樣的。

My day started out normal, or at least as normal as it can get on Halloween morning. I was in 3rd grade, and I was walking towards my classroom. Since it was Halloween, we were all dressed up in costumes and I was a fairy princess (don’t judge me, I was a girly[5] girl back then).

那一天一如平常，或者說，至少在萬聖節前夜的上午還算正常。當時我上三年級，往教室走去。那天是萬聖節前夜，我們都穿上了特色服裝，我扮成精靈公主的樣子(可不要批評我哦，那時我還只是個小姑娘呢)。

As I walked in to my classroom, all the lights were off and the teacher was nowhere to be seen. As soon as the clock struck 8, the door slammed shut and we heard a horrible cackling[6] voice. “Hello my children!” said the voice. It came from a woman in a black robes and a pointy hat. Her skin was green and she had warts all over her face. It took me a few minutes to realize that this was actually my teacher, Mrs. Roberson. Thankfully, after the long speech of how she was not Mrs. Roberson, she turned the lights back on and let us work on crossword puzzles.

當我走進教室時，所有的燈都熄滅了，四處不見老師的身影。鐘錶一敲響8點，門就砰地關上了，我們聽到一個恐怖而急促的聲音說道：“你們好啊，我的孩子們!”聲音出自一個穿黑袍、戴尖帽的女人，她的皮膚是綠色的，臉上還長滿了疣子。我花了幾分鐘時間才認出她其實就是我的老師——羅伯遜夫人。所幸的是，她在發表了一大段自己不是羅伯遜夫人的講話後，便重新打開燈，讓我們做填字遊戲。

Sadly, this didn’t last very long. After about an hour, Mrs. Roberson (or Mrs. Hagatha, as she told us she was) led us through a dark hallway formerly known as the 5th grade wing[7]. The hall looked nothing like the hall I walked past every day! Cobwebs were everywhere, glowing eyes stared at me from behind doors, and I could have sworn that I heard the howling of a werewolf[8].

可惜，沒過多久，大概一小時後，羅伯遜夫人(或是哈加莎夫人，因爲她是這樣告訴我們的)帶着大家穿過一條漆黑的走廊，這裏曾是5年級的側廊。這條走廊看上去跟我每天走過的完全不一樣!到處都是蜘蛛網，門後還有發光的眼睛正瞪着我，而且我發誓聽見了狼人的嗥叫。

I shuddered. Don’t worry, I told myself. You’ll be okay.¬ After all, what’s the worse that could happen during school? She took us to an empty classroom where the other 3rd grade teachers were (also dressed as witches) and then blindfolded all of us after we sat down on the ground. “Now, I will be passing around various body parts.” she said, “Do not attempt to peek at the organs, or we will eat you. First is the heart...”

我感到不寒而慄。“別擔心，”我告訴自己。“不會有事的。畢竟，在學校裏還能發生更糟的事嗎?”她把我們帶到一間空教室，其他三年級的老師都在場(他們也穿成了巫師的樣子)。接着，我們席地而坐，所有人的眼睛都被矇住了。“現在，我會分發各種各樣的身體器官，”她說，“不要企圖偷窺這些器官，否則的話，我們會吃掉你哦。首先是心臟……”

I held my breath. Of course they weren’t really body parts, but what was it? The “heart” was slimy, cold, and it smelled really weird! And... it was moving! I was terrified. Then came the eyeballs, the stomach, and the disembodied hand. What could this be? I wondered. Finally, as the “intestines” came around, I snuck a peak.[9] It was only cold spaghetti[10] noodles! I breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn’t something horrid like pickled pig’s feet of cow eyeballs, just noodles.[11] The spleen[12] and the brain didn’t seem so bad after that.

我屏住呼吸。當然了，它們不是真正的器官，那會是什麼呢?這個“心臟”黏糊糊的，冷冰冰的，而且聞起來真的很怪異!還有……它在滑動!我嚇壞了。接着是眼球、胃和斷手。我很納悶兒，“這是什麼做的呢?”終於，當“大腸小腸”傳過來時，我偷窺了一眼。原來那只是冷的意大利麪條啊!我如釋重負地鬆了口氣。它並不像醃豬蹄或牛眼那麼令人毛骨悚然，就只是麪條而已。在這之後分發的脾臟和大腦似乎也沒那麼糟糕了。

After that ordeal[13], we went back to our own classrooms. “Betty,” I heard a voice cackle[14], “May I have a word[15]?” Frozen in fear, I walked towards my teacher. She must have seen me peek! The other students were at recess[16], what would she do? “I just wanted to congratulate you on your perfect test score. Now begone[17]!” she said pointing towards the playground. I sighed in relief for maybe the umpteenth[18] time that day. I was safe, at least for today. (Of course, I knew she wouldn’t eat me, but still.)

在那場磨難之後，我們回到了自己的教室。“貝蒂，”我聽見一個聲音咯咯地笑着說道，“我可以和你談談嗎?”我嚇呆了，向老師走去。她一定是看見我偷窺了!其他學生都去課間休息了，她會做什麼呢?“我只是想祝賀你測驗考了個理想的好成績。現在走吧!”她邊說邊指向了操場。我寬慰地鬆口氣，這在那天都不知是第幾次了。我安全了，至少今天是這樣。(當然，我知道她是不會吃了我的，但我依然很害怕。)

Now do you see why I hate Halloween? Even though my logic told me I was perfectly safe, I would still jump at the slightest thing!

現在，你明白我爲何憎惡萬聖節前夜了吧?即使我的理智告訴我，我絕對是安全的，但我還是會因爲一點小動靜就嚇得突然跳起來!