英语灵异故事-Don't listen (切勿聆听) 01

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My favorite pastime is swinging on a swing. Preferably at night when no one can see or find me, being my only means of escape from the tortures of a large family. (Some people climb onto the roof when they need to be alone, I swing.) My swing set is in the backyard of our old house underneath¹ a huge tree that I climb during the day. The yard is covered in bushes, fruit trees, and horse pastures. It's a very beautiful little place with light, but at night it's very quiet and rather morbid² with its antique design. (My house was built in the early 1900s). So all in all, I have a dark and sinister³ looking house on my right, a horse pasture with a looming⁴ tree on my left, and an enormous pine tree that grows higher than any house on the street with a failing street lamp glowing between it's drooping⁵ branches. Our yard is a labyrinth⁶!

我最喜欢的消遣方式是荡秋千。尤其是晚上，因为那时没人能看到或找到我，这是我逃避身处大家族的煎熬的唯一途径。（有些人想独处的时候会爬到屋顶上，而我选择荡秋千。）我的秋千架在我家老房子后院的一棵大树下，白天我会爬到那棵大树上。院子里满是灌木丛、果树和喂马的草地，有亮光的时候这里很漂亮，但到了晚上，万籁俱寂，加上这里旧式的设计风格，让人感觉很恐怖（我家的房子是20世纪初建的）。总而言之，到了晚上，我右边是个看上去很凶险的房子，左边的喂马草地上有个阴森森的隐约的树影，再加上一棵比街上所有房屋都高的松树，松树低垂的枝干间有盏破烂的路灯闪着光。我家的院子简直就是个迷宫！