98. Speaking from the Grave p.171

    Two students, Beth and Carl, are talking about the red-haired mummies.
B: Can you imagine what it was like 4,000 years ago?
C: That's hard to imagine. But if the mummies could speak, they could certainly tell us a great deal.
B: Well, that, of course, is impossible. But scientists can tell a lot from the things the explorers found.
C: I know. For example, they think the 4000-year-old mummies were Celts.
B: Who were the Celts?
C: They were ancient European people who settled in Britain even before the Romans existed.
B: Wow! That's amazing!
C: So you see, although mummies don't really speak, they are "speaking" from their graves.
B: Stop it! you're giving me the creeps!

give sb the creeps = give sb goosebunps 鸡皮疙瘩
ghost story
tomb 冢(有碑)   grave 坟地，墓穴    put sb into a tomb     grave adj.= serious    grave problem
juvenile delinquency 青少年犯罪       juvenile delinquent 不良少年
Can you tell me what it is like living in Shanghai?
imagine + V-ing     imaginative 想象的     He has spoiled his image.  spoiled his reputation
If I had money, I'd buy a car.
Nothing doing it = No way
Sean 人名(读音 Shawn)
shut up (very impolite)   应用:Stop it.




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