情景英语：中级美语对话(第98讲)

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

　　juvenile¹ delinquency 青少年犯罪       juvenile delinquent² 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.