In this small town, my family and I had lived at several places, before settling down in a house on Pennsylvania Ave. A very quiet neighborhood, my folks quickly made friends with those all around.
In the house on the left of ours lived an old woman named Lucy. She and my parents got along splendidly. Her husband had died about two years prior1, and having no family close by, we became sort of a surrogate family. Lucy and her husband had bought their house and property in the 1940's. Her husband loved to tinker around the house and yard, but the yard was his real passion. He gave meticulous2 care all year long, while she would type letters to distant relatives about the progress being made.
Lucy's husband brought the yard to a beautiful state. Everybody admired and remarked on its condition. When he died Lucy thought it befitting to spread his ashes in the back yard, the place where he had spent countless3 hours. But after some time Lucy was convinced4 that her husband had come back to his yard. She was especially frightened of the sprawling5 back yard where he had spent many daylight hours. Lucy would tell us of hearing the sound of footsteps6 coming across the grass or of someone or something tapping her on the shoulder. So she would try and avoid that area stating simply "it just spooks me out."
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Over the next several years were lonely times for Lucy. We often had her at our house for family functions, but it didn't quite make up for losing a loved one. She spent the majority of her time typing letters on an old typewriter to family and friends. During the spring and summer months when we had our windows open, we could hear her busily typing away.
When Lucy died the house remained vacant7 for a long time. Before the new owners were to take over, my Father did some repair work inside. He often said he heard footsteps on the old hardwood floors. But we all knew something was happening when we heard the unmistakable striking8 of typewriter keys. Lucy had come back to type her ghostly letters. I guess you could say that neither Lucy nor her husband was going to give up the things they loved the most!
在我們居住的這個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上，我家已經(jīng)搬了好幾個(gè)地方，直到我們終于在賓西法尼亞大街的一所房子安定了下來。這里的鄰居都很平易近人，很快父親母親就和他們交上了朋友。 易優(yōu)語文題庫,同步教材，真題演練，提分就是快 https://cs.euzW.net
我家左邊住著一位老太太，名字叫露西，我們的關(guān)系相處得尤其的好。她丈夫兩年前去世了，附近也沒有其他家人，我家?guī)缀蹙统闪怂拇砣?。露西夫婦在四十年代就買下了這所房子和土地，她丈夫很喜歡把房子和屋后的小院粗粗拉拉的修補(bǔ)一番，但是那個(gè)小院可是他生命中的寄托。多年來他精心的照料著院子里的一草一木，而露西就在屋里給遠(yuǎn)方的親戚寫信，講述這邊生活的點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴。
小院在露西丈夫的打理之下顯得格外漂亮，人們都不免對(duì)那里品頭論足，夸獎(jiǎng)稱贊一番。他去世以后，露西決定就把他的骨灰撒在這個(gè)占據(jù)了他生命中無數(shù)時(shí)間的院子里。但是一段時(shí)間過后，露西確信她丈夫又回到了他的小院。而此時(shí)這個(gè)曾經(jīng)讓他日夜不離的地方已經(jīng)是雜草叢生，露西覺得很害怕。她告訴我們說聽到了有腳步聲在院里的草坪上踱來踱去，還感覺到有人或是什么東西輕輕地拍她的肩膀。于是，她就努力再也不到那個(gè)鬧鬼的地方去。
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接下來的幾年里露西就這樣孤孤單單的生活著，我們經(jīng)常請(qǐng)她過來參加我們的家庭會(huì)議，但是這對(duì)于失去愛人的她來說是于事無補(bǔ)的。她依然成天的用那臺(tái)古老的打字機(jī)給家人和朋友寫信。春天夏天的時(shí)候只要我們一打開窗戶便能聽到打字機(jī)忙碌的聲音。
露西去世后，房子空了好長一段時(shí)間。新房東搬進(jìn)去之前，父親進(jìn)去做了一些修繕的工作。他說經(jīng)常聽到有人在老的硬木地板上走路的聲音。我們也都知道那里確實(shí)是發(fā)生了什么，因?yàn)槲覀冇致犚娏耸煜さ拇蜃謾C(jī)發(fā)出的聲音。露西回來寫信了。你應(yīng)該會(huì)說，露西夫婦都割舍不下他們一生中的摯愛吧，我想是這樣的。
1 prior
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adj.更重要的，較早的，在先的；adv.居先；n.小修道院院長；大修道院副院長
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The duty to protect my sister is prior to all others.保護(hù)我的妹妹是我最重要的責(zé)任。 I took up one-year prior course in German in this college.我在這所大學(xué) 讀了一年的德語預(yù)科。
2 meticulous
adj.極其仔細(xì)的，一絲不茍的
參考例句：
We'll have to handle the matter with meticulous care.這事一點(diǎn)不能含糊。 She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.她介紹事實(shí)十分詳細(xì)。
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adj.無數(shù)的，多得不計(jì)其數(shù)的
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In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在這場戰(zhàn)爭中無數(shù)無辜的人喪失了性命。 I've told you countless times.我已經(jīng)告訴你無數(shù)遍了。
4 convinced
adj.確信的；深信的；有堅(jiān)定信仰的v.使確信(convince的過去分詞)；說服
參考例句：
I am convinced of her innocence. 我堅(jiān)信她是清白無辜的。 I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car. 我看這輛汽車是災(zāi)星。
5 sprawling
adj.蔓生的，不規(guī)則地伸展的v.伸開四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的現(xiàn)在分詞 )；蔓延；雜亂無序地拓展；四肢伸展坐著（或躺著） 小學(xué)生語文培訓(xùn)，蘇州易優(yōu)閱讀寫作同步提升</a>
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He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸開手腳坐在電視機(jī)前的一張扶手椅上。 a modern sprawling town 一座雜亂無序拓展的現(xiàn)代城鎮(zhèn)
6 footsteps
n.腳步（聲），一步的距離，足跡；腳步（聲）( footstep的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；一步的距離；足跡
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the sound of footsteps on the stairs 樓梯上的腳步聲 Their footsteps echoed in the silence. 他們的腳步聲在一片寂靜中回蕩著。
7 vacant
adj.未被占用的，空著的；空缺的
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A job fell vacant in the accounting department.財(cái)會(huì)部出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)空缺。 He stared into space with a vacant expression.他茫然地凝視著天空。
8 striking
adj.顯著的，惹人注目的，容貌出眾的
參考例句：
There is a striking difference between Jane and Mary.簡和瑪麗之間有顯著的差異。 What is immediately striking is how resourceful the children are.最令人注目的是孩子們的機(jī)智聰明
