I live in rural Virginia, and my high school, believe it or not, was in between two pastures in a very agrarian1 area. Although I was never much into sports, I had a few friends who were, and several were on the cross-country running team.
The course lay out for the cross-country track took a meandering2 path around the school, then out into the pastures around the school (with the permission of the farmers, of course). One part of the course took the runners past an immense old farmhouse3, abandoned and dilapidated on the crest4 of a hill overlooking the school. There were, of course, rumors5 that it was haunted, but to my knowledge no one ever saw or heard anything there. It was just a big, old, spooky, abandoned house.
At times, the CC runners did see someone poking6 around there, but it was obviously the owner of the property as they would see his truck parked in front of the place, and they could see that he was using the downstairs rooms to store equipment and surplus hay. <a hReF=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNiform.html>家長(zhǎng)推薦的蘇州吳中作文輔導(dǎo)班</a>
That being said, I shall relate the story of my friend on the CC run, and the subsequent discovery made by myself and some intrepid7 companions one day...
Her name was Candy, and she was on the CC team. She was hardly the star member, and would, unfortunately, often find herself running alone. That never dampened her spirits, however, and she remained on the team doing her part. One day, when as usual the pack had left her far behind, she found herself alone as she trudged8 up the hill towards the old house. Glancing up, she saw someone walk past an upstairs window. She thought nothing of it, of course, assuming it was the farmer. It didn't dawn on her until later that his truck was not in its usual place in front of the house.
She told this to her circle of friends, and some of us decided9 to check the place out the following day (which was, fortunately, a Saturday). So, we met in the field at noon and tromped off to explore. What we found there was the typical old falling-apart farmhouse. Empty rooms (except for the equipment and such), creaky floorboards, and piles of wet shattered plaster, beer bottles, graffiti, and cigarette butts10. Then we rounded the corner from the old living room to go upstairs, and each of us stopped dead in our tracks.... <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/MiNiFoRm.html>蘇州中考作文培訓(xùn)</a>
There were no stairs. Apparently11, the stairwell had collapsed12 into the cellar long ago, leaving only a yawning opening 10 feet above a tangled13 pile of old timbers on the cellar floor below. And yet, Candy had sworn she had seen someone walk by an upstairs window. We explored the house more completely, now being VERY careful since we knew just how bad off the place really was. We didn”t find any second staircase, and there was no way to reach the second floor. Its a mystery that has remained unsolved, as in the middle of our exploration we heard the truck door slam outside, and we all beat a hasty retreat out the back so we wouldn”t get caught trespassing14.
I don't know if it was a ghost she saw, or if it were someone who could climb like an orangutan, but it's all a moot15 point now. That house was demolished16 only one year later, and a nice shiny new modern split-level was erected17 in its place. I wonder if the owners of that house have any late night visitors... <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNiFoRm.html>蘇州中考語文培訓(xùn)</a>
我家住在弗吉尼亞州郊外。信不信由你，我上高中 的學(xué)校正好位于兩個(gè)牧場(chǎng)之間的一塊地地道道的莊稼地上。我是不大喜歡體育運(yùn)動(dòng)，但是有幾個(gè)朋友在田徑隊(duì)練越野跑。
越野跑的路線是一段圍繞著學(xué)校彎彎曲曲的路，還要穿過附近的牧場(chǎng)（當(dāng)然，事先已經(jīng)取得了主人的許可）。路線的一部分還要穿過一座非常大的農(nóng)舍，已經(jīng)廢棄了很久，坐落在一座小山頂上，從那里可以俯瞰我們的學(xué)校。因?yàn)楹芫脹]有人住了，所以很自然地一直傳說那里鬧鬼，但是據(jù)我所知沒人在那看見過什么，也沒聽到過什么特別的聲音。那只不過是一座很大、很古老、有些神秘的遺棄了的房子。
有時(shí)，跑步的人見到有人在里面走來走去，但是誰都知道那就是房子的主人，因?yàn)樗目ㄜ嚲屯Ｔ诖箝T口。大家也都知道他是用樓下的房間儲(chǔ)存一些機(jī)器和剩下的干草。
講到這里讀者應(yīng)該明白了，我的這個(gè)故事是與練越野跑的朋友有關(guān)的，下面我要說的是我和幾個(gè)膽大的朋友某一天的發(fā)現(xiàn)…
她叫做坎迪，也是田徑隊(duì)的成員。但是她永遠(yuǎn)也成不了隊(duì)里的明星，而且還總是被其他隊(duì)員遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的落在后面。然而，她的積極性卻從來沒有減弱，一直留在隊(duì)里訓(xùn)練、比賽。一天，像往常一樣她又被大部隊(duì)甩到后面很遠(yuǎn)，這時(shí)她一個(gè)人朝著山上的老房子艱難的跑過去。不經(jīng)意間向上瞥了一眼，她看見有個(gè)人影透過樓上的窗戶閃了一下。當(dāng)時(shí)她沒在意，以為又是房子主人在那了。直到?jīng)]在以往的地方看見他的卡車，坎迪才覺得有點(diǎn)不對(duì)勁。
她就把這件事告訴了我們這些朋友，有些人就決定轉(zhuǎn)天去看看究竟是怎么回事（正好第二天是星期六）。于是，星期六中午我們就在牧場(chǎng)集合去探險(xiǎn)了。進(jìn)去之后，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)其實(shí)這就是一所廢棄了的農(nóng)舍，空空的屋子（除了那些機(jī)器和甘草），踩上去咯吱咯吱的地板，一堆一堆潮濕的墻皮脫落下來，滿地的啤酒瓶、煙蒂，還有墻上的涂鴉。隨后我們走過起居室來到拐角處準(zhǔn)備上樓，這時(shí)所有人都被眼前的景象驚呆了…
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1 agrarian
adj.土地的，農(nóng)村的，農(nóng)業(yè)的
參考例句：
People are leaving an agrarian way of life to go to the city.人們正在放棄農(nóng)業(yè)生活方式而轉(zhuǎn)向城市。 This was a feature of agrarian development in Britain.這是大不列顛土地所有制發(fā)展的一個(gè)特征。
2 meandering
蜿蜒的河流，漫步，聊天
參考例句：
The village seemed deserted except for small boys and a meandering donkey. 整個(gè)村子的人都像是逃光了，只留下了幾個(gè)小男孩和一頭正在游游蕩蕩的小毛驢。 來自教父部分 We often took a walk along the meandering river after supper. 晚飯后我們常沿著那條彎彎曲曲的小河散步。
3 farmhouse
n.農(nóng)場(chǎng)住宅（尤指主要住房）
參考例句：
We fell for the farmhouse as soon as we saw it.我們對(duì)那所農(nóng)舍一見傾心。 We put up for the night at a farmhouse.我們?cè)谝婚g農(nóng)舍投宿了一夜。
4 crest
n.頂點(diǎn)；飾章；羽冠；vt.達(dá)到頂點(diǎn)；vi.形成浪尖
參考例句：
The rooster bristled his crest.公雞豎起了雞冠。 He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到達(dá)山頂。
5 rumors
n.傳聞( rumor的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；[古]名譽(yù)；咕噥；[古]喧嚷v.傳聞( rumor的第三人稱單數(shù) )；[古]名譽(yù)；咕噥；[古]喧嚷
參考例句：
Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有謠言說學(xué)校給燒掉了。 來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》 Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛變的謠言四起。 來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
6 poking
n. 刺，戳，袋vt. 撥開，刺，戳vi. 戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行動(dòng)散慢
參考例句：
He was poking at the rubbish with his stick. 他正用手杖撥動(dòng)垃圾。 He spent his weekends poking around dusty old bookshops. 他周末都泡在布滿塵埃的舊書店里。
7 intrepid
adj.無畏的，剛毅的
參考例句：
He is not really satisfied with his intrepid action.他沒有真正滿意他的無畏行動(dòng)。 John's intrepid personality made him a good choice for team leader.約翰勇敢的個(gè)性適合作領(lǐng)導(dǎo)工作。
8 trudged
vt.& vi.跋涉，吃力地走（trudge的過去式與過去分詞形式）
參考例句：
He trudged the last two miles to the town. 他步履艱難地走完最后兩英里到了城里。 He trudged wearily along the path. 他沿著小路疲憊地走去。 來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
9 decided
adj.決定了的，堅(jiān)決的；明顯的，明確的
參考例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.這使他們比對(duì)手具有明顯的優(yōu)勢(shì)。 There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英國(guó)人和中國(guó)人打招呼的方式有很明顯的區(qū)別。
10 butts
笑柄( butt的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )； （武器或工具的）粗大的一端； 屁股； 煙蒂
參考例句：
The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 納粹分子用槍托毒打他們。 The house butts to a cemetery. 這所房子和墓地相連。
11 apparently
adv.顯然地；表面上，似乎
參考例句：
An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山窮水盡，豁然開朗。 He was apparently much surprised at the news.他對(duì)那個(gè)消息顯然感到十分驚異。
12 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
參考例句：
Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地癱倒在地板上。 The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房頂在雪的重壓下突然坍塌下來。
13 tangled
adj. 糾纏的，紊亂的動(dòng)詞tangle的過去式和過去分詞
參考例句：
Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的頭發(fā)太亂了，我梳不動(dòng)。 A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 亂灌木叢里的晃動(dòng)引起了他的注意。
14 trespassing
[法]非法入侵
參考例句：
He told me I was trespassing on private land. 他說我在擅闖私人土地。 Don't come trespassing on my land again. 別再闖入我的地界了。
15 moot
v.提出；adj.未決議的；n.大會(huì)；辯論會(huì)
參考例句：
The question mooted in the board meeting is still a moot point.那個(gè)在董事會(huì)上提出討論的問題仍未決的。 The oil versus nuclear equation is largely moot.石油和核能之間的關(guān)系還很有爭(zhēng)議。
16 demolished
v.摧毀( demolish的過去式和過去分詞 )；推翻；拆毀（尤指大建筑物）；吃光
參考例句：
The factory is due to be demolished next year. 這個(gè)工廠定于明年拆除。 They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 兩年來，為了不讓拆除他們的房子，他們一直在進(jìn)行最后的努力。
17 ERECTED
adj. 直立的，豎立的，筆直的vt. 使 ... 直立，建立
參考例句：
A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral. 在圣保羅大教堂為他修了一座紀(jì)念碑。 A monument was erected to the memory of that great scientist. 樹立了一塊紀(jì)念碑紀(jì)念那位偉大的科學(xué)家。
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