本期节目话题背景

　　最近，有同学问了这样一道题“Describe a story someone told you and you remember ”。这让我想起我读小学时老师给我们讲的一个故事，非常可怕。可怕到听完故事的我们连着几个星期都不敢关灯睡觉。到底是什么样的故事有这么神奇的力量？咱们一起来聊一聊吧~
　　老师关上了所有的百叶窗，教室完全黑暗。他模仿怪物们的吼声和村民们的尖叫声，让所有同学都陷入了故事的氛围中，真是太令人印象深刻了！

　　本期Part 2 话题

　　Describe a story someone told you and you remember
　　You should say:
　　What the story was about
　　Who told you this story
　　Why you remember it
　　And how you feel about it

　　本期节目话题参考文本

　　Although the bedtime stories which my grandad used to tell me were the first things that came to mind, I’ve actually decided to talk about a scary story which our teacher told us in primary school.
　　I can’t recall the exact details but it was set in the dim and distant past and had something to do with a monster which terrorized a village and killed everyone living there.
　　This monster apparently emerged from a deep lake every night and gobbled up the inhabitants one by one. This was the monsters revenge: she was punishing the locals for having killed her children. The reason this story is indelibly printed in my memory is that it almost scared me to death. Before starting, the teacher closed all the blinds so that the classroom was in complete darkness. He imitated the monsters roar and the villagers’ screams.
　　By the time he’d finished, most of us were sobbing. We were only eight! I went home traumatized and couldn’t sleep without the light on for weeks. Several parents complained and the teacher had to apologize. I must say, he should have known better.
　　As I’ve already mentioned, I’m slightly hazy about the exact plot but I would imagine I would relish hearing the story now. It sounds right up my street. I would probably find it absolutely hilarious.

　　Words & expressions in this episode
　　1. terrorize v. 使恐怖；胁迫
　　2. gobble up 吞噬；吞并
　　3. up one’s street 正合某人的心意