基础英语轻松学【44】吸血鬼，引起世界恐慌的幻想_小升初语法

基础英语轻松学【44】吸血鬼，引起世界恐慌的幻想

　　Vampires were identified by handing out garlic in church and observing who did not eat it. Unfortunate people thought to be vampires were certain to meet with a very unpleasant end.

　　One major scare in the 1700s only died out when Austrias Empress Marie Theresa declared（公开宣布） that vampires did not exist, and banned（禁止） the opening of graves（墓穴）.

　「读书笔记」

　　人们都倾向于把吸血鬼想象成蝙蝠似的动物，穿着高领的黑斗蓬。（We tend to imagine vampires as bat-like creatures dressed in black capes with high collars）

　　vary是动词，意思是使不同、更改，如：He never varied his habits.（他从未改变过自己的习惯。）variety是它的名词形式，意思是种类，如：Hospitals deal with diseases of every variety.（医院诊治各种各样的疾病。）

　　许许多多形形色色的吸血鬼故事流传于世界各地，（Tales of vampires exist in abundant variety all over the world）但最生动的民间故事来源于东欧。（but the richest folklore is probably found among the peoples of eastern Europe.）

　　瓦拉德古又名刺穿人瓦拉，（Vlad Dracul, orVlad Impaler）1456-1476年间统治Wallachia，（ruled Wallachia between 1456 and 1476）他的残酷和野蛮尽人皆知。（He had a reputation for the most barbaric acts of cruelty）