The Scared Ghost幽灵也害怕？

《坎特维尔的幽灵》是爱尔兰作家奥斯卡·王尔德创作的一部幽默风趣的短篇小说，讲述了奥蒂斯一家搬入了英国古老的坎特维尔庄园，而庄园里住着的古怪幽灵西蒙·坎特维尔爵士想尽办法要把他们吓跑。可是，出乎意料的是……

小说创作于1887年，此时英国正处于第二次工业革命后期，社会迅速变化。故事中的奥蒂斯一家代表了实用主义和物质主义，而坎特维尔的幽灵则象征着英国古老的贵族传统与精神文化，这些差异在小说中发生了有趣的碰撞。

It’s stormy at night. The Canterville ghost is painting a blood stain（血渍） on the floor to scare（吓） the Otis family.

Heh， heh， it must work！ By tomorrow morning， they will run away！

Next morning， when the Otis family comes downstairs for breakfast， they see the blood stain on the floor. But they aren’t scared at all. Their oldest son， Washington， just cleans it up.

Stain remover（去污剂） can clean anything！ See， it works！

That evening， the Otis family goes for a nice drive. They don’t even think about the ghost. They come home at nine o’clock. By eleven o’clock， they go to sleep， and by half-past all the lights are out.

Suddenly， Mr Otis hears a loud noise. He gets up and opens the door to see what is happening. A ghost with chains（铁链） is standing at the door！

Mr Otis isn’t scared at all！ He gives the ghost a bottle of oil.

It’s too noisy. You should oil your chains， sir. I hope it helps. Good night.

The ghost is very angry！ He throws the bottle away and runs down the the corridor（走廊）.

When he gets to the top of the stairs， a door suddenly opens. The Otis twins appear and throw a big pillow over the ghost’s head！ The ghost is scared and goes right through a wall！

I’m so upset！ I （can） scare the Otis family！ Washington （clean） up the blood stain on the floor. Mr Otis （be） scared by my look. He even （give） me a bottle of oil！ The naughty Otis twins （throw） a pillow at me！ How dare they （play） tricks on a ghost！