A：So, Jack, do you believe in ghosts?
    那么，杰克，你相信鬼嗎?
    B：No, not really. Why do you ask?
    不，不完全信。你為什么問這個?
    A：Because I want to tell you about the time that I saw a ghost.
    因為我想告訴你一次我看見了一個鬼。
    B：You saw a ghost? When?
    你看見了一個鬼?什么時候?
    A：It was many years ago, when I was a little child. It was the middle of the night, and I went to get a drink of water from the kitchen. I walked out of my room and was at the top of the stairs, when…
    那是許多年前，當我還是小孩子的時候。那晚半夜，我去廚房喝水。我走出我的房間，在樓梯的頂端，就在這時……
    B：So that's where you saw the ghost? In your house? What did it look like? Was it hideous?
    那么說你就在那兒看見了鬼?在你家里?是什么樣子?可怕嗎?
    A：It was a big, green thing that looked like a person. It was in the kitchen, and it slowly moved towards the stairs…
    它是一個巨大的、綠色的東西，看上去像個人。它在廚房，慢慢向樓梯移動。
    B：So what did you do?
    那你怎么辦?
    A：I hid so that it couldn't see me. Slowly it got closer and closer, until ……
    我躲起來以便它看不見我。慢慢地它越來越近，直到……
    B：Until what? What happened? Did you see it clearly? Did it attack you?
    直到什么?發(fā)生了什么事?你看清楚了嗎?它有沒有攻擊你?
    A：It moved slowly up the stairs, step by step, and I could hear its approaching footsteps. When it finally got to the top of the stairs, I realized that it was my father in his green pajamas. He had gone to get a late night snack.
    它慢慢地移上了樓梯，一步一步，我能聽見它越來越近的腳步聲。當它最后走到樓梯頂端時，我才知道原來是我父親穿著他的綠睡衣。他去吃了個宵夜。