海外文化:英美民俗-鬼魂
<p>【英文原文】</p><p>摘要：在古代和中世纪，看见和听见闹鬼的说法十分流行。现代大多数人不信鬼魂之说，但仍对有关鬼魂的故事、小说和电影十分感兴趣，而且不肯夜间走过坟地或废弃的老房子。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="ghost">ghost</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="supposed">supposed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spirit">spirit</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="died">died</span>. <span word="Reports">Reports</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="hearing">hearing</span> <span word="ghosts">ghosts</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="throughout">throughout</span> <span word="history">history</span> — <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Middle">Middle</span> <span word="Ages">Ages</span>. <span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="ghosts">ghosts</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="interested">interested</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="stories">stories</span>, <span word="books">books</span>, <span word="films">films</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="plays">plays</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="ghosts">ghosts</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="prefer">prefer</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="graveyards">graveyards</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="deserted">deserted</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="night">night</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="ghosts">ghosts</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ghost">ghost</span> <span word="resembles">resembles</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="form">form</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="ghosts">ghosts</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="transparent">transparent</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="shadowy">shadowy</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="ghosts">ghosts</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="pictured">pictured</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="robes">robes</span>.</p><p><span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="ghosts">ghosts</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="intention">intention</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="harm">harm</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="evil">evil</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="ghosts">ghosts</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="friendly">friendly</span>. <span word="Ghosts">Ghosts</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="evil">evil</span> <span word="intention">intention</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spirits">spirits</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="murdered">murdered</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="haunt">haunt</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="where">where</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="form">form</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="buried">buried</span>. <span word="Whole">Whole</span> <span word="families">families</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="visited">visited</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ghost">ghost</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="ancestor">ancestor</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="injured">injured</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ghost">ghost</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ancestor">ancestor</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="ghost">ghost</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="try">try</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reveal">reveal</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="murdered">murdered</span> <span word="it">it</span> — <span word="as">as</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="William">William</span> <span word="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="Hamlet">Hamlet</span> — <span word="or">or</span> <span word="try">try</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="frighten">frighten</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="murderer">murderer</span> — <span word="as">as</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Macbeth">Macbeth</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="ghost">ghost</span> <span word="haunts">haunts</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="screaming">screaming</span>, <span word="groaning">groaning</span>, <span word="making">making</span> <span word="strange">strange</span> <span word="noises">noises</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="doors">doors</span>, <span word="furniture">furniture</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="objects">objects</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span>. </p>
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