A：So, Jack, do you believe in ghosts?

那么，杰克，你相信鬼吗?

B：No, not really. Why do you ask?

不，不完全信。你为什么问这个?

A：Because I want to tell you about the time that I saw a ghost.

因为我想告诉你一次我看见了一个鬼。

B：You saw a ghost? When?

你看见了一个鬼?什么时候?

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…

那是许多年前，当我还是小孩子的时候。那晚半夜，我去厨房喝水。我走出我的房间，在楼梯的顶端，就在这时……

B：So that's where you saw the ghost? In your house? What did it look like? Was it hideous?

那么说你就在那儿看见了鬼?在你家里?是什么样子?可怕吗?

A：It was a big, green thing that looked like a person. It was in the kitchen, and it slowly moved towards the stairs…

它是一个巨大的、绿色的东西，看上去像个人。它在厨房，慢慢向楼梯移动。

B：So what did you do?

那你怎么办?

A：I hid so that it couldn't see me. Slowly it got closer and closer, until ……

我躲起来以便它看不见我。慢慢地它越来越近，直到……

B：Until what? What happened? Did you see it clearly? Did it attack you?

直到什么?发生了什么事?你看清楚了吗?它有没有攻击你?

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.

它慢慢地移上了楼梯，一步一步，我能听见它越来越近的脚步声。当它最后走到楼梯顶端时，我才知道原来是我父亲穿着他的绿睡衣。他去吃了个宵夜。