练习方法：先不看文本听3遍以上，尽量听清每个发音，然后将故事听写出来。接着看文本，改正听写的错误，并弄懂每句话，每个词。然后一句一句同步跟读，直到能流利朗读并完全理解，最后用自己的话将故事复述出来。

39. Ghosts Are Not Real 幽灵是不存在的

Thomas looked like a tough guy. "Nothing can scare me," he always said. "Not even a ghost?" asked his friend. "Of course not," said Thomas. "Ghosts aren't even real."

托马斯看起来是个硬汉。他总是说，“没什么能吓到我”他的朋友说，“幽灵也不能吗？”托马斯说，“当然不行啦，幽灵根本就不存在”

The next day, Thomas and his friends were bored. They went to go explore the neighborhood. They ran into an old abandoned house. They dared Thomas to go inside. He had to stay there for five minutes.

第二天，托马斯和朋友很无聊，他们到附近去探险。他们跑到一个废弃的房子里，他们问托马斯有没有胆量进去，他得在里面待5分钟。

Thomas was very brave at first. He couldn't see anything in the dark. Suddenly he started hearing things. It sounded like a woman screaming. Thomas ran out of the house crying.

托马斯一开始很勇敢，他在黑暗中完全看不见。突然他开始听到什么声音，听起来好像是一个妇女在尖叫。托马斯哭着跑出了房子。