聽鬼故事學英文
學會用英文聊人們最不敢聽
卻又最想聽的鬼怪傳說、靈異事件

本書特色

　　特色一：妖魔鬼怪、恐怖傳說…中西鬼怪全收錄
▲ 死神、狼人、吸血鬼，狐仙、雪怪、地獄三頭犬
聽說過的、沒聽說過的，長得像人的、長得像寵物的妖魔鬼怪…
全員到齊，一次看個夠！

　　特色二：交流撞鬼經驗、描述靈異現象，再陰的話題也敢聊
▲鬼壓床、送肉粽、靈異照，鬼屋、靈媒、翻屍節
露營講鬼故事、介紹家鄉靈異傳說、透露恐怖親身經歷…
靈異英文，一次說個夠！

　　特色三：認識經典鬼片、討論鬼片情節，看恐怖片也要會聊恐怖片
▲佛萊迪、傑森、鬼娃恰吉、貞子、紅衣小女孩
愛看恐怖片還要能聊恐怖片，
看完本書讓你成為雙語鬼片控！

作者介紹/EZ TALK編輯部

特色一：妖魔鬼怪、恐怖傳說…中西鬼怪全收錄
▲ 死神、狼人、吸血鬼，狐仙、雪怪、地獄三頭犬
聽說過的、沒聽說過的，長得像人的、長得像寵物的妖魔鬼怪…
全員到齊，一次看個夠！

　　特色二：交流撞鬼經驗、描述靈異現象，再陰的話題也敢聊
▲鬼壓床、送肉粽、靈異照，鬼屋、靈媒、翻屍節
露營講鬼故事、介紹家鄉靈異傳說、透露恐怖親身經歷…
靈異英文，一次說個夠！

　　特色三：認識經典鬼片、討論鬼片情節，看恐怖片也要會聊恐怖片
▲佛萊迪、傑森、鬼娃恰吉、貞子、紅衣小女孩
愛看恐怖片還要能聊恐怖片，
看完本書讓你成為雙語鬼片控！

Ghosts and Spirits

鬼魂與靈魂

An ancient belief
Belief in ghosts is as old as mankind itself. In ancient cultures all around the world, people believed that the human soul left the body at the time of death and entered the afterlife. But if spirits go to live in the afterlife, why would they appear to the living in the form of ghosts? In Chinese tradition, the gates to the underworld open during Ghost Month—the seventh month of the lunar calendar—allowing the spirits of the dead to visit the world of the living for food and entertainment.

古代的信仰

自從有人類以來，就存在鬼魂的信仰。在世界各地的古文化中，人們相信在死亡之際，人的靈魂會離開身體，進入來世。但靈魂若是到來世生活，又為何要以鬼魂的形式出現在人間？中國傳統認為，陰間大門會在鬼月，也就是農曆七月開啟，讓往生者的靈魂到人間覓食和作樂。

In Christian tradition, the souls of the dead go to Heaven or Hell, where they remain for eternity. No wonder there are only two clear references to ghosts in the Bible. In the Old Testament, Saul, King of Israel, asks the ghost of Samuel for advice in defeating the Philistines; and in the New Testament, Jesus has to persuade people that’s he’s not a ghost after he rises from the dead. Yet while the Church discouraged belief in ghosts, there were so many sightings over the centuries that their efforts had little effect.

基督教傳統認為，死者的靈魂會上天堂或下地獄，並永遠留在那裡，因此聖經中只有兩處明確提到鬼魂也就不足為奇了。在舊約中，以色列的掃羅王向撒母耳的鬼魂請教如何打敗非利士人；在新約中，耶穌復活後要說服大家他不是鬼魂。不過，儘管教會阻止人民相信鬼魂，但幾百年來仍有許多看到鬼魂的傳聞，可見教會的控制成效不彰。

Ghosts enter the modern era

Ghost stories had long been popular with Victorian readers, but it was the work of Scottish writer Catherine Crowe that brought belief in ghosts into the modern era. In The Night Side of Nature, published in 1848, she collected accounts of ghost sightings and haunted houses from all over Europe. What made Crowe’s book different from other collections of ghost stories was the fact that she carried out careful research, requiring at least two firsthand witnesses for each account included.