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Your hands are bound together.
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It’s pitch black, but every 10 seconds or so a flash of light reveals the masked faces of men.
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They drag you into a corner.
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You can hear the petrified screams of your friend through the wall.
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You’ve never heard him sound like that before.
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What have they done to him?
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Another flash of light reveals cockroaches scurrying all around you.
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They run up your legs and some of them get into the onesie you’ve been forced to wear.
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Suddenly a mirror is held up to your face.
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When those lights flash you see one of the guys shaving your head.
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Another flash, and a great,First let’s explain to you what we are actually talking about.
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big tarantula is crawling over your shoulder.
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The masked men then grab you and take you to another room where they push your head into freezing cold water.
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You plead for them to stop, to show you some mercy, but you’ve signed up for this, and there’s no ‘get-out’ clause.
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What we just explained to you isn’t an exaggeration.
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In fact, this haunted house experience can get much worse than that.
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It’s so bad, that if you can actually get through enough hours of it you’ll be handed $20,000.
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There’s actually a long list of thousands of people in the U.S. in the queue waiting to experience this haunted house, but we can assure you, most of those that do get the full experience regret it.
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Has anyone gone back for more?
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Has anyone ever completed the experience?
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The place we have described is called the “McKamey Manor”, and that to most people would look like any suburban house in the USA.
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But this house in a now undisclosed neighborhood in the USA, doubles as a kind of extreme attraction, or what you might call a horror survival course.
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ThinWhen we say haunted, well, it’s been called that, but regarding horror it’s less about ghosts than it is about torture.
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It’s closer to the “Saw” franchise than it is “Paranormal Activity.”gs don’t move around by themselves in the dark, if you don’t count large, burly men in masks terrifying you psychologically and even roughing you up a bit.
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We are not kidding….
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There are pages on Facebook that criticize this outfit and say it should be illegal.
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Those detractors say the Manor can cause lasting psychological damage and they state that those who do the terrifying things are sick and sadistic human beings.
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Still, you’ll find middle-aged, bored accountants and young beauticians giving McKamey Manor a go.
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They actually want to be scared out of their wits and they don’t give a hoot what some people have to say on social media.
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The experience is no joke, though, that’s for sure.You won’t even be allowed to get your foot in the door if you haven’t signed a 40-page waiver, are 21, or at least 18 and have your parent’s approval.
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You’ll need a doctor’s letter saying you are in good physical and mental shape and you’ll be screened first.
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If you don’t have any medical insurance, forget about it.
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Here are two very important clauses in that 40-page waiver: Clause 20: “Participant agrees there is no quitting unless serious physical or psychological injury is present.” Clause 25… “Participant fully understands that at many times they will be in a panic state of anxiety, in which they feel that they will drown and they may die.” That’s why it’s called a “survival horror Challenge”, maybe something our dear Challenge writer could do one day.
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After all, the only payment you have to make is some dog food.
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That’s right, a few tins of mashed mystery meat and gristle and you’re in.
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But would you really want to get in, that’s the question?
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The tour of the house lasts eight to ten hours.
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Yep, that’s possibly a good chunk of the day with a bunch of very large, seemingly angry, vengeful men.They want to terrorize the life out of you and you will believe they are for real.
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These guys have practiced the art of physical and mental torture, and while that torture might not be anything like what you saw in that movie called “Hostel”, it’s going to be bad enough to make you want to quit.
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In fact, while your average plumber and office worker have given up after only a few minutes, even cage fighters and marines have tapped out.
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There are other extreme haunted house experiences out there in the U.S., but this one has one major difference in that you don’t have a “safe word” so you can just drop out.
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Why would anyone do this, you might be wondering, besides trying to get that 20,000 bucks?
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The guy behind the house is one Russ McKamey.
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He’s said people do it to escape the daily grind of life.
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Sure, some folks might be masochists, but others are just hankering for something to knock them sideways.
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For McKamey it’s theater, an extreme kind of theater.
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He’s ex-Navy and has studied theater, so he knows what he’s doing.
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He’s said that while he will take people to the edges of their fear and sanity, he records everything on tape and nothing they have done at the house has broken laws.
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It’s awful, but lawful.
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Hmm, we kinda like that tagline, maybe we should get in touch with them and make a deal.
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Just watch the videos of people going through the experience and you can watch them crumble, uttering words with a shaky voice, “You beat me…I can’t do it anymore…I’m done…I’m flying home tomorrow…I don’t need any of this.” They might have been covered in insects, stomped on, dragged around like a doll, held under dirty water and even made to eat their own vomit, but they only get to stop when their torturers think they’ve had enough.
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In an interview, McKamey said, “Every year it’s got more crazy, more aggressive.
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We wouldn’t be infamous if we weren’t able to deliver the product.” The product he says is fear, 100 percent, unadulterated fear, non-stop for as many minutes or hours as a person can take.How long would you last?
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You might first get kidnapped and soon realize that the guys aren’t messing around.
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They might not break your arm, but they will certainly stress your body in ways that are uncomfortable for you.
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They start with things that will psychologically stress you, but then escalate it until you are absolutely broken.
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McKamey says no one suffers any bad injuries and it’s all one big show, otherwise the place would have been closed down a long time ago.
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Some people disagree with him, saying that he must be a sadistic psychopath to do what he does.
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People have even protested outside his gates, and so he has had to change locations at times.
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It’s kind of a grey area, because you can see with your own eyes that people are literally scared for their lives.
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They absolutely do get broken, so you might ask if the torture is real, not just a show.
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We found one woman, a U.S government logistical analyst, who lasted just five minutes in the house, a far cry from eight hours.
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She actually returned again the year after to see if she could last a bit longer.
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She got her chance and one day she went through the ordeal with a female nursing student and a young man who was hoping to become a DEA agent.
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After a couple of hours, the latter two participants were asking to quit.
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The nurse was tied up, the guy was fastened in a straightjacket, and both were screaming out that they’ve had enough.
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They didn’t get what they wanted right away, and faced some more agonies before they were let go.
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When the masking tape was taken off the young man’s face, he was visibly traumatized, and almost sobbing, he said, “Please Russ, I’m done.” The nurse was the same, and through tears she exclaimed that she would never, ever, do that again.
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The analyst held on for longer.
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Not only did she last longer than five minutes, but she passed the four-hour mark.
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She’d been force-fed, showered with freezing cold water, dragged through stinking sewage, and had her head shaved…at one point she just she cried out for help and of course no one came.
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She said she was proud to last that long, and she admitted that she had been pushed to her limits, but she didn’t feel like she’d been abused or tortured.
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She even said she’d give it another go if she ever got the chance.
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In fact, around 25,000 people are waiting in line to see how long they can last in this house of horrors.
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No one, and we mean no one, has ever gone the full eight hours or ten hours.
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For more horror go watch “YOU vs FREDDY KRUEGER -How Can You Defeat and Survive It?” and, “7 Scary Sounds That Will Trigger a Fight Or Flight Response In You.”
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节 B2 级别的口语课以视频“Win $20,000 Dollars if You Survive this Haunted House”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：hour, experience, Mckamey。 这段视频共有 76 个句子、1521 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 6:58。 说话人语速较快，每分钟约 218 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 83% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。
视频中的重点词汇
视频中最难的 15 个单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| torture 名词 | /ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/ | 折磨, 煎熬 |
| haunt 动词 | /hɔnt/ | 出沒 /出没 |
| clause 名词 | /klɔːz/ | 分句 |
| waiver 名词 | /ˈweɪ.vɚ/ | 棄權 /弃权 |
| shave 动词 | /ˈʃeɪ̯v/ | 刮, 剃 |
| scare 动词 | /skɛɚ/ | 嚇唬 /吓唬, 使害怕 |
| freeze 动词 | /ˈfɹiːz/ | 凍結 /冻结, 凍 /冻 |
| scream 动词 | /skɹiːm/ | 叫喊, 嗷叫 |
| beautician 名词 | /bjuːˈtɪ(t)ʃən/ | 美容師 /美容师 |
| crumble 动词 | /ˈkɹʌmbəl/ | 崩溃 |
| detractor 名词 | 毀謗者 /毁谤者, 誹謗者 /诽谤者 | |
| escalate 动词 | /ˈɛs.kə.leɪt/ | 升級 /升级, 升高 |
| exaggeration 名词 | /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/ | 誇大 /夸大, 誇張 /夸张 |
| exclaim 动词 | /ɛkˈskleɪm/ | 感嘆 /感叹, 呼喊 |
| fasten 动词 | /ˈfæsn̩/ | 系住, 扣住 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| go through 动词 | 通過 /通过 | |
| close down 动词 | /kləʊzˈdaʊn/ | 結業 /结业 |
| get through 动词 | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | 度過 /度过 |
| give up 动词 | 投案, 自首 | |
| take off 动词 | 脫 /脱 | |
| tie up 动词 | 捆綁, 捆紮 |
视频中的语法
说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：
| 结构 | 视频中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事 | You've never heard · have they done · you've been forced |
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | are bound · you've been forced · is held |
| 定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物 | those who do · man who was |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 32 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 don't, you'll, I'm。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, beautician /bjuːˈtɪ(t)ʃən/, exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, vengeful /ˈvɛnʒ.fəl/, mash /mæʃ/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, logistical /ləˈdʒɪ.stɪ.k(ə)l/, tarantula /təˈɹæn.t͡ʃə.lə/, participant /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: waiver /ˈweɪ.vɚ/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, vengeful /ˈvɛnʒ.fəl/, visibly /ˈvɪz.ə.bli/, vomit /ˈvɑmɪt/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: haunt /hɔnt/, clause /klɔːz/, sadistic /səˈdɪstɪk/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, distress /dɪˈstɹɛs/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: crumble /ˈkɹʌmbəl/, gristle /ˈɡɹɪsəl/, plumber /ˈplʌm.əɹ/, tarantula /təˈɹæn.t͡ʃə.lə/, crawl /kɹɔːl/
如何用这段视频练习
- 先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 torture, haunt, clause 这类单词。
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。