讀英文微小說，習得英語詞彙 | The Room That Wasn’t on the Map
英語閱讀能力是英語學習者語言水平的體現。閱讀對於學習者具有重要的作用，不僅能培養學生英語語感，還能促進詞彙積累，提高寫作水平。對培養學習者的英語綜合能力大有幫助，同時也是學好英語的主要手段和有效途徑。今後 給大家安排了每天500字的小說閱讀，期待大家加入，一起讀英文原創小說。
每天500字閱讀（朗讀更棒），每個月就是1萬5千字，每年的閱讀量就可以達到高達18萬， 這是一個很了不起的閱讀量 。同時，我們把詞彙提取出來，真實語境，更有利於習得詞彙，一起讀起來。
Ethan had been working as anight security guardat the university for three months.
His job was simple—walk the empty hallways, check that all doors were locked, and make surenothing unusualwas happening.
Most nights were uneventful. But one night, he found somethingwrong.
He was making his usual rounds in theoldest building on campus, checking doors, when he noticeda light under a doorat the end of the hallway.
That was odd.
This building was supposed to beempty.
He pulled out hiskeyring, checking the room number.
Room 217.
But when he looked at theofficial floor planhanging in the hallway, there wasno Room 217.
The numbers jumped from216 to 218.
His stomachtightened.
Slowly, he stepped closer.
The doorlooked old—more worn than the others, with a brass handle thatfelt cold to the touch.
He knocked once.
Silence.
He knocked again.
Still nothing.
Finally, he took out hismaster key, slid it into the lock, and turned.
The doorswung open easily.
Inside was aclassroom.
But something waswrong.
Theblackboardwas covered infaded writing, notes scribbled in a language Ethan didn’t recognize. Thedeskswere old-fashioned, wooden, with namescarved into them. The air smelledstale, likea place long abandoned.
Then, he noticed something else.
There was acoat hanging on one of the chairs.
Afresh cup of coffeesat on a desk, steam still rising from it.
Someone had been here.Recently.
Ethan’s breathhitched.
Then—
The doorslammed shutbehind him.
The lightsflickered.
And from the blackboard, thechalk began moving on its own, scrawling out a message.
“You shouldn’t be here.”
Ethanboltedfor the door, yanking at the handle.
It wouldn’t budge.
The airgrew cold.
Then, he heard it.
Achair scrapingagainst the floor.
Someone else was in the room.
He turned slowly.
At the back of the room, one of thedesks was now occupied.
A student sat there, motionless.
Facepale.
Eyes staringstraight at him.
Then, the studentsmiled.
The lights went out.
And in the dark, Ethan heard awhisper.
“Class is about to begin.”
Key Words & Phrases
-夜班保安
-沒有異常
-不對勁的
-胃部一緊
-冰冷的觸感
-褪色的字跡
-陳舊的，黴味的
-屏住（呼吸）
-在地板上拖動的聲音
-上課即將開始
伊森在大學裡做夜班保安已經三個月了。
他的工作很簡單——巡邏空無一人的走廊，檢查門是否鎖好，確保一切正常。
大多數夜晚都很無聊。
但有一天晚上，他發現了異常。
他像往常一樣在學校最老的教學樓巡邏，檢查門鎖是否完好。
這時，他看到走廊盡頭的一扇門下透出了光。
奇怪。
這個教學樓應該是空的。
他掏出鑰匙，檢查房間號。
217號教室。
但當他看向掛在牆上的官方平面圖時，他發現一件讓人不寒而慄的事——
217號教室根本不存在。
房間編號直接從216跳到了218。
他的胃部一緊。
他慢慢靠近那扇門。
它比其他教室的門更舊，黃銅門把手摸上去冰冷刺骨。
他敲了一下門。
寂靜。
他又敲了一下。
還是沒有迴應。
最終，他掏出主鑰匙，插進鎖孔，緩緩扭動。
門輕輕地打開了。
裡面是一個教室。
但……哪裡不對勁。
黑板上佈滿了褪色的字跡，全是他看不懂的語言。課桌是老式木質的，上面刻滿了模糊的名字。空氣裡瀰漫着塵封已久的黴味，彷彿這裡已經荒廢多年。
然後，他看到了更不對勁的東西。
椅子上掛着一件外套。
桌子上放着一杯冒着熱氣的咖啡。
有人剛剛在這裡。
剛剛。
伊森的呼吸停滯。
然後——
身後的門砰地一聲關上了。
燈光閃爍。
黑板上的粉筆開始自己動起來，緩緩寫出了一行字：
“你不該來這裡。”
伊森猛衝向門口，用力拉門把手。
門鎖死了。
空氣變得冰冷。
然後，他聽到了——
椅子在地板上拖動的聲音。
教室裡，還有其他人。
他慢慢地轉過身。
教室後方，一張空着的座位上，現在坐着一個學生。
一動不動。
臉色蒼白。
直直地盯着他。
然後，那個學生笑了。
燈光熄滅。
黑暗中，伊森聽到一個耳語——
“上課即將開始。”
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