字神帝國英語天地

Isobel Bowdery is a 22-year-old woman from Cape Town, South Africa, currently in Paris. 
現居巴黎的22歲女子伊澤貝爾·鮑德瑞來自南非開普敦。
☎　cape --n.海角，岬；披肩，短披風
參考例句：
➥ I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.
　我渴望到好望角去旅行。
➥ She was wearing a cape over her dress.
　她在外套上披著一件披肩。

On Saturday, Bowdery shared on Facebook her terrifying and heartbreaking account of being inside the Bataclan music venue on Friday night when more than 82 people were killed by gunmen.
☎　venue --n.犯罪地點，審判地，管轄地，發生地點，集合地點
參考例句：
➥ The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.
　大廳給婚禮和其他社會活動提供了場所。
➥ The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.
　人們就審判地點的問題產生了極大的爭議。

In the post, Bowdery writes that when the gunfire first started, she thought it was just part of the show.

"You never think it will happen to you. It was just a Friday night at a rock show. The atmosphere was so happy and everyone was dancing and smiling. And then when the men came through the front entrance and began the shooting, we naively believed it was all part of the show. It wasn’t just a terrorist attack, it was a massacre. Dozens of people were shot right in front of me. Pools of blood filled the floor. Cries of grown men who held their girlfriends dead bodies pierced the small music venue. Futures demolished, families heartbroken. In an instant."
☎　naively --adv. 天真地
參考例句：
➥ They naively assume things can only get better. 
　他們天真地以為情況只會變好。
➥ In short, Knox's proposal was ill conceived and naively made. 
　總而言之，諾克斯的建議考慮不周，顯示幼稚。
☎　massacre --n.殘殺，大屠殺；v.殘殺，集體屠殺
參考例句：
➥ There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.
　在戰爭中，這裡的村民慘遭屠殺。
➥ If we forget the massacre, the massacre will happen again!
　忘記了大屠殺，大屠殺就有可能再次發生！
☎　futures --n.期貨，期貨交易
參考例句：
➥ He continued his operations in cotton futures.
　他繼續進行棉花期貨交易。
➥ Cotton futures are selling at high prices.
　棉花期貨交易的賣價是很高的。
☎　demolished --v.摧毀( demolish的過去式和過去分詞 )；推翻；拆毀（尤指大建築物）；吃光
參考例句：
➥ The factory is due to be demolished next year. 
　這個工廠定于明年拆除。
➥ They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 
　兩年來，為了不讓拆除他們的房子，他們一直在進行最後的努力。

She says she lay down on the floor of the club for over an hour, pretending to be dead and trying not to breathe.

"Shocked and alone, I pretended to be dead for over an hour, lying among people who could see their loved ones motionless. Holding my breath, trying to not move, not cry - not giving those men the fear they longed to see. I was incredibly lucky to survive. But so many didn’t. The people who had been there for the exact same reasons as I - to have a fun Friday night were innocent. This world is cruel. And acts like this are suppose to highlight the depravity of humans and the images of those men circling us like vultures will haunt me for the rest of my life. The way they meticulously aimed at shot people around the standing area I was in the centre of without any consideration for human life. It didn’t feel real. I expected any moment for someone to say it was just a nightmare."
☎　meticulously --adv.過細地，異常細緻地；無微不至；精心
參考例句：
➥ The hammer's silvery head was etched with holy runs and its haft was meticulously wrapped in blue leather. 
　錘子頭是純銀製成的，雕刻著神聖符文，而握柄則被精心地包裹在
　藍色的皮革中。 
➥ She is always meticulously accurate in punctuation and spelling. 
　她的標點和拼寫總是非常精確。
☎　standing --n.持續，地位；adj.永久的，不動的，直立的，不流動的
參考例句：
➥ After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.
　地震過後只有幾幢房屋還立著。
➥ They're standing out against any change in the law.
　他們堅決反對對法律做任何修改。

英文來源：This Woman’s Facebook Post About Pretending To Be Dead During The Paris Attacks Is Going Viral
文章來源：南非女子在巴黎恐襲中裝死逃生