摘要：英语阅读能力是英语学习者语言水平的体现。阅读对于学习者具有重要的作用，不仅能培养学生英语语感，还能促进词汇积累，提高写作水平。对培养学习者的英语综合能力大有帮助，同时也是学好英语的主要手段和有效途径。今后 给大家安排了每天500字的小说阅读，期待大家加入，一起

英语阅读能力是英语学习者语言水平的体现。阅读对于学习者具有重要的作用，不仅能培养学生英语语感，还能促进词汇积累，提高写作水平。对培养学习者的英语综合能力大有帮助，同时也是学好英语的主要手段和有效途径。今后 给大家安排了每天500字的小说阅读，期待大家加入，一起读英文原创小说。

每天500字阅读（朗读更棒），每个月就是1万5千字，每年的阅读量就可以达到高达18万， 这是一个很了不起的阅读量。同时，我们把词汇提取出来，真实语境，更有利于习得词汇，一起读起来。

单篇小说

The payphone on Maple Street had been out of order for years. Rust covered its surface, and the cracked glass of the keypad was smeared with dirt. Nobody used payphones anymore, let alone one that had been disconnected a decade ago.

And yet, at exactly11:47 PMevery night, it rang.

Nobody ever answered it. People in town avoided walking past it after dark, and those who lived nearby claimed they sometimes heard voices coming from the receiver, even when it wasn’t ringing.

Nathan had heard the stories his whole life. But he didn’t believe in ghosts, or curses, or anything supernatural. So when he and his friends walked past the phone one summer night and heard the familiar metallic ringing, he stopped.

“Don’t,” his friend Sarah warned, tugging at his sleeve.

Nathan smirked. “It’s just a broken phone. What’s the worst that could happen?”

Before anyone could stop him, he picked up the receiver.

Silence.

Then—

A faintbreathingon the other end.

Nathan’s smirk faded. “Hello?”

More breathing. Then, awhisperso quiet he barely caught it.

“Why did you leave me?”

Nathan’s blood ran cold. The voice wasfamiliar. Impossible, but familiar.

“Who is this?” he asked, gripping the receiver tightly.

Static crackled, followed by a voice that sent ice through his veins.

“Nathan. Help me.”

His heart stopped. He knew that voice.

It was his brother.

His brother, who had died five years ago.

Nathan dropped the phone and stumbled back, his breath coming in gasps. Sarah and the others stared at him.

“What happened?” she asked, eyes wide.

Nathan turned to the phone. The receiver dangled from its cord, swinging gently. The payphone was silent once more.

But as they walked away, Nathan swore he heard a whisper behind him, carried on the wind.

“You were supposed to come back for me.”

The next night, at11:47 PM, the phone rang again.

This time, Nathan wasn’t there to answer it.

But someone else might be.

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枫叶街的公用电话已经坏了很多年。生锈的金属外壳布满划痕，按键的玻璃碎裂，沾满灰尘。如今没人再使用公用电话，更何况是一部十年前就断了线路的电话。

然而，每天晚上11:47，它都会响起。

没有人接过电话。镇上的人刻意避开它，尤其是在深夜。而住在附近的人发誓，有时候，即使电话没有响起，听筒里也会传来模糊的低语声。

纳森从小就听过这些故事。但他不相信鬼魂、诅咒，或任何超自然的事情。

所以，当他和朋友们在某个夏夜经过电话亭时，熟悉的金属铃声再一次响起，他停下了脚步。

“别接，”朋友莎拉皱眉，拉住他的袖子。

纳森勾起一抹轻蔑的笑。“这只是个坏掉的电话而已，能有什么可怕的？”

他无视朋友们惊恐的目光，在铃声消失前拿起了听筒。

沉默。

然后——

电话那头，传来一阵微弱的呼吸声。

纳森的笑容消失了。“喂？”

更深的呼吸声。然后，一个极低的耳语，轻得几乎听不清。

“你为什么要离开我？”

纳森的血液瞬间凝固。那个声音……熟悉。不可能，但熟悉。

“你是谁？”他低声问，手心泛起冷汗。

电话里传来静电噼啪作响的声音，随后，一个让他头皮发麻的声音低语道：

“纳森，救救我。”

他的心脏仿佛停止了跳动。那是他的哥哥的声音。

他的哥哥，五年前已经死了。

纳森猛地松开听筒，踉跄后退，呼吸急促。莎拉和其他人惊恐地看着他。

“怎么了？”莎拉紧张地问。

纳森转头望向电话亭。听筒还在晃动，吊在电话机上，来回摇摆。电话已经恢复了沉默。

但当他们离开时，纳森听见风中传来低语。

“你本该回来找我的。”

第二天晚上，11:47 PM，电话再次响起。

这一次，纳森没有再去接听。

但或许，会有别人接起它。

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