描述声音应该说是大部分英语学习者最头疼一个话题之一，这些词汇也一方面反映出英语使用者的实际语言输出水平，大家看看下面这个短片里有多少词汇你能够猜出来：
It was a dark and stormy night; I shut my eyes ...
The windows ______ in the wind and there was a distant ______ of thunder. Trees ______ and big raindrops ______ ______ the windows.
Then someone ______ their horn and a car stopped with a ______ of brakes. Someone ______ the car door shut ... footsteps ______ through the mud ... a floorboard on the stairs ______ and there was a ______ scream - from me!