《螺絲在擰緊》是美國乃至世界文學史上的大文豪亨利·詹姆斯（小說界的莎士比亞）的傳奇作品，是有史以來恐怖的鬼故事之一，不僅受到了西方讀者的熱烈歡迎，還不斷地進入英美的劇場和課堂。
聖誕前夜，幾個朋友圍坐爐旁打發時光，百無聊賴地講起了他們聽到的鬼故事。一個關於小孩遇見鬼的故事引起了老者道格拉斯的興趣，於是他在幾天後的晚上講述了一個深埋多年的恐怖故事。年輕淳樸的女教師受托到英國一座古老靜謐的莊園看護一對聰穎俊秀、天真無邪的兄妹。不料，莊園中的靜謐很快被打破：塔樓上的神秘男子、樓梯上的幽靈、湖岸邊的人影……這一切究竟是盥靈、幻影，還是心魔？鬼影幢幢的莊園內，螺絲在擰緊。

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25

《床頭燈英語·3000詞讀物（純英文）：螺絲在擰緊》：
That first day had been very exciting. It filled me with all kinds of hope for the future. I was very eager about meeting the boy the following day. However， something happened that evening that made me less comfortable with the situation.
Before dinner， Mrs. Grose gave me a letter from the boy's school. Although， she had not read it， she did not seem happy that it had come. "It's from the leader of his school. A very unpleasant and boring man！ I have no interest at all in what he has to say about our boy， Miles！"
I took the envelope upstairs to my bedroom and， after changing into my evening bedclothes， opened it. As soon as I read it， I wished that I had waited until the next morning to open it. It made me very upset and I could not sleep the whole night. The next day， I decided to go to Mrs. Grose first in the morning and share the news with her.
"The school will no longer accept Miles as their student."
"Are you sure about this?" she asked. "The school always sends the children home during holiday."
"It's very clear in the letter that he is never to return to the school，" I said.
Her eyes then became watery. "Why would they do this? Has he one something wrong?"
I held out the letter to her to take and read herself， but she would not accept it. "I'm sorry， ma'am， but I don't want to read it."
I realized then that Mrs. Grose was not able to read！ I felt guilty for having embarrassed her. In order to avoid further uncomfortable feelings I asked， "What sort of child is Miles? Is he a good boy?"
"What does the school say， exactly，" she asked， her eyes still red and full of water.
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王潤霞，《床頭燈英語叢書》策劃者之，資深英語教育踐行者。1998年以來她按照自己對英語教育的理解，引導女兒取得了一繫列驚人的成績：2004年北京市高考理科第二名，托福（TOEFL）673分（滿分677分），清華大學電子工程繫專業和綜合成績排名雙項第一，獲得10多所美國頂尖大學（普林斯頓、耶魯、麻省理工、加州理工、斯坦福、康奈爾等）的全額獎學金，博士畢業後拿到了麥肯錫、波士頓、貝恩三大咨詢公司的工作offer。
我女兒為什麼能在中國的語言環境中學好英語
我女兒是在中國語言環境中學好其語的一個代表，她的經歷或許會給國內正在學或準備學英語的人一些啟示，幫助他們少走彎路，最終享受到學好英語所帶來的益處。當然，你可能會覺得我孩子的情況很特殊，屬於個例。但是，我的英語教學體會是：每個學生都是語言的天纔，隻要學習方法正確，英語沒有學不好的。這些年我一共帶了幾百名學生，很多考上了世界名校，如美國麻省理工學院、賓夕法尼亞大學、耶魯大學、康奈爾大學，英國倫敦大學學院等。這些學生都是普通的學生，關鍵是他們背後都站著一個大事不糊塗、肯為孩子付出、和孩子在正確道路上堅持到底的家長。