时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:3 黄色小屋的秘密 The Yellow House Mys


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What a day it was for the Alden children when the rocks were all taken away. The floor of the cave 1 was smooth 2 sand, just right for digging 3. More men came to the island that day, and the digging began.



“Isn’t it funny to see grown-up 4 men digging in the sand,” said Benny.



“Watch them, Benny,” said Alice. “You will see them put things in that big box.”



Sure enough, the men often found broken 5 pieces of a dish, or a smooth stone, and carefully put them in a box. The children never grew tired of watching them. Every day after school they went over to the island to see what the men had found.



Henry could not come until late on some days, for he had to row with the high school crew 6 on the river. He had been Captain of the high school crew for a year. But as soon as he came, he always helped Joe carry the boxes to the boat.



One day the box was so heavy that Henry could not get it to the boat. “I’m sorry, Joe,” he said. “Let’s stop here at the yellow house and sit down for a minute. This is harder work than rowing.”



Joe was glad too, to sit down on the wooden steps of the little yellow house.



Soon Benny was looking in all the windows. “Let’s go into this house some time,” he said.



“I wonder why we never did, Joe,” said Jessie. “Do you know why Grandfather doesn’t like to talk about it?”



“No,” said Joe. “I never asked him because he seemed so sad about it. I think it has a mystery 7. Some day Alice and I are going into the house and solve the mystery.”



“Without us?” cried Benny.



“Yes, sir, without anybody!” said Joe.



“You don’t really mean you’d go without us?” Benny asked. He could hardly believe his ears.



“Don’t tease 8 him, Joe,” said Alice suddenly. She put her hand gently 9 on Joe’s arm. “Let’s tell him! Let’s tell them all!”



“Ho-hum. Maybe you don’t need to tell us. Maybe we can guess,” cried Benny.



“All right. Go ahead 10 and guess,” laughed Joe. He took Alice’s hand and held it.



“You make it too easy,” said Benny. He looked at Henry. “Didn’t I tell you? I told you a long time ago.”



“It wasn’t true a long time ago,” said Joe.



“Let’s guess,” said Violet 11, taking Alice’s other hand. “Does the secret have anything to do with music?”



“Yes!” said Joe and Benny together.



“Will everyone wear beautiful clothes?” asked Jessie smiling.



“Yes,” answered Joe and Benny.



“Will there be a cake, and maybe a beautiful ring?” asked Henry.



“Right here!” said Joe. He held up Alice’s hand. On it was a beautiful new ring.



“Funny we didn’t see that,” said Jessie.



“Not so funny, dear,” said Alice. “It went on just this minute.”



“For good,” said Joe.



“Where are you going to live, Alice?” Violet asked suddenly.



“Well, you know Joe has the whole top floor of that big house all to himself,” Alice said. “He says he needs company, so we will live there together.”



“Oh, boy! Right in the same house with us, just the same as ever!” Benny shouted.



“Does Grandfather know?” asked Henry.



“Well, yes,” said Joe. “We told him yesterday. He said we could have the top floor. After all, it’s his house.”



“Will the wedding 12 be in our house too?” asked Jessie.



“Yes. We want Violet to play the wedding music on her violin, and we want Watch to wear a big white ribbon 13 and come to the wedding too.”



“He won’t like the ribbon,” said Benny. “But he won’t bark 14 if Jessie tells him not to. When is the wedding going to be?”



“As soon as you get out of school,” answered Joe. “Then, you children won’t be busy. And Alice and I will have done a lot of work in the cave.”



“I can’t wait till school is out,” said Benny.



“I guess you’ll have to,” laughed Joe.



What a wedding the Alden wedding was! Everyone talked about it afterward 15 for days. Alice was very lovely in her beautiful white dress. Violet played for the wedding on her violin, with three other players. She wore a long violet dress. Jessie wore blue.



Watch wore his big white ribbon, and he did not bark until it was all over. When everyone was out on the porch 16 saying good-by to Joe and Alice, he barked 17 and barked. By then it didn’t matter, for everyone was laughing and talking.



The children did not know what to do with themselves right after Joe and Alice had gone. They tried to read. When it was almost time for supper, Jessie said, “I wonder where they are going on their wedding trip.”



“I don’t know myself,” said her grandfather. “People don’t tell where they are going.”



“They will be back in two weeks,” said Violet. “Let’s go upstairs again and look at their lovely home.”



Even Mr. Alden went up with the children. Watch came along too. He was always happy when he was with his four children.



Mr. Alden sat down in a big easy chair while Violet and Jessie looked again at the pretty blue and white kitchen. They went into the sunny bedroom, and back to the pleasant living room.



The new dishes were set in piles 18 in the clean cupboards. “It will be such fun for them to keep house here,” cried Jessie. “Everything is in such good order. Alice will love it.”



“Won’t we have a wonderful time this summer,” said Benny. “When Joe comes back he is sure to have some fine ideas.”



“Maybe they won’t want us around, though,” said Jessie. “We must be careful about that.”



“Well then,” said Benny, “we can think up the ideas, and ask them to do things with us.”



“A very good plan, my boy,” said Mr. Alden with a smile. “If they don’t want to, they can always say no.”



Then they heard a step on the stairs. It was Mrs. McGregor, the housekeeper 19. She was a kind little lady, and took fine care of the children. Her hair was white and her eyes were blue.



“Supper is ready,” she said with a smile.



“I hope I can have some more wedding cake,” said Benny. “I just love weddings 20, don’t you, Mrs. McGregor?” He took her hand.



“Yes, my dear,” said Mrs. McGregor, smiling at the little boy. “Your cousin Joe has a fine wife, and he is a fine young man himself. It was a lovely wedding.”



Then Violet thought, as she had often thought before, that there was something sad about Mrs. McGregor. “Yes,” she said to herself, “she is sad even when she smiles.”



n.洞穴;窑洞
  • Where's the entrance to the cave?这个洞穴的入口在哪里?
  • They opened the door and a great cave opened out before them.他们打开门,看到了一个大洞穴展现在面前。
adj.平滑的,平坦的,平稳的,顾忱;v.弄平,使平滑;消除,排除,克服
  • Life is not always smooth.生活的路不总是平坦的。
  • He picked up some smooth stones.他捡了一些光滑的石子。
n.挖掘v.挖,掘( dig的现在分词 );(如用铲、锨或推土机等)挖掘;挖得;寻找
  • They were digging up worms to use for bait. 他们正在挖蚯蚓作鱼饵。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The best implement for digging a garden is a spade. 在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.成熟的,已经成人的;n.成人,大人
  • She has a grown-up daughter who lives abroad.她有一个已经长大成人的女儿,在海外生活。
  • The boy eats like a grown-up.那男孩的食量像个成人。
adj.坏掉的,患病的,被制服的,断掉的;vbl.break的过去分词
  • He is mending a broken cup.他在修补破杯子。
  • Something was broken in my engine.我的发动机里有个东西损坏了。
n.全体船员,全体乘务员;vi.一起工作
  • A captain controls his ship and its crew.船长管理他的船和船上的船员。
  • The captain kept his crew at a distance.船长与他的船员总保持一段距离。
n.神秘,奥秘,秘密,玄妙,不可思议的事
  • He often tells stories full of mystery.他常讲些充满神秘色彩的故事。
  • The mystery was never solved.这个奥秘始终未得到解释。
vt.戏弄,取笑,挑逗,撩拨;n.戏弄人者
  • The other boys tease him because he is fat.因为他很胖,所以其他男生都取笑他。
  • His friends used to tease him about his tatty clothes.他的朋友过去常常笑话他破旧的衣服。
adv.轻轻的;温和的
  • I should knock at the door gently.我应该轻轻地敲门。
  • Push your chair in gently.轻轻把椅子推进去。
adv.在前,向前,提前,在前面
  • We have to go ahead to find a garage.我们得到前边找个修车厂。
  • Youth looks ahead and age backward.青年人向前看,老年人向后看。
adj.紫色的;n.紫罗兰
  • She likes to wear violet dresses.他喜欢穿紫色的衣服。
  • Violet is the color of wisdom,peace and strength.紫色是智慧的,和平的和力量的颜色。
n.婚礼,结婚,结婚仪式,结合
  • I have to attend a wedding.我必须去参加婚礼。
  • Their wedding was very quiet.他们的婚礼很平淡。
n.缎带,色带,带状物;vt.用丝带装饰,撕成条状;vi.形成带状
  • Her hair was tied up with a ribbon.她用一条丝带系着头发。
  • We decorated our car with ribbon.我们在汽车上挂满了缎带。
n.(狗)等吠声,狗叫声,树皮;v.狗叫
  • The old bark dropped away.老树皮剥落下来。
  • Dogs always know who's bad and will naturally bark at them.狗永远知道谁是坏人,而且一定会对他们吠叫。
adv.后来;以后
  • Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏,然后吃饭。
  • Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来,这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
n.门廊,入口处,走廊,游廊
  • There are thousands of pages of advertising on our porch.有成千上万页广告堆在我们的门廊上。
  • The porch is supported by six immense pillars.门廊由六根大柱子支撑着。
v.吠叫( bark的过去式和过去分词 );大声喊出;擦破(或蹭掉)…的皮;厉声发令
  • He fell down the steps and barked his shins. 他从台阶上跌下来,擦破了小腿上的皮。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • I barked my shin on a tree stump. 我磕到了树桩上,胫部擦破了皮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
痔,痔疮; 桩( pile的名词复数 ); 一堆; 绒头; 摞
  • piles of dusty books 一摞一摞布满灰尘的书
  • a substructure of timber piles 木桩下部结构
n.管理家务的主妇,女管家
  • A spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.炉子清洁无瑕就表明他母亲是个勤劳的主妇。
  • She is an economical housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.她节约持家,一家人吃得很省。
n.婚礼( wedding的名词复数 )
  • Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
  • Dad, nominally a Methodist, entered Churches only for weddings and funerals. 爸名义上是卫理公会教徒,可只去教堂参加婚礼和葬礼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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