时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:32 The Mystery in the Snow


英语课

The next morning, the Aldens met Jimmy Phelps in front of the lodge 1. He was taking off his skates.



“Is breakfast over already?” Benny asked him. He couldn’t imagine anyone doing too much before eating.



“No,” Jimmy answered. “I was just working up an appetite.”



“I’m glad I don’t have to do that!” Benny commented.



“Benny likes to eat,” Jessie explained.



Jimmy smiled. His rosy 2 cheeks became even rounder. “I figured that,” he said.



On their way into the lounge 3, Henry asked, “Did Mr. Mercer find the keys?”



Jimmy shook his head. “No,” he said. “I don’t know what he’ll do.”



Mr. Mercer stood just inside the door. He pointed 4 to a table near the entrance. “Sign your names on those cards,” he said, “and put them into that big box.”



“Is that the box from the equipment shop?” Jessie asked.



Mr. Mercer shook his head. “No, the equipment shop is still locked. I’m going into town later to get a locksmith. He can make new keys.”



“We thought you might have to call off the games,” Henry said.



“Well, it is a problem not being able to get into the equipment shop. But, I’d never call off the games. Not for a little thing like a missing 5 key,” Mr. Mercer assured 6 them.



The Aldens went over to fill out the cards.



Their grandfather got up from his chair near the fire. “Good morning,” he called out.



“Good morning, Grandfather,” the children responded.



Freddy came in, pulling off her green knit 7 hat. She was wearing a one piece ski outfit 8 that was bright green, orange, and yellow. And she had on gloves to match!



“Did everybody sign up?” she called. “I want you all to have a chance to be on my team.”



Several children who hadn’t filled out the cards formed a line behind the Aldens. Everyone else headed for the dining room. Long tables were set with red-and-white checked tablecloths 9. At the front of the large, sunlit room, the longest table was filled with food: egg dishes, bacon, sausage, rolls, toast, pancakes, fruit, three kinds of juice, milk, coffee, tea — something for every taste.



“Everything looks so good,” Jessie commented. “It’s hard to know what to choose.”



Benny took a plate from the stack 10 at the end of the table. “Take some of everything,” he advised his sister. “That way you won’t have to make hard decisions.”



Grandfather chose a toasted English muffin and a bowl of fruit; the younger Aldens took Benny’s advice.



After breakfast, Mr. Mercer went to the front of the room. Jimmy and Freddy followed with the box of names.



“Attention, everyone,” the man said. “It’s time to pick teams. Freddy and Jimmy are our team captains. As your name is called, please come up and join your leader.”



Everyone started talking excitedly.



Mr. Mercer hushed them. “I have to go into town to the locksmith,” he said. “So I’ll let your team captains take over.” He left the room.



Freddy reached into the box and pulled out a card. “Danny Cahill,” she read.



In the far corner of the room, a red-headed boy, about Benny’s age, stood up. He walked slowly to the front of the room.



Freddy greeted him with a broad smile. “Welcome to the winning team, Danny,” she said.



Jimmy picked out a name. He read it to himself; then looked up. He had a funny expression on his face. It was hard to tell whether he was happy about his choice, or sad. “Beth Markham,” he announced. “Last year’s top skater.”



Beth skipped to the front of the room, her ponytail swinging.



Two more team members were chosen.



Benny wiggled in his chair. “I can’t stand the suspense,” he whispered.



Henry was the first of the Aldens chosen. He would be on Jimmy’s team. Jessie and then Violet 11 were picked for that team, too.



Benny glanced around the room. He and an older girl were the only ones whose names hadn’t been called.



It was Jimmy’s turn. “There are only two names left,” he said.



Benny leaned forward in his chair. “Hurry, hurry, hurry,” he urged silently.



Jimmy reached into the box. He drew out a card. He looked at it. He even turned it over.



Benny couldn’t sit still. He popped to his feet. “Hurry, hurry, hurry,” he repeated, but this time, he said the words aloud.



Everyone laughed. Benny was so embarrassed he sat down again.



Finally, Jimmy said, “And the last member of our team is…Benny Alden!”



His new teammates cheered.



Freddy called the last name, “Nan Foster 12!” and that team cheered as a short girl, who looked like she was about ten years old, slowly walked up. She seemed to be the only person in the room who wasn’t smiling.



Just then, Mr. Mercer appeared in the doorway 13, looking grim 14. “You’re not going to believe this,” he said.



“What happened?” Grandfather Alden asked.



“It’s my truck. The tires are flat,” he responded with disbelief. “All four of them!”



v.临时住宿,寄宿,寄存,容纳;n.传达室,小旅馆
  • Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗?
  • I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。
adj.美好的,乐观的,玫瑰色的
  • She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作,生活看上去很美好。
  • She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。
n.休闲室,休息室,长沙发;v.闲荡,闲散地度过,混日子
  • We had coffee in the lounge.我们在客厅里喝咖啡。
  • Don't lounge away your working hours.不要消磨工作时间。
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
adj.遗失的,缺少的,失踪的
  • Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具,看有无丢失。
  • All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了,就短他一个。
a.确实的,深信的
  • He spoke in a calm, assured voice. 他冷静自信地说。
  • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
vt.编织,密接,结合,皱眉;vi.编织,变得紧凑,愈合;n.编织
  • She could knit up a baby's coat in an afternoon.她能在一个下午织好一件婴儿的衣服。
  • Our letters enabled us to knit up our old friendship.通信使我们恢复了旧日的友谊。
n.(为特殊用途的)全套装备,全套服装
  • Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
  • His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。
n.桌布,台布( tablecloth的名词复数 )
  • Champagne corks popped, and on lace tablecloths seven-course dinners were laid. 桌上铺着带装饰图案的网织的桌布,上面是七道菜的晚餐。 来自飘(部分)
  • At the moment the cause of her concern was a pile of soiled tablecloths. 此刻她关心的事是一堆弄脏了的台布。 来自辞典例句
n.堆叠,堆;vt.堆积,成叠放在;vi.堆成一堆
  • There's a whole stack of bills waiting to be paid.有一大堆账要付呢。
  • They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
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。
vt.收养,培养,促进;adj.收养的,收养孩子的
  • Nowadays young couple sometimes foster.现今年轻夫妇有时领养别人的孩子。
  • The captain did his best to foster a sense of unity among the new recruits.队长尽力培养新成员之间的团结精神。
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径
  • They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
  • Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
adj.严酷的,令人害怕的,不愉快的,讨厌的
  • I've had a grim day.我过了不愉快的一天。
  • His expression was grim when he told them they had lost their jobs.当他告诉他们说他们已被解雇时,他的表情十分冷酷。
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17-hydroxycorticosteroid
40
absorbent papers
Actinidia polygama
alphanumeric characters
another story
aquileges
Armenophobes
bassen'd
basting brush
berberidaceaes
biennia
Brinell microscope
bung down
chewing insect
co2 incubation
computer simulation for dyeing process
Coogoon R.
Cuttack
definite proportion
dicranella rufescence (dicks.) schimp.
esse
evomitation
EWNP
exhalants
extruded aluminum
final-salary
friction gearing
general bill of lading
germon
grouping of population
hairspring type
helianthus laetifloruss
heterodimerises
high level efficiency
Home Bias
in a ratio of
jumping wheel jumper
keep one's eye upon
kind of work
kiss of life
labeled common block name
liquid penetration inspection
Lučani
m.c.
Machiavel
Malyy Yenisey
mammy wagon
matrix in block form
metaremarks
misrouteing
Mitomi
modal notation
modulo reduction
monniker
multicuspid teeth
national enquiry
olibene
optimal control equation
orbital branch
outsiderhood
overhead counter shaft
overmodulated
pantograph frame
penirolol
plant lectin
plate and tube condenser
plea to indictment
Porm
potassium octaborate
preachership
purpura of the newborn
resmelting
rockallia jongkuei
rustle ... up
sacred kingfisher
sand preparation plant
Sao Jorge do Limpopo
screamadelicas
secting
seppanen
series-parallel starter
shift register generator
shoal detector
social indicators movement
Spurway syndrome
stair turret
steady-state approximation
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tall gallberry hollies
temporal and spatial variation
tetraphenylborates
throat-paint
to snake
triethylammonium
Tussabid
usles
veggiedog
vestibular branches
yellow trefoil