时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:21 The Deserted Library Myster


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Henry unlocked the deserted 1 house and went in first. The sun streamed through the window.



He motioned the others to follow. Slowly they went in. The wooden floor creaked. The first large room had a table with five chairs. A stool sat in the corner by a stone fireplace, and a wood-burning stove was in the center of the room. A huge cobweb stretched across one corner.



“Look!” Jessie exclaimed. “A stove! We can have a fine hot supper.”



Benny smiled. “That’s good news. But it’s broken.”



“It will be easy to fix,” Violet said. “Only the oven door is off its hinges.”



“Don’t worry,” said Jessie. “I can push it back in place.” She opened and closed the squeaking 2 cast-iron door.



Next they went into a bedroom. Two bunk 3 beds were against one wall. A sagging 4 string held up a tattered 5 curtain at the window. It was clear Pete had other things on his mind besides keeping house.



“Neat!” Benny shouted. He dashed to the beds’ ladder and climbed up to the top bunk. He bounced up and down on the mattress 6, causing the dust to fly. “I want this bed!” he yelled.



“You’re welcome to it,” Henry said, sitting on the bottom bunk. He coughed. “Whew! Too much dust!” He glanced at Jessie. “Where shall we begin?”



Jessie nodded. She knew exactly what to do. She’d already run upstairs and found two more bunk beds up there. “First, we need to clean the two windows in this room and the two in the kitchen. That way we can see outside.”



“Why?” Henry asked, rubbing off the window grime so that he had a small peephole. “There’s nothing to see. No one is in this desolate 7 area but us, and there isn’t even a phone in the house.”



Violet swallowed. “No one but us?” she asked in a low voice. “That gives me the creeps.”



“We’re safe as we can be,” Henry said. “Pete’s restaurant is only two miles away.”



“I know,” Violet said, but she didn’t sound reassured 8.



“Next,” Jessie said matter-of-factly to show she wasn’t nervous and to help Violet, “we’ll take the four mattresses 9 outside and whale the daylights out of them.”



“Right!” Henry grinned. “Unless Benny wants to bounce the dust out!”



“No, no,” Violet said.



“Just teasing,” Henry said. He rolled up his sleeves and lifted a mattress over his shoulder and headed for the door. “Come on, Benny,” he called. “We’ll do one at a time.”



Eagerly Benny scrambled 10 down the ladder.



“Violet,” Jessie said, “let’s tackle the floor. I saw an old broom and a mop by the stove. There was a pail, too.”



“Right,” Violet agreed. “This floor could use a scrubbing.”



“It could use two scrubbings,” Jessie said, tying a scarf over her hair. “Let’s get started.”



“Where’s the water?” Violet questioned.



Jessie pointed 11 out the window. “See that pump? We’ll have plenty of fresh water, and there’s a dry sink in the house.”



Jessie fetched a pail of water, bubbling with soap suds because of the detergent 12 she’d added.



First the girls scrubbed the kitchen, then the bedrooms. The floors began to shine.



The boys went in and out with first one mattress, then another. The four Aldens worked all afternoon. They washed the windows and cleaned the stove.



Benny came in and wiped his forehead, smudging a streak 13 of dirt even further across his face. He dropped into a chair. “Whew! We pounded four mattresses. We washed four windows. I’m tired and . . .”



“I know,” Violet said with a laugh. “You’re tired and hungry.”



Benny cocked his head to one side. “How did you know what I was going to say?”



“We all know what you were about to say,” Henry said. Playfully he poked 14 Benny in the ribs 15. “Besides, I’m hungry, too.”



“So am I,” Violet said.



“Me, too,” Jessie agreed.



Henry threw back his head and laughed. “Then it’s a majority. Let’s unload the supplies and eat.”



Jessie went out to the pump to wash her face and hands.



Next Violet went out to the pump, then Henry, then Benny.



“We’ll need wood for the stove,” Jessie said.



“I’m way ahead of you,” Henry replied with a smile. “There’s a bundle of wood by the front door.”



Jessie peeled potatoes and onions and scraped the carrots. Henry set a pot of water on the stove. When the water boiled, the girls dropped in a soup bone they had brought and the vegetables.



“A hot supper will taste good,” Jessie said.



“I’ll say it will.” Benny rolled his eyes and patted his stomach. It didn’t take too long for the soup to cook. With a crusty bread they had brought from home and fresh pears and cookies, they had a delicious meal.



After supper Violet sat on the window ledge 16. “There’s the library,” she said softly.



“Where?” Benny asked eagerly, craning his neck to see.



“On the hill over there.” Violet gazed at the gray building. “How sad and lonely it looks.”



“We’ll cheer the old place up tomorrow,” Jessie said. “We’ll be chattering 17 and going through its old books.”



“Oh, yes,” Benny said, clapping his hands. “We’ll make the library happy. We’re going to save it.”



But that night before Violet got into bed, she stared out the window. She wondered if anything could save the old library.



adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的
  • The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
  • The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。
v.短促地尖叫( squeak的现在分词 );吱吱叫;告密;充当告密者
  • Squeaking floorboards should be screwed down. 踏上去咯咯作响的地板应用螺钉钉住。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Can you hear the mice squeaking? 你听到老鼠吱吱叫吗? 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位;废话
  • He left his bunk and went up on deck again.他离开自己的铺位再次走到甲板上。
  • Most economists think his theories are sheer bunk.大多数经济学家认为他的理论纯属胡说。
下垂[沉,陷],松垂,垂度
  • The morale of the enemy troops is continuously sagging. 敌军的士气不断低落。
  • We are sagging south. 我们的船正离开航线向南漂流。
adj.破旧的,衣衫破的
  • Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty.她的破衣烂衫丝毫没有影响她的美貌。
  • Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。
n.床垫,床褥
  • The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
  • The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。
adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂
  • The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
  • We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后,我们都觉得万分孤寂。
adj.使消除疑虑的;使放心的v.再保证,恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词)
  • The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. 在风暴中船长的信念使旅客们恢复了信心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The doctor reassured the old lady. 医生叫那位老妇人放心。 来自《简明英汉词典》
褥垫,床垫( mattress的名词复数 )
  • The straw mattresses are airing there. 草垫子正在那里晾着。
  • The researchers tested more than 20 mattresses of various materials. 研究人员试验了二十多个不同材料的床垫。
v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞
  • Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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。
n.洗涤剂;adj.有洗净力的
  • He recommended a new detergent to me.他向我推荐一种新的洗涤剂。
  • This detergent can remove stubborn stains.这种去污剂能去除难洗的污渍。
n.条理,斑纹,倾向,少许,痕迹;v.加条纹,变成条纹,奔驰,快速移动
  • The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
  • Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹?
v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 );戳出;拨弄;与(某人)性交
  • She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
  • His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹
  • He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
  • Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。
n.壁架,架状突出物;岩架,岩礁
  • They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge.他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。
  • Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell.突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上,摔倒了。
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Acer pennsylvanicum
aircraft entry requirements
Allexperts
american cotton gradation
aminopyrazine
amplifier out
attributer
berberas
Bezenjan
bolt hole cold-working strenthening
bring into requisition
butterfly kiss
butyrate resin
carboniferous period
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charmed quark
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circulating shift
Clayden effect
closed cycle geothermal power generation
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condition parameter
copy-protecteds
crime lord
cyclonical
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duplex dial
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einsteins
electrostatic spray painting
elementary surfaces of land forms
elevator-ladder dredger
enzyme analysis
equations of electron motion
file management routine
film interconnection
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fluible
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gallicus
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hypothalassia armata
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real hardening curve
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road finishing machine
Scharhörn
Schilder's disease
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shrid
Sió, R.
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unlisted asset
unstarting
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vertical off normal spring