《神奇树屋》 第二十四册 Earthquake in the Early Morning 03 The Great Shake
时间:2019-01-06 作者:英语课 分类:汪培珽儿童英文分级书单《神奇树屋》
A cloud of dust billowed around Jack 1. He couldhardly breathe. He couldn't see. But he could hearAnnie coughing.
Jack opened his mouth to dust filled his throat.
"Jack!" Between coughs, Annie shouted his name.
"Jack!""I'm here!" he said hoarsely 2.
"I think I'm in trouble," she said.
Jack tried to sit up. He hurt all over. His clotheswere ripped and covered with dirt. His cap was gone.
"Where are you?" he called.
"Here!" said Annie.
Jack started to stand. But he fell down again. Hislegs were like rubber.
"Wh-where?" he repeated. Jack cleaned his glasses,then looked around. But he still couldn't see Anniethrough the thick haze 3 of dust.
"I fell into the ground!" said Annie. Jack crawled inthe direction of Annie's voice.
"Keep talking," he said.
"Here"--she coughed--"here!"Jack felt a ledge 4 with his hands. He looked downinto a huge crack in the street. Through the dust, hecould see Annie right below him.
"You found me!" she said between coughs.
"I'll pull you out," said Jack.
He grabbed Annie's hands. He tried to pull her outof the crack, but she was too heavy.
"I can't do it," he said.
"Bring me something to stand on," Annie said.
"Maybe I can get out by myself."Jack stood up and stumbled away from the crack.
He gathered an armload of bricks. Then he went backto the crack and handed them down to Annie, one byone.
Annie carefully stacked the bricks on top of eachother.
"I need more," she said.
Jack ran to get more bricks. He was afraid there'dbe another earthquake and the crack would close-withAnnie inside!
He handed the bricks down to her.
"Hurry!" he said.
"I'm hurrying," she said.
At last, Annie finished stacking the bricks. Shestood on the stack. With her bare hands, she slowlypulled herself up.
Jack helped her stand. She was covered with dirt.
Her stockings were torn. Her knees were skinned.
"Are you hurt?" Jack asked.
"A little scraped," said Annie. "How about you?""A little shaky," said Jack. Actually, he was veryshaky.
"Me too," said Annie.
"I think San Francisco just had a really hugeearthquake," Jack said. He coughed. His throat wasclogged with dust.
Annie coughed, too.
"What's the book say?" she said.
Jack pulled his research book out of his leather bag.
His hands were trembling. He could hardly turn thepages.
"I'll find it," said Annie. She took the book from himand found a picture of a torn-up street.
She read aloud:
At 5:13 A.M. on April 18, 1906, the people of SanFrancisco were shaken awake by one of the biggestearthquakes the United States has ever known. Somecalled it "the Great Shake.""No wonder we feel shaky," said Jack.
"I wonder if a lot of people got hurt," said Annie.
They looked around. Through the dust-filled air,families were stumbling out of their crumblinghouses. They all were barefoot and still wore theirnightclothes.
Some babies and small children were crying. Butstrangely, the grown-ups were all silent. They juststared at the torn-up street and crumbling 5 houses.
"Everyone must be in shock," said Annie.
"I know how they feel," said Jack. He gazed at therubble all around them. He didn't know what to do.
He couldn't think clearly.
Annie looked at the book again. She read aloud:
Just after the earthquake, broken chimneys, stoves,and lamps caused terrible fires. The fires raged forthree days, nearly destroying all of San Francisco.
Over 28,000 buildings burned down.
"That's terrible," breathed Jack.
In the distance, a cloud of black smoke was rollingthrough the sky.
"The fires are starting!" said Annie.
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
- "Excuse me," he said hoarsely. “对不起。”他用嘶哑的嗓子说。
- Jerry hoarsely professed himself at Miss Pross's service. 杰瑞嘶声嘶气地表示愿为普洛丝小姐效劳。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
- I couldn't see her through the haze of smoke.在烟雾弥漫中,我看不见她。
- He often lives in a haze of whisky.他常常是在威士忌的懵懂醉意中度过的。
- 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。