儿童英语读物《神奇树屋》 第四册 Pirates Past Noon 06
时间:2019-01-28 作者:英语课 分类:汪培珽儿童英文分级书单《神奇树屋》
6鲸鱼的眼睛
划艇剧烈地左右摇晃着。浪很大,溅起咸咸的海水,刺痛了杰克的眼睛。他有些晕船。
“抓牢了!”骷髅船长大声说。他指了指大海,说:“不然我们就成了这些畜牲的盘中餐了。”
只见深色的鱼鳍划过海面,原来是鲨鱼!其中一只从划艇旁边疾行而过,杰克若是伸出手都可以摸到它!他不禁打了个哆嗦。
但是不多久,划艇就来到了大船跟前。
舱里的空气潮湿、酸臭。一束惨淡的白光从一扇小圆窗里射进来。
“噢,天哪!我们得想办法回到小岛。”杰克说。
“那我们就可以爬进树屋回家了。”安妮说。
“没错。”但杰克忽然感到没了力气,他们怎样才能从这困境中逃出去呢?
“咱们最好研究一下那本书。”他说。于是把手伸进背包里,拿出了那本关于海盗的书。
他快速翻动书页,找寻对他们有用的信息。
“看。”他说。
他发现了一张海盗埋财宝箱的图片,“这也许有用。”他说。
他们一起读着图片下面的文字:
基德船长是个著名的海盗,据说他把一只装满金子和珠宝的箱子埋在了一座荒岛上。
“基德船长!”杰克说。
“那么这就是骷髅船长所说的‘孩子的宝藏’啰!”安妮说。
“对。”杰克回答。
安妮从圆窗子里看出去,说:“基德船长的金银财宝一定埋在岛上的某个地方。”
杰克拿出他的笔记本和铅笔,写道:
基德船长的财宝在岛上。
“杰克!”安妮说。
“别吵!等一下,我在思考。”杰克说。
“你猜我看见什么了?”安妮说。
“什么?”杰克眼睛盯着书问。
“一头鲸鱼。”
“好极了。”杰克说。他抬起头来,“一头鲸鱼?你刚才是说一头鲸鱼吗?”
“鲸鱼。大鲸鱼。有足球场那么大呢!”
杰克跳起来与她一起看向窗外。
“在哪儿呀?”杰克问。他目所能及的就是小岛、汹涌的波涛和鲨鱼的鳍。
“在那儿!”安妮说。
“哪儿呀?在哪儿?”
“那儿呀!小岛的形状不就像一头巨大的鲸鱼吗?”
“噢,天哪!”杰克小声说。他现在终于看见了。
“看见鲸鱼背了吗?”安妮问。
“对。”岛上的斜坡看上去就像鲸鱼的背。
“看到它喷出的水柱了吗?”安妮问。
“嗯。”树屋所在的棕榈树看起来就像鲸鱼喷出的水柱。
“看见它的眼睛了?”安妮问。
“对。”一块黑色的大石头看上去就是鲸鱼的眼睛。
“金子藏在鲸鱼的眼睛下面。”杰克小声说,“天哪!”
6 The Whale’s Eye
The rowboat tossed from side to side. The waves were huge. Salty spray stung Jack’s eyes. He felt seasick.
“Hold’er steady!”shouted Cap’n Bones.
He pointed at the sea. “Or we’ll be meat for those evil brutes!”
Dark fins cut through the water. Sharks.One zoomed right by the boat.Jack could have reached out and touched it.
He shuddered.
Soon the rowboat pulled alongside the ship.
The air was filled with wild fiddle music and bagpipes playing.And Jack heard jeers, shouts, and ugly laughter.
“Hoist’em aboard!” Cap’n Bones shouted to his men.
Annie and Jack were hauled onto the deck.
The ship creaked and moaned. It rolled from side to side. Ropes flapped and snapped in the wild wind.
Everywhere they looked, Jack and Annie saw pirates.
Some were dancing.Some were drinking.Many were fighting. With swords.
Or with their fists.
“Lock ’em in my cabin!” Cap’n Bones ordered.
A couple of pirates grabbed Jack and Annie.And threw them in the ship’s cabin.Then locked the door.
The air inside the cabin was damp and sour-smelling. A shaft of gray light came through a small round window.
“Oh man,” said Jack. “We’ve got to figure out how to get back to the island.”
“So we can get into the tree house and go home,” said Annie.
“Right.” Jack suddenly felt tired. How would they ever get out of this mess?
“We better examine the book,” he said.
He reached into his pack and pulled out the pirate book.
He flipped through the pages.
He looked for information to help them.
“Look,” he said.
He found a picture of pirates burying a treasure chest. “This might help.”
Together they read the words under the picture.
Captain Kidd was a famous pirate.It is said that he buried a treasure chest on a deserted island.The chest was filled with gold and jewels.
“Captain Kidd!” said Jack.
“So that’s the kid that Bones keeps talking about,” said Annie.
“Right,” said Jack.
Annie looked out the round window.
“And Captain Kidd’s treasure is buried somewhere on the island,” she said.
Jack took out his notebook and pencil.He wrote:
Captain Kidd’ s treasure on island
“Ja-ck,” Annie said.
“Shhh, wait a minute,” he said. “I’m thinking.”
“Guess what I see?” said Annie.
“What?” Jack asked. He looked back at the book.
“A whale.”
“Neat,” he said.Then he looked up.“A whale?Did you say ... a whale?”
“A whale. A huge whale. As big as a football field.”
Jack jumped up and looked out the window with her.
“Where?” Jack asked. All he could see was the island. And stormy waves. And shark fins.
“There!” said Annie.
“Where?Where?”
“There!The island is shaped like a giant whale!”
“Oh man,” whispered Jack. Now he could see it.
“See the whale’s back?” said Annie.
“Yep.” The slope of the island looked like the back of a whale.
“See his spout?” said Annie.
“Yep.” The palm tree that held the tree house looked like the spout of the whale.
“See his eye?” said Annie.
“Yep.” A big black rock looked like the eye of the whale.
“The gold doth lie beneath the whale’s eye,” whispered Jack. “Wow.”