时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:103 The Sword of the Silver Kn


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“I thought he just liked to think that his ancestors were knights 1,” said Jessie. “But I guess it really could be true.”



Violet slowly turned the pages. There were several paintings of members of the Worthington family. “This is Lady Worthington.” Violet pointed 2 to a woman in an elegant dress. “She lived from 1625 to 1693. And next to her is her husband, Lord Worthington.”



Benny leaned over to look closer. “Hey he does look like Richard Worthington!”



“I don’t know about that,” Henry said.



“Well, they both have beards,” Benny pointed out.



“Is that their dog?” asked Jessie.



“Yes,” Violet said, with a smile. “It says that noble families often had portraits painted of their dogs. This one is a springer spaniel named Jeffrey.”



“I think we should have a portrait painted of Watch,” said Benny.



“I don’t think he’d sit still long enough,” Jessie said.



“What’s that other yellow sticker for?” Henry asked, pointing to a sticker on a page further along in the book.



Violet flipped 3 ahead. The sticker marked the last line of the last page of the chapter. Violet read it aloud to the others, “For more information about the Worthington family, see volume 2.”



“What does that mean?” Benny asked.



“Sometimes if a book is really long it’s printed in two parts, or volumes,” Jessie explained. “Remember this book says volume 1 on it? There’s a second book that goes with it.”



“Wait a minute. Richard wrote something on this sticker,” Violet said, bending her head to look at it more closely. “His handwriting is very messy. I can’t read it.”



“Let me see,” Henry said, taking the book from her. “I have experience with messy handwriting.”



“Yes, your own,” Jessie teased him.



Henry looked at the tag. “Starts with an S.” He frowned, puzzling over what the letters might say. Then suddenly he looked up. “I think it says ‘sword.’”



Henry handed the book back to Violet so she could look at the word again. Jessie and Benny leaned over her.



“I think you’re right,” Jessie said. “Richard Worthington seems to be very interested in swords.”



Just then the tent flap swung open. Standing 4 in the doorway 5 was Richard Worthington.



“What are you young scamps doing in my tent?” he demanded, peering down at them.



“Hannah told us you couldn’t find your crown,” Henry said nervously 6. “She asked us to look for it.” His hand shook slightly as he handed the crown to Mr. Worthington.



Mr. Worthington took the crown and placed it on his head. Then he looked slowly from one face to the next. The children wondered what he would say. Finally he spoke 7. “Thank you for finding it. I must have … misplaced it.” He stepped out of the doorway and held it open, as if waiting for the children to leave.



Jessie took a deep breath before speaking up. “We also found this book, Mr. Worthington. I hope you don’t mind that we were looking through it.” She held the book out in front of her.



Mr. Worthington took the book. He raised his eyebrows 8. “I don’t mind. Did you see my ancestors mentioned in there?”



“We did,” said Henry.



“Pretty cool,” Benny said.



The corners of Mr. Worthington’s mouth turned up slightly. “Yes,” he said. “Cool. Now I ask that you leave.”



One by one the Aldens filed out of the tent.



When they were far enough from the tent that they felt certain Richard Worthington couldn’t hear them, Jessie turned to the others. “I would love to know what it says about the Worthingtons in volume 2.”



“Me, too,” said Henry.



“Looks like we’ll be doing some investigating at the library tomorrow,” Violet predicted.



That night, Jessie and Violet performed in the show as a jester and a musician. The girls excitedly changed into their special checkered 9 costumes and pointy shoes. They wore hats with long jingling 10 tails. Jessie entertained the audience with lively jumps, cartwheels, and back handsprings. She also juggled 11 apples without dropping a single one. Meanwhile Violet serenaded the audience with her beautiful violin music.



While the girls were busy in the tent, Benny helped Jonathan dress. Henry worked in the stable, preparing the horses.



Once again the children had fun, and the show was a great success. But still there was no sign of the missing sword.



The next morning Mrs. McGregor made the children a hearty 12 breakfast of eggs, bacon, homemade biscuits, and orange juice. As Violet drizzled 13 honey on a biscuit, her eye was caught by a photograph in the morning newspaper, which Grandfather had left on the table. The photo showed a group of knights in armor.



“Hey, look,” she said. “There’s a picture here of the medieval fair.” Then Violet looked closer. “No, wait a minute,” she said, reading the caption 14. “This article is about a medieval movie they’re making. It’s called The Noble Knights of the Round Table.”



“Cool!” said Henry. “We’ll have to go see that.”



“Yes,” said Violet, her eyes scanning the article quickly. “It says they’re choosing the cast right now, and they are hoping to find some new young actors.”



“Hey, I hate to interrupt,” said Jessie, “but remember we are going to the library today?”



“That’s right,” Violet said, popping her last bit of biscuit into her mouth. “Let’s clear the dishes and get going.”



At last they were ready to go. They got on their bicycles to ride to the library. They arrived just as the librarian was unlocking the door. “You must really want to get some books!” she said with a laugh.



“One in particular,” Jessie said as they followed the librarian back to the main desk. “It’s called The Knights of Old England, volume 2.”



“All right,” the librarian said, looking on her computer to find the book. She wrote the location on a small slip of paper and handed it to Jessie. “Go upstairs and you’ll find the book there.”



The Aldens went directly to the section of shelves written on the paper.



“Wow, look at all these books about knights,” said Benny. He pulled out several and sat down on the floor to look at them. They were books written for adults, so he couldn’t read them on his own. But they were filled with beautiful illustrations.



Henry spotted 15 The Knights of Old England, volume 2, on the bottom shelf. He pulled the book out and carried it to a nearby table. The children all sat down with him.



“Check the index,” Jessie suggested.



Henry went to the back of the book and looked in the W section for “Worthington.”



“Here it is,” he said after a moment. “Pages 72 through 75 and page 100.”



Henry found page 72 and began reading. “This is all about the Worthington estate in northern England,” he said. He pointed to a picture of a castle. “This is where they lived in the seventeenth century.”



“So that might be Richard Worthington’s family home,” said Jessie. “Very nice.”



“For our family home, they could have a picture of a boxcar,” said Violet with a laugh.



Henry read on. “There’s some interesting stuff in here, but I don’t see anything about swords.”



“Try the other entry,” Violet suggested. “Page 100.”



Henry flipped ahead several pages. On page 95 a new chapter began entitled, “Weaponry.” The pages that followed contained illustrations of all kinds of weapons used by knights. There were crossbows and longbows, axes and maces, daggers 16 and shields. Page 100 turned out to be filled with illustrations of swords.



“If we’re looking for swords, I think we found them,” said Henry.



Each sword was different—some had plain handles, others were elaborately carved. Henry’s eyes were drawn 17 to a sword at the bottom of the page.



“Look!” Henry said in amazement 18. “It’s the sword! The one that’s missing!”



“Really?” asked Benny.



“Look for yourselves.” Henry held the book out for the others to see.



The children leaned over the page, studying the sword.



“It certainly does look like the sword,” Jessie said.



“I remember it had that big red stone in the middle of the handle,” Violet said, pointing to the picture.



“Yes, I remember that, too,” Jessie agreed, handing the book back to Henry.



Henry looked at the page again. “There’s something written underneath 19. It says this sword was given to the Worthington family by the king of England as a reward for bravery in battle. It was passed down from generation to generation. Then about thirty years ago, it was sold at an auction 20 and disappeared from public view. No one knows what happened to it. But it would be worth a lot of money if it were found today.”



“Do you remember what Richard said to Hannah?” Jessie asked. “He said the sword was rightfully his. I thought he was just saying that because he wanted to use that sword. But it looks like he might be telling the truth!”



The others were silent, but just for a moment before Benny blurted 21 out, “I bet he took it!”



“He certainly does seem like the most likely suspect,” Henry agreed.



“Jonathan said he gave the sword back to Richard,” Jessie recalled. “And no one has seen it since.”



“But we don’t have any real proof that Richard stole it,” Violet said.



“And we also don’t know where it is,” said Henry.



“We haven’t solved the mystery yet,” said Jessie.



“But we will,” said Benny.



1 knights
骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马
  • stories of knights and fair maidens 关于骑士和美女的故事
  • He wove a fascinating tale of knights in shining armour. 他编了一个穿着明亮盔甲的骑士的迷人故事。
2 pointed
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。
3 flipped
轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 ); 按(开关); 快速翻转; 急挥
  • The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转,撞毁了。
  • The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。
4 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
5 doorway
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。
6 nervously
adv.神情激动地,不安地
  • He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇,努力忍着不哭出来。
  • He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。
7 spoke
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
8 eyebrows
眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 )
  • Eyebrows stop sweat from coming down into the eyes. 眉毛挡住汗水使其不能流进眼睛。
  • His eyebrows project noticeably. 他的眉毛特别突出。
9 checkered
adj.有方格图案的
  • The ground under the trees was checkered with sunlight and shade.林地光影交错。
  • He’d had a checkered past in the government.他过去在政界浮沉。
10 jingling
叮当声
  • A carriage went jingling by with some reclining figure in it. 一辆马车叮当驶过,车上斜倚着一个人。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
  • Melanie did not seem to know, or care, that life was riding by with jingling spurs. 媚兰好像并不知道,或者不关心,生活正马刺丁当地一路驶过去了呢。
11 juggled
v.歪曲( juggle的过去式和过去分词 );耍弄;有效地组织;尽力同时应付(两个或两个以上的重要工作或活动)
  • He juggled the company's accounts to show a profit. 为了表明公司赢利,他篡改了公司的账目。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The juggler juggled three bottles. 这个玩杂耍的人可同时抛接3个瓶子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 hearty
adj.热情友好的;衷心的;尽情的,纵情的
  • After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了,他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
  • We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。
13 drizzled
下蒙蒙细雨,下毛毛雨( drizzle的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The dew on the branches drizzled our hair and shoulders. 枝头上的露珠润湿了我们的头发和双肩。
  • It drizzled throughout the night. 毛毛雨下了一夜。
14 caption
n.说明,字幕,标题;v.加上标题,加上说明
  • I didn't understand the drawing until I read the caption.直到我看到这幅画的说明才弄懂其意思。
  • There is a caption under the picture.图片下边附有说明。
15 spotted
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
16 daggers
匕首,短剑( dagger的名词复数 )
  • I will speak daggers to her, but use none. 我要用利剑一样的话刺痛她的心,但绝不是真用利剑。
  • The world lives at daggers drawn in a cold war. 世界在冷战中剑拨弩张。
17 drawn
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
18 amazement
n.惊奇,惊讶
  • All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
  • He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。
19 underneath
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面
  • Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
  • She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣,里面套着一条连衣裙。
20 auction
n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
21 blurted
v.突然说出,脱口而出( blurt的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She blurted it out before I could stop her. 我还没来得及制止,她已脱口而出。
  • He blurted out the truth, that he committed the crime. 他不慎说出了真相,说是他犯了那个罪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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