时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:131 The Boardwalk Mystery


英语课

Early the next morning, the children started their day at Dottie’s Pancake House. They wore the T-shirts that Violet had designed. Everyone in the small restaurant asked them about the free rides. The people seemed excited and made plans to visit Hanson’s Amusement Pier 1.



Dottie, the woman who owned the restaurant, stopped at the children’s table. “How is everything?” she asked.



Benny tried to answer, but his mouth was stuffed with pancakes.



Jessie was cutting up her French toast. She laughed. “I think you can see that our brother loves your pancakes. Everything here is wonderful.”



Dottie smiled. “Thank you. I noticed your T-shirts,” she said. “Everyone is talking about them. Are the rides really free tonight?”



“Yes, they are,” Jessie answered.



Dottie smiled. “Maybe I will stop by and check it out tonight.”



After breakfast the children visited a copy store. The night before, Violet had designed the flyer that would advertise the free night. It looked a lot like the design on the T-shirts. The man made the copies for the children right away.



Next to the copy store was the photographer’s shop. Violet gazed in the window at all the beautiful photographs. Ms. Mancini had many colorful pictures of sunsets over the bay, shore birds, and happy families posing 2 on the beach. A sign on the door said, “Out taking photographs. Be back soon!”



As the children walked farther down the street, they saw a shop that rented bicycles. Bikes in every size lined the sidewalk.



“Look!” Violet cried. “They even rent surreys!”



“What is a surrey?” Benny asked.



Violet walked up to the surrey and showed Benny. The surrey had four wheels and four sets of pedals 3. It had two seats in front and two in the back. There was a steering 4 wheel, just like a car, and there was a yellow and blue striped cloth roof over the top.



A woman in a blue apron 5 walked up to the children. “Would you like to rent the surrey?” she asked. “They are lots of fun.”



The children agreed. They paid the woman and climbed in. Henry and Jessie sat up front. Violet and Benny were in the back. With all four children pedaling 6, the surrey could go quite fast. They took turns driving. Even Benny had a turn! As they rode back down the boardwalk, they made many stops and posted the flyers in stores and on announcement boards.



Henry looked at his watch. “It is almost ten o’clock,” he said. “We should return the surrey now to the rental 7 store.”



The children pedaled 8 back the way they had come. “Look,” Benny said. “Isn’t that Mr. Cooke?”



“It is,” Jessie said. “What is he carrying?”



“I don’t know,” Henry said. “It looks like big poster boards. Maybe he is making signs for his pier, too.”



After the children returned the surrey, they got right to work. Henry and Benny took half of the remaining flyers and Jessie and Violet took the other half.



“Benny and I will give these out on the beach,” Henry said.



“And we will hand them out on the boardwalk,” Jessie said.



But before the children could start, they saw Mr. Hanson hurrying toward them. He had a worried look on his face.



“What’s wrong?” the children asked.



Mr. Hanson wrung 9 his hands together. “I don’t know exactly. I just got a call from Ms. Mancini, the photographer, that she saw something wrong at the pier. We don’t open for a few more hours. I hope it is something I can fix.”



Everyone hurried toward the pier. They saw the problem right away.



“Oh no!” Violet said. “Who could have done such a thing?”



The top six cars on the giant Ferris wheel each had a very large letter pasted to its side. All together, the cars spelled out the word “UNSAFE.” It was so big, everyone on the boardwalk could see what it said. Ms. Mancini was standing 10 nearby taking photographs.



They all hurried to the Ferris wheel. Mr. Hanson pulled his keys from his pocket. He turned the Ferris wheel on so that the cars at the top moved to the bottom. Ms. Mancini and the children helped him remove the letters. It was not hard. The letters had been printed on white poster board and taped to the sides of the car.



“Who else has keys to the Ferris wheel?” Henry asked.



Mr. Hanson was ripping 11 the cardboard 12 letters into pieces. “Only Wendy, Will, and I have keys,” he said. “And I suppose Mrs. Reddy might. She was supposed to turn over all the keys to me when I bought the pier. But I suppose that it is possible that she kept some.”



“What about Mr. Cooke?” asked Jessie.



Mr. Hanson shook his head. “Mr. Cooke would not have any keys to my pier.”



“Is there any other way to get the letters up on those cars?” Henry asked.



Mr. Hanson looked up at the Ferris wheel. “I suppose you could climb up,” he said. “It’s not too hard. But most people would be afraid to do such a thing.”



“I took a lot of pictures of your pier over the last week,” Ms. Mancini said. “I will develop them and leave them in your workshop. I don’t know if they will help. But maybe they will show something that will help you to figure out who is doing these things. I will drop them off around four o’clock.”



The Alden children looked at one another and smiled. This would help their plan.



Mr. Hanson thanked Ms. Mancini. He asked the Aldens if they could help him to look through the pictures. Everyone agreed to meet in the workshop at about five o’clock. Henry and Benny then headed toward the beach to distribute their flyers.



Jessie and Violet walked up and down the boardwalk to hand out their flyers. Just as they had hoped, they saw Mrs. Reddy. She was wearing the T-shirt that they had given her yesterday.



“Hello!” Mrs. Reddy waved to Jessie and Violet. “I am wearing my T-shirt,” she said. “How does it look?”



“It looks very nice on you,” Violet said. “Green is a good shade for you. It matches your eyes.”



Mrs. Reddy smiled. “Thank you, Violet. You are very sweet. Do you think anyone will come to Hanson’s pier tonight?”



“Yes,” Jessie said. “Many people will come.”



“But what about that sign on the Ferris wheel?” Mrs. Reddy asked.



“We saw it,” Jessie replied. “But Mr. Hanson has taken it down. And we hope to figure out who put it there. A photographer has been taking pictures of the pier. She is dropping them off in the work shed at four o’clock. We will look through them later for clues.”



Mrs. Reddy put her hand up to her mouth. “Oh my,” she said. “I wonder what those pictures will show. I better go. But I will stop by the pier later.” Mrs. Reddy hurried away.



When Jessie and Violet got to Captain Cooke’s amusement pier, they stood outside handing out the flyers until Mr. Cooke noticed and came rushing toward them.



“Get out of here with those flyers!” he said.



“You are wasting your time anyway. Hanson’s pier is not safe and it will close before the summer is over.”



“It is safe,” Violet insisted.



“Didn’t you see that sign on the Ferris wheel?” Mr. Cooke said.



“Yes,” Violet answered. “We saw it. But it is nothing more than a mean trick. It does not mean that the pier is unsafe.”



“Then why would someone go to all the trouble to put that sign up?” Mr. Cooke asked.



“We don’t know,” Jessie answered. “But we may have a clue.”



Mr. Cooke’s eyebrows 13 went up. “Really? What kind of clue?”



Jessie explained about Ms. Mancini’s photographs. “She has been taking photographs all over the boardwalk. She has many of Hanson’s pier. No one really noticed that she was there. We are going to the work shed at five o’clock to look through the photographs. They might show who has been trying to ruin Mr. Hanson.”



Mr. Cooke’s face turned red. “Those photographs probably won’t show a thing!” he said. “What time did you say that Mrs. Mancini is dropping off the photos?”



“At four o’clock in the work shed,” Violet answered.



Mr. Cooke turned away. “I have a busy night ahead of me,” he said. “I have to get back to work. And keep those flyers away from my pier!”



After Henry and Benny were finished on the beach, they met Jessie and Violet at a lemonade stand on the boardwalk.



The children bought lemonades and walked out over the ocean.



“I sure hope everything works out tonight,” Benny said. “Some people on the beach said that they saw the ‘unsafe’ sign on the Ferris wheel.”



“I think people will be curious about the free rides,” Henry said. “They will come and see how safe the amusements are. I just hope that there are no more pranks 14 tonight. I hope our plan works.”



Jessie took a long sip 15 from her cool drink. “Violet and I saw Mrs. Reddy and Mr. Cooke on the boardwalk this morning,” she said. “We told them that Mrs. Mancini had some photographs that might contain clues as to who has been trying to ruin Mr. Hanson’s pier.”



Violet nodded. “We told them that the photographs would be dropped off at the work shed at four o’clock.”



“Mrs. Reddy loves to spread news on the boardwalk. I am sure she will tell many people,” Jessie said.



“Now I get it!” Benny said. “The person who has been playing all the mean tricks will want to steal the photos in case he or she is in them!”



“Exactly!” Jessie said.



The children agreed that they would arrive early at the work shed to see who might show up after Mrs. Mancini dropped off the photos. In the meantime, they relaxed on the beach. They talked about all the things they had seen and all the clues they had gathered. Jessie wrote everything down in her notebook.



When the Aldens returned to Hanson’s pier later in the afternoon, they went straight to the work shed as planned. They were surprised to find Wendy and Will sitting with their father on a bench. He had his arms around them.



“We’re sorry,” Jessie said. “We did not mean to intrude 16. We will come back later. We thought we would come a little early.”



“Please stay,” Mr. Hanson said. “Wendy, Will, and I were just having a long talk. I now realize that we should have talked a long time ago. I didn’t take their feelings into account when we moved to Oceanside.”



“Dad, it’s okay,” Wendy said. “Everything is fine now.”



“Yes,” Will said. “We weren’t fair to you either, Dad. In the beginning, we did not give Oceanside a chance. We thought that if you had a lot of problems with the pier, you would not like it here. We wanted you to hate running the amusement pier. We thought you would let us move back to Colorado.”



“You were the ones who splashed 17 the red paint in the house of mirrors,” Jessie said. “You were careful, but some of the paint splattered onto your shoes.”



Wendy and Will looked down at their feet. “Yes,” Will said. “You’re right, Jessie. A house of mirrors is not fun if you can see where you are going. We’re very sorry, Dad.”



“We want to apologize to Benny, too,” Wendy said.



Mr. Hanson looked confused. “Benny? What did you do to Benny?”



Wendy rubbed the top of Benny’s head, but she was too embarrassed to speak.



“Will and Wendy took the zombie from the haunted 18 house,” Henry explained. “I am sure that they did not know that Benny would be there. The zombie is very heavy, and Will must have accidentally hit Benny in the face when he was moving it. It was very dark.”



Mr. Hanson turned to Henry. “You knew that Will took the zombie?”



“Not right away,” Henry said. “We could not accuse him. But there were clues. Today on the beach, we put all the clues together.”



“I was on top of the Big Slide,” Violet explained. “I saw someone going down the steps toward the beach carrying the zombie.”



“And at the same time,” Jessie added, “the haunted house ride was turned on. So it had to be two people working together.”



“And they had to have had a key to turn the ride on,” Henry said.



“Will and Wendy had a spare key,” Jessie said. “We heard Wendy say so the next day.”



“It was very dark in the haunted house that night. I’m sorry, Benny,” Will said. “It was an accident. Wendy turned on the ride so that the lights would come on. She knew that your brother and sisters would come and help you.”



Mr. Hanson listened in amazement 19. “You should have stayed and helped Benny yourselves!” he said. “You should not have left him there.”



“We know,” Wendy said. “We’re so sorry.”



“We feel terrible about what we have done,” Will said. “But now we know that Oceanside is a wonderful place. We understand why you wanted to move here. And we have met some very nice friends.”



Just then Ms. Mancini stepped inside the shed. She handed a stack of photographs to Mr. Hanson. “I took a quick look through the photos. They don’t really show anything that would help you catch the person who has been playing the tricks,” she said. “I’m sorry. But there are some nice shots that we can use for advertisements.”



Mr. Hanson glanced through the photos. He held up the one of the Ferris wheel with the word unsafe on the cars. “Did you do this, too?” he asked Wendy and Will.



Suddenly, the doorknob of the small work shed began to rattle 20. Everyone grew quiet. The door slowly creaked open. A head peered 21 around the side of the door.



“Bob!” Mr. Hanson cried. “What are you doing here?”



Mr. Cooke looked startled 22 to see the room so full of people. He looked down at his watch. “It is not five o’clock yet. I . . . I just came to see if . . . I mean, to say good luck tonight.”



Jessie pointed 23 to the stack of photographs in Mr. Hanson’s hands. “Are you sure you did not come for the photographs, Mr. Cooke?” she asked.



“But how did Bob know we had the photographs?” Mr. Hanson asked. “I don’t understand.”



“Those kids told me,” Mr. Cooke said. “So you have looked through the photographs already?” he asked.



“Yes, we have,” Mr. Hanson answered.



Mr. Cooke shoved 24 his hands deep into his pockets. “Then you know that I am the one who put the word unsafe on the Ferris wheel. But it was just a joke, Carl.”



“Actually, Bob,” Mr. Hanson said, “the photographs don’t show you at all.”



“What?!” Mr. Cooke turned toward the Aldens. “Those kids told me that the photos had clues in them.”



“We did not,” Violet responded. “We said that we hoped that there were clues in them. But you have just admitted that you put the word unsafe on the Ferris wheel.”



“But how did you get up there?” Benny asked. “It is so high!”



“I fix rides all the time. I know how to go up and down them. I have my own Ferris wheel on my pier, remember?” Mr. Cooke turned toward Mr. Hanson. “And my Ferris wheel has always been better than yours! I was just trying to protect the public from this unsafe pier.”



“You were not protecting the public when you put the zombie in the ocean,” Henry said.



Mr. Cooke looked startled.



“It was you,” Jessie said. “We saw you later walking down the boardwalk and your pants and shoes were quite wet. You did not seem to care that a swimmer banged his ankle against the zombie in the water.”



“You wanted Mr. Hanson to be blamed for it,” Violet said.



“And Mr. Cooke wrote with black marker in the house of mirrors,” Benny added.



Mr. Hanson looked upset. “Did you really do all these things, Bob?” he asked.



Mr. Cooke looked around the room.



Everyone was staring at him. “I . . . I . . . All right, I admit it! I did those things. But so what? It is just a little friendly competition.”



“There is nothing friendly about it,” Mr. Hanson said. “I want you to leave my amusement pier right now. And don’t ever set foot here again or I will call the police. You are lucky I am not calling the police right now!”



Mr. Cooke’s face turned very red. Then he hurried out of the shed.



A few moments later, there was knock on the door. “Carl? Are you in there?”



Mr. Hanson opened the door. “Mrs. Reddy! Come in. What are you doing here?”



Mrs. Reddy cleared her throat. “I um . . . I want to apologize.”



“More apologies!” Mr. Hanson exclaimed. “What could you have done, Mrs. Reddy?”



“Mrs. Reddy wanted your pier to fail also,” Jessie said. “She misses being the owner and running the pier. She thinks that she made a mistake to retire. She would like to run the pier again.”



Mrs. Reddy nodded. “Jessie is right. So many things were going wrong here, I thought that you would ruin the pier. And I was bored at home with not much to do. I love this pier. I want to keep it great. It is the best pier on the boardwalk.”



Mr. Hanson nodded. “I know how you feel. And I sure could use your help,” he said. “You have so much experience. Would you be willing to help out here?”



Mrs. Reddy smiled. “Really? You would let me help? I would love to!”



There was another knock at the door.



Mr. Hanson scratched his head. “Now what?” he said.



It was Madison, one of the pier workers. “Mr. Hanson!” she cried. “We need your help out here!”



“What is the problem?” Mr. Hanson asked.



Madison’s face was flushed 25. “There are so many customers, we need help running the rides! I think the whole town of Oceanside has come to your pier tonight!”



“How wonderful!” Violet said.



Everyone rushed out to help run the pier. Jessie sold tickets. Henry and Benny ran the haunted house ride. Violet helped children on the Big Slide. Mrs. Reddy went from ride to ride, helping 26 wherever she was needed, and smiling happily at all the customers. She told everyone what a safe and wonderful pier Carl Hanson was running. Wendy ran the motorcycle ride and Will took care of the Ferris wheel.



When the pier finally closed, all of the customers went away talking about how much fun they had had.



“We will be back!” many people called as they walked away. “Thank you so much for a great night.”



Mr. Hanson, Will, Wendy, Mrs. Reddy, and the Aldens sat at a picnic table at the end of the pier overlooking 27 the ocean. They were very tired.



“The free ride night was a big success,” Jessie said. “Now everyone knows that Hanson’s is a terrific 28 and safe amusement pier.”



“Yes.” Mr. Hanson smiled. “Thanks to you children.”



Suddenly, there was a loud growling 30 sound. Mrs. Reddy looked startled. She put her hand over her heart. “What was that?” she asked.



Everyone turned to look at Benny. Benny held his stomach. “I can’t help it!” he said. “My stomach always does that when I am hungry.”



“And Benny is always hungry,” Henry explained.



“Then I am just in time!” Hunter walked up to the picnic table. His arms were full of boxes of pizza from Mack’s.



“Oh boy!” Benny cried. “Mack’s has the best pizza in the world. It smells so good!”



“Congratulations, Mr. Hanson,” Hunter said. “Everyone on the boardwalk has been talking about your amusement pier. The free ride night must have been a great success.”



“It was,” Mr. Hanson said. “And it is not over yet.”



Benny swallowed a big mouthful of pepperoni pizza. “It’s not over yet?” He looked around. “But all the customers are gone. I thought the pier was closed.”



Mr. Hanson smiled. “The pier is closed, but we are still here. And now that the crowds are gone, I think you children should try all the rides.”



Benny jumped up from the table. “Really? Can I ride the motorcycles? And the roller coaster? And the Ferris wheel, too?”



“Of course you can,” Will said. “And you can ride them as many times as you like.”



“I’m going to ride everything!” Benny said. Then he paused. “Except maybe not the haunted house. The zombies still scare me a little bit. I know they are not real but . . .”



Just then another long, loud growl 29 came from Benny’s stomach.



Mrs. Reddy laughed. “Benny, I think the zombies should be afraid of your stomach! It sounds much scarier than they do.”



“You’re right, Mrs. Reddy!” Benny grabbed 31 another piece of pizza and headed toward the haunted house. “Okay, zombies, here I come,” he called. “I am not afraid of you!”



Everyone laughed. Henry, Jessie, Violet, Benny, Will, Wendy, Hunter, Mr. Hanson, and even Mrs. Reddy spent a fun night riding on all the rides, playing games, and eating the pizza that Hunter had brought.



“Mr. Hanson,” Benny said at the end of the night, holding his very full stomach, “I hope that you own this amusement pier forever and ever!”



“We all do,” Violet said.



Mr. Hanson smiled. He put one arm around Will and one around Wendy. He gazed up at the big Ferris wheel. “This has always been my dream,” he said. “And now, because of all of you, my dream has come true! Thank you!”



1 pier
n.码头;桥墩,桥柱;[建]窗间壁,支柱
  • The pier of the bridge has been so badly damaged that experts worry it is unable to bear weight.这座桥的桥桩破损厉害,专家担心它已不能负重。
  • The ship was making towards the pier.船正驶向码头。
2 posing
n.(自行车或其他机器的)踏板( pedal的名词复数 );脚蹬子;(钢琴、风琴等的)踏板;踏瓣
  • I couldn't reach the pedals on her bike. 我骑她的车够不到脚蹬子。
  • The pedals of a cycle are attached to a crank. 自行车的踏板与曲柄相连。 来自辞典例句
3 steering
n.操舵装置
  • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
  • Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵,口吻也马上变得温和了。
4 apron
n.围裙;工作裙
  • We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
  • She stitched a pocket on the new apron.她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。
5 pedaling
vt.& vi.踩自行车的踏板(pedal的现在分词形式)
  • The back pedaling brake of the bike is out of order. 这辆自行车的倒轮闸失灵了。 来自互联网
  • Suspension system effectively reduces reacting force of pedaling. 避震系统可以有效的减缓踩踏时的反作用力。 来自互联网
6 rental
n.租赁,出租,出租业
  • The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
  • We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。
7 pedaled
vt.& vi.踩自行车的踏板(pedal的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • She pedaled her bicycle slowly up the hill. 她骑自行车慢慢上山。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • With these instructions, he straddled his bike once again and pedaled off. 小伙子在她身后跨上车子,边说边飞快地骑跑了。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
8 wrung
绞( wring的过去式和过去分词 ); 握紧(尤指别人的手); 把(湿衣服)拧干; 绞掉(水)
  • He has wrung the words from their true meaning. 他曲解这些字的真正意义。
  • He wrung my hand warmly. 他热情地紧握我的手。
9 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。
10 ripping
adj.撕的,劈的,折的adv.极妙地,非凡地v.扯破,撕坏( rip的现在分词 );撕成;锯;猛地扯开
  • A special news program exposed underhanded auto repair shops that are ripping off senior citizens. 一个特别新闻节目揭露了一家敲榨老年人的卑鄙的汽车维修店。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Look at that man in the blouse, isn't he ripping! 看那个穿着宽罩衫的男人,他多么漂亮! 来自辞典例句
11 cardboard
n.硬纸板,卡纸板
  • She brought the shopping home in a cardboard box.她将买的东西放在纸箱里带回家。
  • There is a sheet of stiff cardboard in the drawer.在那个抽屉里有块硬纸板。
12 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。
13 pranks
n.玩笑,恶作剧( prank的名词复数 )
  • Frank's errancy consisted mostly of pranks. 法兰克错在老喜欢恶作剧。 来自辞典例句
  • He always leads in pranks and capers. 他老是带头胡闹和开玩笑。 来自辞典例句
14 sip
v.小口地喝,抿,呷;n.一小口的量
  • She took a sip of the cocktail.她啜饮一口鸡尾酒。
  • Elizabeth took a sip of the hot coffee.伊丽莎白呷了一口热咖啡。
15 intrude
vi.闯入;侵入;打扰,侵扰
  • I do not want to intrude if you are busy.如果你忙我就不打扰你了。
  • I don't want to intrude on your meeting.我不想打扰你们的会议。
16 splashed
v.使(液体)溅起( splash的过去式和过去分词 );(指液体)溅落
  • Water splashed onto the floor. 水哗的一声泼洒在地板上。
  • The cowboy splashed his way across the shallow stream with his cow. 牧童牵着牛淌过浅溪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 haunted
adj.闹鬼的;受到折磨的;令人烦恼的v.“haunt”的过去式和过去分词
  • There was a haunted look in his eyes. 他眼中透露出忧虑的神色。
  • The country is haunted by the spectre of civil war. 内战仿佛一触即发,举国上下一片恐慌。
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 rattle
v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓
  • The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓,笑着叫着。
  • She could hear the rattle of the teacups.她听见茶具叮当响。
20 peered
去皮的
  • He peeled away the plastic wrapping. 他去掉塑料包装。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The paint on the wall has peeled off. 墙上涂料已剥落了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
21 startled
adj.受惊吓的v.使惊跳,使大吃一惊( startle的过去式和过去分词 )
  • A crowd of 2000 was startled near the end of the concert. 2000名观众在音乐会将近结束时大吃一惊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Startled by the sudden whistle of the train, the horse broke away. 火车突然鸣笛,那匹马受惊脱逃。 来自《简明英汉词典》
22 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。
23 shoved
推,猛推,乱推( shove的过去式和过去分词 ); 乱放; 随便放; 胡乱丢
  • The people shoved to get on the bus. 人们你推我挤争着上公共汽车。
  • He shoved me roughly aside. 他粗暴地把我推到了一边。
24 flushed
a.(~with sth.)兴奋的,充满喜悦的
  • She flushed with anger. 她气得涨红了脸。
  • Her face was flushed with anger. 她的脸气红了。
25 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
26 overlooking
v.忽视( overlook的现在分词 );监督;俯视;(对不良现象等)不予理会
  • The house is in an elevated position, overlooking the town. 这栋房子地势较高,可以俯瞰全城。
  • The house sits high on a hill overlooking a lake. 房子高高地坐落在可以俯瞰湖水的小山上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
27 terrific
adj.可怕的,极好的,非常的
  • The game was terrific.那场比赛棒极了。
  • Darren drove at a terrific speed.达伦以惊人的速度驾车。
28 growl
v.(狗等)嗥叫,(炮等)轰鸣;n.嗥叫,轰鸣
  • The dog was biting,growling and wagging its tail.那条狗在一边撕咬一边低声吼叫,尾巴也跟着摇摆。
  • The car growls along rutted streets.汽车在车辙纵横的街上一路轰鸣。
29 growling
v.抢先,抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 );(尤指匆忙地)取;攫取;(尤指自私、贪婪地)捞取
  • He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
  • She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。
学英语单词
air breathing power unit
akerite
aleukenic lymphadenoma
anion active auxiliary
Apartheid Wall
arkell
ASR
automatic congestion level
Bagerhat District
Batouri
bead cut
benzophenone-anil
bright steel wire
bronchus segmentalis basalis cardiacus
canadian provinces
constructive code
control-surface actuator
corbasson
cotization
crippling resilience
cryptotis parvas
deeds of high resolve
deroburts
dishonorable discharge
distance study
elevation of temperature
ePresence
F function
fixed array multilaser radar
flyproof
foreign subsidiaries
funny face
general purpose interface trigger
geocorona
glycol ester
gorcock
Graham crackers
hand puppet
hepatic injuries test outfit
hyperoxypathy
isochromatic stimulus
keuka lakes
lower cover
LREAA
Lyclamycin
microwave mixer
middle latitude climate
Mogi-Mirim
mulfunction
naebody
Naha City
nms (neutron monitoring system)
normal vectorcardrogram
oblate
on-load tap changing transformer
osteoproduction
parasambus sauteri
passive tags
person connected with a corporation
photoimaging
plaited
pod pepper
polives
program for optical system design
promise to do
provision for possible loan loss
put sth down to sth
resiliences
response range
restricted bayes estimator
reticulated pythons
retsina
rickettsial
rivet hot
roast gas
rolling avalanche
scrapes
semiautomatic clutch
Shengia
shot fire
smip
source-separated
statement of surplus analysis
stricture of anterior naris
table-tipping
tank foundation
the south west
thermically
three-dimensional holography
Tǒkhyǒn
unhook
vacuum casting steel
ventilating rate
vertical contact pin
vestibular ganglion
water tank vessel
Wetlina
wheelclamps
wildlands
wine acid
wirwe