时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:9 Mountain Top Mystery


英语课

When the rangers 2 led the Indian boy into the store, Jessie was near the door. Quickly she put her hand on the boy’s shoulder. “Don’t be afraid,” she said. “We want to help you.”



The boy did not look up, but he pushed back his wet hair.



A ranger 1 said, “This boy belongs in Maine. When he heard about Flat Top on a radio program he begged rides and got here in no time. He’s interested in the cave, but so far I don’t know why.”



They all sat down. The boy was on a wooden chair. His clothes dripped 3 on the floor.



The chief ranger took off his raincoat and sat down at a desk. He said to the boy, “This is a very small village, son. We always notice any strangers. We want to know why you came here, what you expect to find, and also why you ran away. You will save time if you tell the exact truth. If you tell a lie, we will find it out. First, what is your name?”



The boy waited a minute. “David Walker,” he said.



“That’s not an Indian name,” said the ranger.



“No, my Indian name is David Walking-by-Night.”



“A nice name,” whispered Jessie to Henry. “But Lovan’s last name is Dixon.”



The ranger went on, “Why were you interested in Flat Top?”



David Walking-by-Night drew a long breath. He seemed very tired, but he seemed to be telling the truth.



“I was born in Maine,” he said. “But I don’t belong in Maine. My mother came from another tribe 4 down here. She told me stories about Flat Top.”



“What stories?” shouted Benny.



David looked at Benny. He did not smile. He said, “The stories may not be true. But one story is about some treasure that belongs to my tribe. I thought I might get it sometime.”



The ranger said, “That treasure would belong to your mother’s people first, wouldn’t it?”



“Yes, but they are all dead long ago. I’m the only one left in that tribe. My mother is dead, too.”



Nobody spoke 5 for a minute. It was not hard to guess that this boy without a family had no one to care about him.



The ranger said, “Did you ever go to school, son?”



“A little, not much. I went for a few weeks and then I’d go hunting. Then I’d go to school for awhile.”



“How did you live? Did you have a job?”



“Yes,” said David. “I had a lot of jobs. I didn’t like any of them. I chopped 6 wood and shoveled 7 snow and worked in a garden. I liked that the best.”



“How did you plan to live down here?” asked the ranger. “Have you any money?”



“No. I thought I could carry things up the mountain. I’m a good mountain climber. But everyone kept looking at me, so I was afraid and ran.”



Mr. Alden spoke for the first time. He said, “Now, David, I am beginning to make some guesses. If I am right, I think a new life is open to you if you want to take it. Right now I know you are tired. We have heard enough for tonight.”



David looked at Mr. Alden and no one needed to tell the boy that he had found a friend. He said, “Thank you, sir.”



Benny said, “I can guess as well as Grandfather. Can’t we take David to the motel 8 and get him some food and dry clothes?”



“There is an extra bed in my room,” Mr. Carter said. “David can sleep there. How about it, David?”



The boy nodded, but Grandfather said, “Let’s be sure our plan checks with the ranger.” Then he said, “Is this plan all right with you, sir? I’ll take this boy with me and take good care of him. I’ll see that he comes to no harm.”



“Perfectly all right,” said the ranger. He had learned 9 that John Carter was an ex-F.B.I. man. “The boy hasn’t done anything wrong.”



“We’d better go right along,” said Jessie. “David needs something to eat.”



Mr. Carter said, “I’ll take Dave and Benny and Jessie in my car. Henry, you take Mr. Alden and Dr. Osgood.”



The two cars soon arrived at the motel. Benny had chattered 10 most of the way. Jessie and Mr. Carter had talked pleasantly. But the Indian boy had not said a word.



Henry said, “The first thing we’ll do is find dry clothes for you while you’re taking a shower.”



Henry went at once to his clothes drawer. He got out dry clothes for David. They were all too big, but they had to do. Benny’s shoes were just right for him.



When everyone was washed and dressed they met in the dining room.



“He’s a good looking boy,” thought Violet 11 when she met him.



“Let’s all have hot soup,” said Mr. Alden. “I’m just as tired as David is.”



John Carter thought to himself, “That boy has not eaten anything for a good many hours. I hope he doesn’t faint.”



David looked first to see how Henry ate his soup, and then he did the same.



“He cares,” thought John Carter. “He wants to do things right.” He had a question to ask, but he waited until the soup was gone and a tiny bit of color came into the boy’s face.



Then he said, “You know, David, we hear there is a big leather bag in some cave, with treasures in it. It belonged to an Indian who died long ago. Have you heard this story?”



“Yes, sir!” said David eagerly. “I heard more than that. I heard that a foreign man had it first. He gave it to an Indian who was afraid somebody would follow him, so he got a big bundle 12 of corn, and hid the bag under the corn.”



All this time Dr. Osgood had been eating soup and smiling to himself. He waited until the roast chicken dinner came. Then he cleared his throat and said, “Ahem!” just to be sure that everyone was looking at him.



“I just want to say,” he began, “that all this is very important and interesting. But nobody has said a single word about Old Flat Top!”



“Tell us!” they all shouted.



“Well, the staging is all done,” said Dr. Osgood. “And I crawled 13 inside for twenty-five feet.”



“Any bag?” yelled 14 Benny.



“Well, no,” said Dr. Osgood, smiling. “There are some things right on the floor of the cave that are very interesting to me. The walls seem to be just big smooth rocks.”



Benny said, “Oh, Dr. Osgood, there must be some place where something could be hidden.”



“You’ll have to see for yourself,” Dr. Osgood said. “Maybe your sharp young eyes will see something my old ones missed.”



1 ranger
n.国家公园管理员,护林员;骑兵巡逻队员
  • He was the head ranger of the national park.他曾是国家公园的首席看守员。
  • He loved working as a ranger.他喜欢做护林人。
2 rangers
护林者( ranger的名词复数 ); 突击队员
  • Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗? 来自超越目标英语 第3册
  • Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者,所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
3 dripped
v.(使)滴下( drip的过去式和过去分词 );滴出;含有;充满
  • She was hot and sweat dripped into her eyes. 她很热,汗水滴入双眼。
  • The rain-water dripped through a crack on the ceiling. 雨水从天花板的裂缝中漏下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 tribe
n.部落,种族,一伙人
  • This is a subject tribe.这是个受他人统治的部落。
  • Many of the tribe's customs and rituals are as old as the hills.这部落的许多风俗、仪式都极其古老。
5 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。
6 chopped
[医]剁碎的
  • He chopped some wood for the fire. 他劈了些柴烧火。
  • Finish by sprinkling some chopped almonds over the cake. 最后在蛋糕上撒些剁碎的杏仁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 shoveled
vt.铲,铲出(shovel的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • The hungry man greedily shoveled the food into his mouth. 那个饥饿的人贪婪地、大口大口地吃。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • They shoveled a path through the snow. 他们在雪中铲出一条小路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
8 motel
n.汽车游客旅馆
  • Late that night he landed at a motel.那晚他到了一家汽车旅馆。
  • The motel manager showed the guests to their room.汽车旅馆经理把旅客领到他们房间。
9 learned
adj.有学问的,博学的;learn的过去式和过去分词
  • He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
  • In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里,他被视为有学问的人。
10 chattered
(人)喋喋不休( chatter的过去式 ); 唠叨; (牙齿)打战; (机器)震颤
  • They chattered away happily for a while. 他们高兴地闲扯了一会儿。
  • We chattered like two teenagers. 我们聊着天,像两个十多岁的孩子。
11 violet
adj.紫色的;n.紫罗兰
  • She likes to wear violet dresses.他喜欢穿紫色的衣服。
  • Violet is the color of wisdom,peace and strength.紫色是智慧的,和平的和力量的颜色。
12 bundle
n.捆,包,束;一堆,一批;v.把…扎成一捆
  • My uncle sent me a large bundle on my birthday.我生日时叔父给我寄来一个大包裹。
  • Dad found a bundle of spelling mistakes in my composition.爸爸在我作文里找出一大堆拼写错误。
13 crawled
v.爬( crawl的过去式和过去分词 );(昆虫)爬行;缓慢行进;巴结
  • They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。
  • She crawled onto the river bank and lay there gulping in air. 她爬上河岸,躺在那里喘着粗气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 yelled
v.叫喊,号叫,叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
  • The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着,希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
a matter of congratulation
a ramallosa
abstract algebra manifold
accurred
aft antenna
Alois
ARMELLINI
ASLAP
Atlantic Coast Conference
biceps curl
bicks
blomstrand
brachylogy
cabline patchouli
cane-cuttings
cant body
caprizant
casseia
cervical air sac
chartleys
chest pulley weight
ciliary glands
concurrent control count
copy quantity key
countershaft bearing cover
cranial limb of intestinal loop
Dell Inc.
desertin'
dysgranulopoiesis
dysphoric manic episode
echinostelium paucifilum
Ekonal
encephalic poliomyelitis
eoliths
finitists
flynet
gamma-ray shield
general mechanics
grievesome
guffey
Helles, Cape
herbalogy
hot-air damper
ideal productivity index
jurish
kello
leadagetest
lowest common ancestor
maintenance free
Markscheidewesen
martinis
mineral micrology
monochoriate
murreie
myxosomiasis
nephritogenic strains
non-absorbing state
nonsingular network
overbeetling
padded out
petroleur
pintle plate
Plateosaurus
politization
post-puller
preconceived opinions
prejudice against
primitive adjoint
principle of belongingness
psub
qualification of name
Rayleigh criterion
reactive compensation equipment
resistance training
robust performance
rvw
s catarrh Bostock
salted salmon belly
selfproclaimed
side arch
single-end break
sliding shoe
smoker's
standard measuring instrument
Stiper quartzite
submerged intake
swing hammer
synfuel
ta mien
take him
take mercy on
tecophilaea cyanocrocus leyb.
thaumastocheles japonicus
the world is your oyster
threshold immunity
to fan the air
tympanic bone
unurn
velamentous
wave energy transmission
weapon of offense
weighting bottle