时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:40 The Canoe Trip Mystery


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Nothing unusual happened that night. Everyone slept very well, even Rob Wilson, who must have returned very late. He came limping out of the lean-to in the middle of the Alden’s breakfast.



“May I join you?” Rob asked. They nodded, and he sat down beside Jessie. Although he still limped, he said the swelling 1 on his ankle had gone down.



“This is the first good night’s sleep I’ve gotten since my canoe trip began,” he confided 2. He poured some orange juice from histhermos and offered some to the Aldens. They shook their heads.



They were drinking the hot chocolate Jessie had made. It was cold in the mornings, and the air smelled of pine and wood smoke.



They had woken up early to prepare breakfast—hot oatmeal with lots of brown sugar and raisins 3. Rob reached in his pack and pulled out a loaf of hard bread. He broke off a piece for himself and hungrily eyed the Alden’s big pot of oatmeal.



“Would you like some?” Violet offered, passing him a bowl.



“Thank you. I’ll only take a little,” Rob said. He ate his portion quickly. “It’s wonderful,” he said between mouthfuls. “You must let me cook a meal for you before you leave this campsite.”



Aunt Jane and the Aldens looked at each other. Henry still could not decide whether or not to trust Rob. No one said much to him at breakfast. They were all too busy eating.



“He does seem much friendlier today,” Jessie remarked softly after Rob left to gethis binoculars 4 from the cabin. He wanted to do some bird-watching.



“Well, having a good night’s sleep helps,” Aunt Jane said. “He seems much more relaxed than he did yesterday.”



When Rob came out of the cabin, Benny was eating a second bowl of oatmeal.



“So you’re still hungry,” Rob teased, poking 5 Benny playfully in the ribs 6. Henry and Jessie exchanged glances. Why was Rob so friendly today and so quiet and secretive yesterday?



The Aldens decided 7 to stay another night at their comfortable campsite. They wanted to do some fishing and get to know Rob better.



“I just wish he would tell us more about his canoe trip,” Henry said. “What did he mean when he said nothing had gone right since he got on this trail?”



“Well, we’re not telling him too much ourselves,” Violet reminded her brother.



“That’s true. Maybe he doesn’t want to trust anyone, either,” Henry commented.



“Oh, you’ll probably win him over in time,” Aunt Jane said.



She was right. In the afternoon, Rob took Jessie and Henry fishing and helped them catch enough trout 8 for dinner.



By the end of the day, the Aldens had learned how to bone and clean fish. But they were still no closer to knowing more about Rob, or his reasons for being on the canoe trail.



“I think we should invite him to come with us,” Jessie said at dinner. She leaned over her plate and took a bite of her fish.



Jessie, Violet, Benny, and Aunt Jane were all enjoying fresh trout, rice, and a lentil salad Aunt Jane had prepared. She always ate healthy foods. Rob was with Henry, cooking the rest of the fish over the coals.



“Now that we know him better, that’s a good idea,” Aunt Jane agreed. “It would be hard for him to finish his trip alone with a swollen 9 ankle.”



“He wouldn’t be able to push his canoe up to the shore by himself,” Violet said.



“Or push it out onto the lake,” Benny added.



The next morning, Aunt Jane, the Aldens, and Rob Wilson were up early. Rob was delighted to join the others for the rest of their trip. He was able to pack most of the gear he needed in Henry and Violet’s canoe. The Alden children moved the rest of his belongings 10 to the woods for safekeeping.



The sky was streaked 11 with pinkish gray clouds when Henry pushed the canoes out onto the water. “It’s overcast 12 today,” he observed.



Jessie looked at the sky before plunging 13 her paddle into the water. She steered 14 her canoe until she was alongside Henry’s. The air felt very still.



As they softly paddled their canoes in the calm water, they spotted 15 wood ducks, meadowlarks, and two bald eagles.



The eagles flew overhead together. With their wings spread, they were much larger than Benny. He stared at them, open-mouthed.



All the animals seemed nervous. The ducklings swam around their mothers. The geese honked 16. The meadowlarks twittered and flew around in circles.



“There might be a rainstorm coming,” Violet observed. “That could be why the animals are acting 17 that way.”



“It may not be too bad a storm,” Rob said, glancing at the sky. “If it were serious, the animals wouldn’t be out at all. They would find shelter.”



Fog began to move in slowly. Henry noticed it was getting a little harder to see the shoreline. Violet watched the tops of trees disappear into a haze 18. To Aunt Jane, it seemed as if the water became grayer and grayer.



“It’s getting windy,” Henry said to his crew. Small waves lapped against the canoe. Then suddenly the fog blew in with much more force. Soon everything was covered in a thick gray mist.



“Maybe we should paddle ashore 19 and wait until this fog lifts,” Henry suggested to Rob and Violet. Even though they were sittingin his canoe, he could barely see them. He couldn’t see the shoreline at all. And worst of all, he could not find Aunt Jane’s canoe, which had been close beside his only a moment ago.



“Jessie, Aunt Jane, Benny! Can you hear us?” Henry and Violet called. There was no answer. Rob cupped his hands and shouted, too. But their voices were drowned out by the sound of rain hitting the water.



Luckily, it was a light rain, more like a drizzle 20. But it combined with the wind, which churned the water and shook the trees.



Henry and Violet paddled in a big circle to see if they could find the others. They called and called into the fog. But there was never any answer. Aunt Jane’s canoe had vanished!

 



1 swelling
n.肿胀
  • Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
  • There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。
2 confided
v.吐露(秘密,心事等)( confide的过去式和过去分词 );(向某人)吐露(隐私、秘密等)
  • She confided all her secrets to her best friend. 她向她最要好的朋友倾吐了自己所有的秘密。
  • He confided to me that he had spent five years in prison. 他私下向我透露,他蹲过五年监狱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 raisins
n.葡萄干( raisin的名词复数 )
  • These raisins come from Xinjiang,they taste delicious. 这些葡萄干产自新疆,味道很甜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Mother put some raisins in the cake. 母亲在糕饼中放了一些葡萄干。 来自辞典例句
4 binoculars
n.双筒望远镜
  • He watched the play through his binoculars.他用双筒望远镜看戏。
  • If I had binoculars,I could see that comet clearly.如果我有望远镜,我就可以清楚地看见那颗彗星。
5 poking
n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹
  • He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
  • Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。
6 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
7 trout
n.鳟鱼;鲑鱼(属)
  • Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
  • We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我们钓了一条鳟鱼,早饭时吃了。
8 swollen
adj.肿大的,水涨的;v.使变大,肿胀
  • Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着,她的双腿已经肿了。
  • A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她,她的手臂肿起来了。
9 belongings
n.私人物品,私人财物
  • I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
  • Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。
10 streaked
adj.有条斑纹的,不安的v.快速移动( streak的过去式和过去分词 );使布满条纹
  • The children streaked off as fast as they could. 孩子们拔脚飞跑 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • His face was pale and streaked with dirt. 他脸色苍白,脸上有一道道的污痕。 来自辞典例句
11 overcast
adj.阴天的,阴暗的,愁闷的;v.遮盖,(使)变暗,包边缝;n.覆盖,阴天
  • The overcast and rainy weather found out his arthritis.阴雨天使他的关节炎发作了。
  • The sky is overcast with dark clouds.乌云满天。
12 plunging
adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
  • War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发,生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 steered
v.驾驶( steer的过去式和过去分词 );操纵;控制;引导
  • He steered the boat into the harbour. 他把船开进港。
  • The freighter steered out of Santiago Bay that evening. 那天晚上货轮驶出了圣地亚哥湾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 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。
15 honked
v.(使)发出雁叫似的声音,鸣(喇叭),按(喇叭)( honk的过去式和过去分词 )
  • I drove up in front of the house and honked. 我将车开到屋子前面然后按喇叭。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • He honked his horn as he went past. 他经过时按响了汽车喇叭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
16 acting
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
17 haze
n.霾,烟雾;懵懂,迷糊;vi.(over)变模糊
  • 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。
18 ashore
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸
  • The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前,孩子们就上岸了。
  • He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
19 drizzle
v.下毛毛雨;n.毛毛雨,蒙蒙细雨
  • The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小,最后变成了毛毛雨。
  • Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨,今天果然下起来了。
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