时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:23 The Old Motel Mystery


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“The prowler strikes again!” Jessie exclaimed as she jumped into the pool and grabbed one orange after another, which she placed on the edge of the pool.



Benny, holding his nose, waded 1 into the shallow end. He reached out and tried to catch an orange, but it rolled out of his hand.



Henry and Violet captured oranges, one by one, and set them on the grass above the pool.



“The oranges will soon dry in the sun,” Violet said, jumping up and sitting on the pool’s edge. “I wish we could catch this prowler.”



“That’s the last one,” Henry said, getting out. “We’d better tell Kay.”



“Do we have to?” Violet asked, a note of regret in her voice.



Jessie jumped out, too, her wet skin glistening 2. “I agree with Henry,” she said. “Kay needs to know what’s going on at her own motel.”



Violet breathed in deeply. “I suppose you’re right,” she said to Jessie, “but I’m afraid she’ll become discouraged and sell to the Adventure Hotel chain.”



Just then Catherine appeared. She was dressed in white pants and a yellow top, and she wore a red scarf around her head. Her smile was puzzled. “What are you doing with all these oranges?”



“Somebody threw them in the pool,” Benny shouted, climbing up the ladder at the shallow end. “And after we picked oranges all day yesterday!”



Catherine’s eyebrows 3 rose. “That’s strange,” she said, sitting in a canvas chair.



Violet, her feet in the water, said, “It’s very strange!”



Jessie vigorously dried down her brown hair. “We intend to find out who’s doing all these things to Kay,” she said.



Catherine was silent. Too silent, Violet thought.



“I’ll meet you back at the motel for breakfast,” Henry said. “I’ll run up and tell Kay the bad news.”



Catherine rose. “I must go, also.”



“Are you visiting the Seminoles today, Catherine?” Violet asked.



“Yes, I’ve almost completed my paper so I only need to visit them two more times.”



“What do you write about them?” Benny asked.



“I write about their habits and their camps,” Catherine answered. “You know, Benny, the Seminoles who lived in Florida in the nineteenth century were forced to leave and re-settle in Oklahoma. Some, under their great chief, Osceola, tried to fight, but when Osceola was captured they hid out in the swamps and they still live there today.”



“Wow,” Benny said. “You’re lucky, Catherine, to have Indian friends.”



“I know, Benny,” she said, glancing at her watch. “I’d better leave. Lacota will be waiting for me at the dock.” She hesitated. “I’ll be gone for a couple of days.”



“ ’Bye, Catherine,” Violet said. “Thanks for taking the time to tell us about the Seminoles.”



“I was glad to,” Catherine said with a sweet smile.



Violet watched Catherine’s car leave. Catherine was such a lovely girl. She certainly couldn’t be guilty of doing anything bad.



“Do you think Catherine would introduce me to Lacota?” Benny asked.



Violet shook her head. “I doubt it, Benny. The Native Americans are friends with Catherine, but they might not like a stranger coming into their homes.”



Disappointed, Benny said only one word. “Oh.”



“Are you hungry?” Violet asked, standing 4.



“Breakfast!” Benny said. “I almost forgot.”



“Come on, then, let’s give Jessie a hand.” Violet and Benny dashed back to their unit.



When they arrived, they found Jessie mixing pancake batter 5, and Henry, who had returned from Kay’s, broiling 6 sausages.



“Just in time to eat,” Henry said, dishing up the sausages. “Sit down, Benny.”



Violet set the syrup 7 and butter on the table and poured the milk while Jessie placed a steaming stack of pancakes before Benny.



“How did Kay take the news about the oranges?” Violet asked.



Henry helped himself to several sausages and passed them to Jessie. “Kay wasn’t happy about it, but she’s determined 8 to go ahead with redoing the motel.”



“Good,” Violet said, breathing a sigh of relief.



“Aunt Jane is going into Lyndale this morning with Kay. They’re stopping at the bank where Kay plans to ask for a loan,” Henry added.



“I hope she gets it,” Jessie said.



“I hope so, too,” Henry replied. “After they go to the bank, Aunt Jane and Kay are staying in town for shopping and lunch.”



“Good for them,” Violet said.



“W-e-ll,” Jessie said, drawing out the word and smiling slyly. “Kay did say the bedspreads and drapes will arrive today and if we wanted to—”



“If we wanted to!” Violet said eagerly. “Of course we want to!”



“Want to what?” Benny said, licking his fork for the last drop of syrup.



Violet’s brown eyes twinkled. “Want to unpack 9 the bedspread and drapes and fix up each room.”



“Yes!” Benny said. “We’ll have a big surprise for Aunt Jane and Kay.”



“We sure will,” Henry said with a chuckle 10. “Kay said we all needed a break and that we should loaf today and go biking and swimming.”



“We can do that and put on the spreads, too,” Jessie said, clearing her plate and glass. She smiled at Benny.



1 waded
(从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She tucked up her skirt and waded into the river. 她撩起裙子蹚水走进河里。
  • He waded into the water to push the boat out. 他蹚进水里把船推出来。
2 glistening
adj.闪耀的,反光的v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的现在分词 )
  • Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。
  • Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼睛中的泪水闪着柔和的光。 来自《用法词典》
3 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。
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 batter
v.接连重击;磨损;n.牛奶面糊;击球员
  • The batter skied to the center fielder.击球手打出一个高飞球到中外野手。
  • Put a small quantity of sugar into the batter.在面糊里放少量的糖。
6 broiling
adj.酷热的,炽热的,似烧的v.(用火)烤(焙、炙等)( broil的现在分词 );使卷入争吵;使混乱;被烤(或炙)
  • They lay broiling in the sun. 他们躺在太阳底下几乎要晒熟了。
  • I'm broiling in this hot sun. 在太阳底下,我感到热极了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 syrup
n.糖浆,糖水
  • I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup.我撇去了煮沸糖浆上的泡沫。
  • Tinned fruit usually has a lot of syrup with it.罐头水果通常都有许多糖浆。
8 determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
9 unpack
vt.打开包裹(或行李),卸货
  • I must unpack before dinner.我得在饭前把行李打开。
  • She said she would unpack the items later.她说以后再把箱子里的东西拿出来。
10 chuckle
vi./n.轻声笑,咯咯笑
  • He shook his head with a soft chuckle.他轻轻地笑着摇了摇头。
  • I couldn't suppress a soft chuckle at the thought of it.想到这个,我忍不住轻轻地笑起来。
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acanthopanacis senticosi radix et caulis
accuweather.com
adjoint boundary value problem
afterthink
amphibiology
aniconist
at it again
benzohydrol
best mean square predictor
bladons
body defect
brightfarthing
brush artery
Bunsen eudiometer
buy out someone
cell-type container stowage
ceralumin
chemical conditioning
claim statemtnt
close(d)
conditions to be inserted in letter of credit
consonant rhymes
continuous-duty
curvimurate
determine by votes
differential cross section
disavouched
double expansion steam engine
drying intensity
dust-covered
Dyphytline
e. vulgaris rich var. helvetica h. et t.
enruin
field-vole
filling cyclone
filter-binding
floor skirt
garmentmaker
Genola
geze
golf links
Governor L.
gymnosporangium formosanum
hemiparasites
high-risk decision
hydrature
hydrokryptoacetylene
jelly
kelsons
Kotava
Laporte selection rule
lateral amniotic fold
malfetti
menopausal syndrome
mine worker
multiplex printing
nonhemodynamic
nontracking
Oakville
optical beams
outward-bound ship
palmar furuncle
persicaria barbata gracilis
phytoerythrins
polar nuclei
post-strike
price revolution
psilophytaceaes
pussyclaat
re-listen
rectifier electric motor vehicle
restrictive system
roll correction
Sazeracs
scopometry
sekke
senile macular degeneration
shipborad telecommunication cable
slaughterhall
slide valve link
sparsomycin
split chuck
stand cap
stearmans
stem bar
sulfoximine
test bed results
tunned-fiber
Ulmus parvifolia
unbishops
underwater sonic communication gear
unhelm
unindividualized
vibration direction
vinton
virement system
well-trussed
widely spaced stanchion
windsor (bean)
Yonsu-ri
Zibyutaungdan