时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:汪培珽儿童英文分级书单《神奇树屋》


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  Annie lifted up her long dress and ran to a treeclose to the river. Jack 1 held on to his hat and ran afterher.



They peeked 2 out from behind the tree. More snowflurries swirled 3 in the twilight 4.



"Redcoats?" whispered Annie.



"Can't tell," said Jack.



In the flickering 5 firelight, the men didn't seem to bewearing uniforms at all. They wore ragged 6 pants andcoats. Some evenhad their feet wrapped in tattered 7 cloth. "Come on,"Annie said. She ran to a tree closer to the river. Jackfollowed.



"This is as close as we should get," he whispered.



"But we still can't tell what they're wearing," saidAnnie.



She crept forward and hid behind a scraggly bush.



"No closer!" Jack whispered.



But Annie took off again. She crouched 8 behind arock. She was only about ten feet from the campfire.



Oh, brother, she's way too close now, Jack thought.



But he took a deep breath and ran to the rock.



When he joined Annie, she looked at him andgrinned.



"This is like hide-and-seek," she whispered.



"It's not a game, Annie," Jack whispered back. "It'swar. Be serious.""I am serious!" said Annie, her voice rising.



"Shh!" said Jack.



But it was too late. One of the men stood andlooked around.



"What's the matter, Captain?" another asked.



"I heard something," said the captain. He held uphis musket 9.



Jack stopped breathing.



"Who's there?" the captain shouted. Jack looked atAnnie. She shrugged 10. 'We're caught," she whispered.



"Who's there?" the captain shouted again.



"Just two kids," Annie answered in a small voice.



"Come out and show yourselves!" the captain said.



Jack and Annie stood up from behind the rock.



They both held up their hands.



"We come in peace," said Annie.



In the shadowy twilight, the captain moved towardthem.



"Who are you?" he asked.



"We're Jack and Annie," said Annie.



"Why were you spying on us?" he asked.



"We weren't spying," said Jack. "We just wanted toknow if you were redcoats or patriots 11.""Which would you like us to be?" the shadowyfigure asked.



"Patriots," said Jack.



'We are patriots," the captain said.



"Thank goodness!" said Annie.



The captain smiled.



"Where are you from?" he asked. His voice hadsoftened.



"We're visiting relatives nearby," Jack said.



"Frog Creek 12, Pennsylvania," said Annie at the sametime.



"But that's amazing!" the captain said. "My farm isin Frog Creek. Where is your farm?"Jack didn't know how to answer.



"It's near the Frog Creek woods," said Annie.



"All farms are near woods," the man said with alaugh. "What--"Just then, someone called from up the river. "It'stime, Captain!"The captain turned to the other men near thecampfire. "It's time!" he repeated.



The soldiers quickly put out their fire. They stoodwith their muskets 13 on their shoulders.



"Time for what, Captain?" Annie asked.



"Time to meet up with our commander-in-chief," hesaid. "Return to your family now so your mother andfather won't worry about you.""Yes, sir," said Jack.



"It is nice to see children," the captain said. "I wasjust trying to write a letter to my own son anddaughter. I didn't know what to say.""Tell them that you miss them," said Annie.



The man smiled.



"And I do, indeed," he said softly. Then he turnedand headed up the river-bank. His ragged menfollowed behind. Soon they all disappeared into thecold mist.



Jack looked around. The wind was blowing harder.



The snow was sticking to the ground.



"What now?" he asked.



More than anything, he wanted to go back home.



With the soldiers gone, the riverbank felt lonely andscary.



"We still have to find something to send," saidAnnie.



"I know," said Jack.



"Maybe we should just follow the captain and hismen," said Annie. "They might lead us to something."Jack wasn't sure that was a good idea. But he didn'thave a better one.



"Okay. But let's try not to get caught this time," hesaidHe and Annie took off through the frozen twilight,following the snowy footprints of the Americanpatriots.



1 jack
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
2 peeked
v.很快地看( peek的过去式和过去分词 );偷看;窥视;微露出
  • She peeked over the top of her menu. 她从菜单上往外偷看。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • On two occasions she had peeked at him through a crack in the wall. 她曾两次透过墙缝窥视他。 来自辞典例句
3 swirled
v.旋转,打旋( swirl的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The waves swirled and eddied around the rocks. 波浪翻滚着在岩石周围打旋。
  • The water swirled down the drain. 水打着旋流进了下水道。
4 twilight
n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期
  • Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
  • Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。
5 flickering
adj.闪烁的,摇曳的,一闪一闪的
  • The crisp autumn wind is flickering away. 清爽的秋风正在吹拂。
  • The lights keep flickering. 灯光忽明忽暗。
6 ragged
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的
  • A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
  • Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。
7 tattered
adj.破旧的,衣衫破的
  • Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty.她的破衣烂衫丝毫没有影响她的美貌。
  • Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。
8 crouched
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He crouched down beside her. 他在她的旁边蹲了下来。
  • The lion crouched ready to pounce. 狮子蹲下身,准备猛扑。
9 musket
n.滑膛枪
  • I hunted with a musket two years ago.两年前我用滑膛枪打猎。
  • So some seconds passed,till suddenly Joyce whipped up his musket and fired.又过了几秒钟,突然,乔伊斯端起枪来开了火。
10 shrugged
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀,什么也没说。
  • She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩,装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 patriots
爱国者,爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )
  • Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
  • These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死,也不愿投降。
12 creek
n.小溪,小河,小湾
  • He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
  • People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
13 muskets
n.火枪,(尤指)滑膛枪( musket的名词复数 )
  • The watch below, all hands to load muskets. 另一组人都来帮着给枪装火药。 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
  • Deep ditch, single drawbridge, massive stone walls, eight at towers, cannon, muskets, fire and smoke. 深深的壕堑,单吊桥,厚重的石壁,八座巨大的塔楼。大炮、毛瑟枪、火焰与烟雾。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
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