《神奇树屋》 第四十二册 A Good Night for Ghosts 07 Skid-Dat-De-Dat!
时间：2018-12-10 作者：英语课 分类：汪培珽儿童英文分级书单《神奇树屋》
Dipper closed the door.
It was pitch-black inside the shop. As the windhowled outside, the broken shutters 1 banged againstthe brick walls. A gust 2 of damp air blew through theroom.
"It's dark in here," said Annie. "And cold.""It's creepy," said Jack 3.
"Yup," said Dipper. "Let's leave. I've changed mymind about staying here. We can find some otherplace to get out of the storm.""Good idea," said Annie.
81"Greatidea!" said Jack.
Jack heard Dipper rattle 4 the door handle. "Uh-oh,"said Dipper.
"Uh-oh what?" said Jack.
"Won't open," said Dipper. "It's stuck."Jack felt the hair rise on the back of his neck. Theshutters banged in the wind.
"Hold on a second, I've got some matches in mypocket," said Dipper. "I just hope they didn't get wetin the rain."Jack heard Dipper trying to strike a match. He triedone, two, three times--then he held up a small flame.
"Yay," breathed Annie.
Jack looked around the room. In the dancing light,he could make out wooden buckets on the floor, acouple of broken chairs, a doorway 5 leading to a backroom, and-Squeak!A bat flapped above their heads.
"Ahhh!" Jack, Annie, and Dipper ducked.
The match went out.
82Dipper quickly lit another match. He held it uphigh, trying to light the room. Jack didn't see the bat,but he saw a bricked-over fireplace, some rustylanterns, and lotsof spiderwebs.
83[Image: Jack.]
84"Yikes!" said Annie. The match went out.
"Help," said Annie in a small voice. "More light,please.""Nobody panic," said Dipper. "I got two matchesleft.""Just two?" said Annie.
"Hey, I thought I saw some lanterns," said Jack.
"Near the fireplace. Maybe we could light them.""Good idea," said Dipper. "Maybe there's oil still in'em. I just hope I can light the wicks. Or we'll be leftin the dark with the bats.""And spiders," said Annie.
And ghosts,Jack thought.
Dipper struck his next-to-last match. He held it upto find the lanterns.
"Over here," said Jack, pointing.
"I see," said Dipper. But as he knelt on the floor, thematch went out. "I got just one more," he whispered.
"So we better be realcareful."Dipper lit his last match. Jack slowly lifted the glasson both the lanterns. Very carefully, Dipper85touched the match flame to the wick of the firstlantern. The wick sputtered 6 and flickered 7 to life. Ayellow glow filled the room.
"Ahh!" said Dipper. He lit the second lantern.
"Beautiful. You can each carry one."Jack picked up one of the lanterns. Annie put downher trumpet 8 and picked up the other one. The firelightcast eerie 9 shadows on the walls.
Screeeee!
A sound from the back room startled them. Itsounded like the creak of a door opening. Jack's heartbegan to pound.
WHAM!The sound of a door slamming shut!
Jack's heart beat faster and faster.
"Hey!" called Dipper. "Who's back there?"No one answered.
Clump 10. Clump. Clump. The sound of footsteps onstairs!
Jack held his breath.
"Who's there?" yelled Dipper.
"WOOOOOOO!""Show yourself!" yelled Dipper.
86The shutters outside banged harder against thewalls.
"WOOOOOOO!""Mercy," whispered Dipper.
Jack's hand trembled, shaking the lantern andmaking the shadows in the room dance even morewildly.
The moaning came again: "WOOOOOOO!""Annie!" said Jack. "The trumpet! The time is right!""I know it! I feel it!" said Annie. She put down herlantern and grabbed the trumpet. "Sing, Jack!"Annie lifted the magic trumpet to her lips and blew.
A pure, smooth sound flowed from the trumpet andfilled the room. As Annie played, Jack started singing:
Ghost, ghost,Leave us atone 11!
Stop, stop!
Stop your moan... ing!
87What a stupid song,Jack thought, but they were theonly words that came to his mind. Then heremembered Dipper's advice: When you can't think ofwords, just sing sounds. Make 'em up. Put your heartin it.
So Jack started singing nonsense sounds. He sangwith all his heart, pouring all his feelings into thesounds, telling the ghost to go:
Skid-dat-de-dat!
Skid-dat-de-dow!
Skiddle-skiddleDaddle-daddleOutta here NOW!
Thumping 12 noises came from the other room, as ifheavy things were falling.
"Who's there?" shouted Dipper. Annie stoppedplaying.
Jack stepped back in fear, waiting for somethingawful to happen. Then he heard laughing andwhispering.
88"Hey!" shouted Dipper. He picked up Annie'slantern and headed into the other room. Jack andAnnie followed.
Little Mack, Happy, and Big Nose Sidney werecrawling toward the back door.
"Stop!" yelled Dipper. "What are y'all doing here?"The three boys all talked at once: "We fell out of theattic!""Felt like something was pushing us out!""Yeah! Then down the stairs and toward the door!""Jack's song pushed you downstairs!" said Annie,laughing. "He ordered the ghost to leave us alone! Hissinging was magic.""Your playing was magic, too!" Dipper said toAnnie. "You two really put your hearts in it.""Thanks," said Jack.
Dipper looked down at Little Mack. "Now tell uswhat you three fools were up to!" he said.
"We decided 14 to play a joke on y'all," said LittleMack. "So we snuck through the back door and up tothe attic 13."89"We thought you left because you were scared ofghosts!" said Annie.
"Heck no, man," said Little Mack.
"We're not afraid of ghosts," said Happy.
"Not even a little bit," said Big Nose Sidney.
Suddenly a cold wind blasted through the room.
The lanterns flickered out. An eerie green light lit theblacksmith shop.
"WHAT?" a voice roared. "NOT AFRAID OFGHOSTS?"The voice seemed to come from everywhere-- andnowhere.
"AHHHHHHH!" the kids all screamed together.
"HAH-HAH-HAH!" Mean-sounding laughterechoed through the shop. It grew louder and louder.
"HAH-HAH-HAH!""AHHHHHHH!" the kids all screamed again.
Stomping 15 noises thundered in the attic overhead.
Everyone shrieked 16 and froze with terror. Downfrom the attic came a pirate. His face90was hidden by the brim of a black hat. He wore agray jacket with a double row of buttons, a red sash,and dark pants tucked inside black boots.
The pirate looked like a real person, except youcould see right through him.
- The shop-front is fitted with rolling shutters. 那商店的店门装有卷门。
- The shutters thumped the wall in the wind. 在风中百叶窗砰砰地碰在墙上。
- A gust of wind blew the front door shut.一阵大风吹来，把前门关上了。
- A gust of happiness swept through her.一股幸福的暖流流遍她的全身。
- 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。
- 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。
- They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
- Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
- The candle sputtered out. 蜡烛噼啪爆响着熄灭了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The balky engine sputtered and stopped. 不听使唤的发动机劈啪作响地停了下来。 来自辞典例句
- The lights flickered and went out. 灯光闪了闪就熄了。
- These lights flickered continuously like traffic lights which have gone mad. 这些灯象发狂的交通灯一样不停地闪动着。
- He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴，我吹喇叭。
- The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。
- It's eerie to walk through a dark wood at night.夜晚在漆黑的森林中行走很是恐怖。
- I walked down the eerie dark path.我走在那条漆黑恐怖的小路上。
- A stream meandered gently through a clump of trees.一条小溪从树丛中蜿蜒穿过。
- It was as if he had hacked with his thick boots at a clump of bluebells.仿佛他用自己的厚靴子无情地践踏了一丛野风信子。
- Her heart was thumping with emotion. 她激动得心怦怦直跳。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He was thumping the keys of the piano. 他用力弹钢琴。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Leakiness in the roof caused a damp attic.屋漏使顶楼潮湿。
- What's to be done with all this stuff in the attic?顶楼上的材料怎么处理？
- 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。