《神奇树屋》 第三十五册 Night of the New Magicians 09 The Sorcerer
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》
Jack 1's knees turned to jelly. The knocking cameagain.
Mr. Eiffel laughed. "Goodness,anotherunexpected guest!" He started toward the door.
"Don't open it!" Jack shouted.
Everyone looked at Jack as if he were crazy.
"It's the sorcerer!" Jack said. "My sister was tellingthe truth! He thinks you're all magicians!""Don't be afraid, son," Dr. Pasteur said to Jack. "I'msure it's just another guest."Mr. Eiffel stepped toward the door.
98"No, please!" shouted Jack.
Mr. Eiffel opened the door. There was a deafeningclap of thunder! A ball of fire blasted into the room!
Jack covered his face. Then all was quiet.
"Jack?" Annie said in a small voice.
Jack looked up. A golden haze 2 had filled the room.
Annie stepped quickly to Jack's side. But none of theothers moved. Mr. Eiffel, Mr. Bell, Mr. Edison, andDr. Pasteur were all as still as stone.
Jack could barely make out a dark figure in a longcloak standing 3 in the doorway 4.
"It's him!" Jack cried. "We have to say our rhyme!"Jack shouted the line he had memorized:
Thing before us, now we seeJack waited for Annie to finish the rhyme. But shedidn't say her line.
Oh, no! She's forgotten it!
Jack thought wildly.
99Suddenly he heard Annie laugh. "It'syou,"she said.
100101Jack looked up. The haze had cleared. The sorcerer'sface glowed in the light. It was a familiar face, craggywith electric-blue eyes.
"Merlin?" breathed Jack.
The master magician answered him with a smile.
"Merlin! Hi!" said Annie. She rushed over andhugged him.
Jack just stared at Merlin. "What happened?" heasked. "Where's the evil sorcerer?""Thereareevil sorcerers in my world," Merlin said in his deepvoice. "But I assure you none of them were here atthe World's Fair today.""Soyouwere the messenger?" said Annie.
"Youdelivered the invitations for everyone to come tothe top of the tower?""Yes, I was the messenger," said Merlin. "I wantedto gather these remarkable 5 men together so you couldmeet them all in the short time you had to spend inParis."102"But why did you tell us that we had to find thembefore an evil sorcerer did?" said Jack.
Merlin smiled. "Without that challenge, would youhave used all your powers of thinking and courage?"he asked. "Would you have been so determined 6 tofind the `new magicians' and learn their secrets?""Well, maybe not," Jack said honestly.
"Problems make us focus our energy," said Merlin.
"They can help us think more sharply and act moreswiftly. Never wish for all your problems todisappear. Problems can help you achieve your goals.
Do you understand?"Jack and Annie nodded.
"So now, whatarethe secrets of these remarkable men?" asked Merlin.
"I truly wish to know.""If you want to reach your goal, you have to loveadventure and responsibility," said Jack.
"You have to study and be prepared so luck willfavor you," said Annie.
"You have to work really hard, because103genius is ninety-nine percent perspiration 7 and onlyone percent inspiration," said Jack.
"And you should never lose hope," said Annie,"because when one door closes, another one opens,and you don't want to miss it.""Wonderful!" said Merlin. "These are excellentsecrets! And I believe you not onlylearnedthem on this mission, but youlivedeach of them as well. Do you understand?""I guess," said Jack.
Annie looked at the four frozen men. "What aboutthem,Merlin?" she said anxiously. "Will they be okay?""Yes, they will awaken 8 as soon as I leave. Do notworry," said Merlin.
"I'm sorry I almost made you disappear," said Jack.
Merlin smiled. "That is quite all right. But now wehave a little problem. One must never leave a magicrhyme hanging in the air unfinished."104"Oh," said Jack. "So Annie needs to finish the rhymeand make something disappear?""Precisely," said Merlin. "Perhaps you could use therhyme to speed me back to Camelot.""Sure," said Annie. "But do you have to leave sosoon?""Yes, I must be on my way," said Merlin. "I wouldnot want to confuse these kind gentlemen. Do notworry. I will send for you both again in the very nearfuture. But now it is time for me to ... disappear."Jack smiled. "Good-bye, Merlin," he said.
Annie took a deep breath. Then she looked atMerlin and slowly said her line:
Thee-be-wan-new-ee-vee!
There was a clap of thunder and a blast of fierylight-and Merlin was gone.
Just as suddenly, the new magicians came back tolife. Mr. Eiffel pointed 9 to the open doorway as windgusted inside. "You see, son," he said to Jack, "it wasonly the wind."105"Oh, yeah," said Jack, pretending to be embarrassed.
"I'm sorry.""Don't worry," said Mr. Eiffel. "You and your sisterare perfectly 10 safe. We live in the wondrous 11 newworld of science, and not in the old world of magicand sorcerers."Mr. Eiffel moved toward the open doorway. "Come,let us all step outside and take a look at our newworld."Everyone joined him on the windy terrace andlooked over the railing.
"Paris is a lovely city, is it not?" Mr. Eiffel said.
Jack and Annie and the others watched the giantspotlights sweep over Paris like white comets. Thelights shined down on the domes 12 and treetops, thegrand monuments and church spires 13, the colorfulfountain waters and rippling 14 river. The boat lightstwinkled like fireflies.
"Thanks to Mr. Eiffel and his tower, we can see theentire city," Mr. Edison shouted above the wind.
106"Thanks to Mr. Edison, ten thousand gasstreetlamps in Paris will soon be replaced by electriclights!" said Mr. Eiffel.
"Thanks to Dr. Pasteur's institute, we will soonhave cures for many more deadly diseases," said Mr.
Bell.
"And thanks to Mr. Bell, I'll be able to call you allon the telephone and tell you about it!" joked Dr.
Pasteur.
Everyone laughed.
"And this is just the beginning!" said Annie.
"Someday people will carry tiny telephones in theirpockets and talk to other people anywhere in theworld.""Uh, Annie, we'd better be going," said Jack. Hedidn't want the others to know he and Annie werefrom the future.
But Annie kept talking. "And there'll be thesethings called computers," she said, "that can give youinstant information about anything, anytime-""Annie!"said Jack.
107"And get this!" she said. She pointed to the fullmoon overhead. "Someday people will actually walkon that moon up there!"The men all chuckled 15. "You have a most delightfulimagination," said Mr. Eiffel.
"And that is a wonderful thing!" said Mr. Edison.
"Without imagination, none of us would be standinghere tonight.""Well, we'd better be getting home now," said Jack.
"And where is your home? The moon?" teased Mr.Eiffel.
"No, it's Frog Creek 16, Pennsylvania, in the UnitedStates," said Jack.
"How will you get there?" said Mr. Bell.
"In our magic tree house," said Annie.
The men laughed. Jack tried to laugh with them.
"Ha. Good one, Annie," he said. "Well, let's go.
""Annie, I hope you and your brother have a safetrip in your magic tree house," said Mr. Eiffel. "You have both been most entertainingguests. Please come visit me anytime."Jack and Annie waved good-bye to the four men.
Then they climbed carefully down the spiral staircaseand started down the 1,652 steps of the Eiffel Tower.
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
- These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
- 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。
- It is so hot that my clothes are wet with perspiration.天太热了,我的衣服被汗水湿透了。
- The perspiration was running down my back.汗从我背上淌下来。
- Old people awaken early in the morning.老年人早晨醒得早。
- Please awaken me at six.请于六点叫醒我。
- He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
- She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
- The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
- Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
- The internal structure of the Department is wondrous to behold.看一下国务院的内部结构是很有意思的。
- We were driven across this wondrous vast land of lakes and forests.我们乘车穿越这片有着湖泊及森林的广袤而神奇的土地。
- The domes are circular or ovoid in cross-section. 穹丘的横断面为圆形或卵圆形。 来自辞典例句
- Parks. The facilities highlighted in text include sport complexes and fabric domes. 本书重点讲的设施包括运动场所和顶棚式结构。 来自互联网
- Her masts leveled with the spires of churches. 船的桅杆和教堂的塔尖一样高。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- White church spires lift above green valleys. 教堂的白色尖顶耸立在绿色山谷中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I could see the dawn breeze rippling the shining water. 我能看见黎明的微风在波光粼粼的水面上吹出道道涟漪。
- The pool rippling was caused by the waving of the reeds. 池塘里的潺潺声是芦苇摇动时引起的。