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》


英语课

  The panic of the battle scene seemed to spreadthrough the big room. Leonardo's apprentices 1 lookedaround wildly, as if they didn't know what to do.



"Water from the fountain!" Leonardo roared.



"Hurry!" He ran out of the room. His apprenticesrushed after him.



"We have to help, too!" Jack 2 said to Annie. Theytook off after the others, following them down thestairs to the courtyard.



The apprentices were filling buckets with60water from the fountain. "Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!"Leonardo shouted.



Jack and Annie grabbed two of the full buckets andclumsily followed the others back up the61stairs. "This is like -- like Edo!" Jack said to Annie,remembering their recent trip to old Japan.



62"Yeah," said Annie, "except that was acityon fire. This is just paint melting."True, thought Jack. But Leonardo was acting 3 like it wasa matter of life and death.



Inside the hall, Leonardo and the apprenticescarried the buckets up the ladder. They splashedwater over the flames in the two iron pots. But it wastoo late. The helmets and faces and swords of thefighting men had become a messy blur 4 of streaks 5 andblotches. The painting was ruined.



Leonardo stared for a long moment at the wall.



Then he climbed down the ladder and walked away.



When he got to the door, Zorro shouted, "Master,wait!" But Leonardo kept walking.



"We have to follow him," Annie said to Jack. "Heseems really upset," said Jack.



"I know," said Annie. "But we have to do what therhyme says-`Help the genius all day long.'""But what if he doesn't want our help anymore?"said Jack.



63"Look! He forgot his basket, with all his stuff in it,"said Annie. "We can take it to him.""Okay. Good," said Jack.



Annie picked up Leonardo's basket filled withfeathers, flowers, cheese, and a loaf of bread. Jackgrabbed his own bag and they hurried out of thecouncil hall. When they got to the entrance of thepalace, they saw Leonardo striding across the square.



"Leonardo!" Annie yelled.



Leonardo didn't look back. He disappeared down anarrow lane.



"Quick!" said Jack.



Jack and Annie took off across the square. Whenthey got to the lane, they saw Leonardo at the farend.



"Leonardo, wait!" Annie shouted.



But Leonardo didn't wait. He kept going androunded a corner.



Annie and Jack ran faster. When they turned thecorner, they looked right and left. Kids were playingin the street. Two women were leaning64out of windows talking to each other. But there wasno sign of Leonardo.



"Excuse me," Annie called to the women. "Haveyou seen Leonardo da Vinci?""Oh, yes, he just got home!" one woman said. "Helives just over there!" said her neighbor. She pointedto a narrow building across the street.



"Thank you!" said Annie. She and Jack walkedquickly to the building. A stone arch opened onto awide pathway. They walked under the arch and downthe pathway to a sunny cobblestone courtyard. A bigwhite horse was tied to a cart. Chickens pecked thedirt between the warm stones.



"Hi, guys," Annie said to the horse and chickens.



Jack pointed 6 to an open doorway 7 across the yard.



"He's in there. I hear him," he said.



Annie and Jack moved quietly across the courtyard.



They stopped outside a window.



65Leonardo was pacing up and down inside. His capand cloak were on the floor. His hair was wild.



"I'll leave Florence-that's what I'll do," Leonardosaid to himself. "I shall go to Rome! Orback to Milan!"Jack turned to Annie. "We shouldn't bother him," hewhispered. "Iffelt that bad, I wouldn't want people to bother me.""Notbother," said Annie. "Help. If I felt that bad, I'd want people tohelpme. Come on, at least we can give him his stuff."Before Jack could stop her, Annie stepped intoLeonardo's room. "Knock, knock," she said loudly.



Leonardo whirled around. His face was red. He wasscowling. "What areyoudoing here?" he said.



"We brought your things," said Annie. "You forgotthem." She held up the basket.



"Oh." Leonardo's face softened 8. "Thank you. Leaveit all by the door, please," he said.



Annie put the basket down. Then she looked up atLeonardo.



"We'd better go," Jack said softly to her.



"Wait." Annie stepped farther into Leonardo's room.



"We'd like to help you," she said.



Leonardo scowled 9 again. "You cannot help me," hesaid. "Do as your brother says, little girl. Go now."But Annie didn't move. "Excuse me, but we'resupposed to help you all day," she said. "You made usyour apprentices for the day, remember?""Can you not see that I am miserable 10?" saidLeonardo.



"Butwhyare you miserable?" said Annie. "You said that famewas the secret of happiness. And you're still famous.""But what good is fame in the face of failure?"shouted Leonardo. "This fresco 11 was to be mymasterpiece! What good is fame when everyone willnow laugh at me and mock my failure? Go! Please!""Oh, okay. I'm sorry," said Annie in a small67voice. "We just wanted to help." She and Jackturned to go.



"Wait, wait, wait," said Leonardo. "Forgive me."Jack and Annie looked back at Leonardo. The greatgenius rubbed his face and sighed. Then he waved hishand. "Please, forgive me. Come in, come in," he said.



"Thanks," said Annie. And she and Jack steppedinside Leonardo da Vinci's studio.



1 apprentices
学徒,徒弟( apprentice的名词复数 )
  • They were mere apprentices to piracy. 他们干海盗仅仅是嫩角儿。
  • He has two good apprentices working with him. 他身边有两个好徒弟。
2 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。
3 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。
4 blur
n.模糊不清的事物;vt.使模糊,使看不清楚
  • The houses appeared as a blur in the mist.房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
  • If you move your eyes and your head,the picture will blur.如果你的眼睛或头动了,图像就会变得模糊不清。
5 streaks
n.(与周围有所不同的)条纹( streak的名词复数 );(通常指不好的)特征(倾向);(不断经历成功或失败的)一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 );使布满条纹
  • streaks of grey in her hair 她头上的绺绺白发
  • Bacon has streaks of fat and streaks of lean. 咸肉中有几层肥的和几层瘦的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
6 pointed
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • 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。
7 doorway
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径
  • 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。
8 softened
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰
  • His smile softened slightly. 他的微笑稍柔和了些。
  • The ice cream softened and began to melt. 冰淇淋开始变软并开始融化。
9 scowled
怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He scowled his displeasure. 他满脸嗔色。
  • The teacher scowled at his noisy class. 老师对他那喧闹的课堂板着脸。
10 miserable
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
11 fresco
n.壁画;vt.作壁画于
  • This huge fresco is extremely clear and just like nature itself.It is very harmonious.这一巨幅壁画,清晰有致且又浑然天成,十分和谐。
  • So it is quite necessary to study the influence of visual thinking over fresco.因此,研究视觉思维对壁画的影响和作用是十分必要的。
学英语单词
a man with plenty of guts
absorption mechanism
acoustic detection
active star networks
adaptive response
adenosine-5'-triphosphate
algophilists
American gallon
andromorphs
anye
be purposed
bedrift
bimolecular layer
black label
caninoes
cellulosic plastics
compfil
crater pit
current cycle
Deep Sea Drilling Project
deep water wave
Delphinidin-monoglueoside
dermacentor variabiliss
dihydroxy benzhydrol
doughnut chart autoformat
ECITO
endorse a check
energy spectrum analysis
first etching
form data
full valuable consideration
gargouillade en dehors
heatwave
Hoenderloo
honeycomb-weave
interpretative trace program
Jaredites
kaua'i
kirson
lateral fovea
Laurie I.
licorice sticks
Loxogramme
Lozzo di Cadore
lushe
merit consideration
minimum-latency coding
multi-level precedence and preemption
multigyms
Neidpath Castle
network of observation
nitrazepams
non-luminous flame
normal operating speed
Offertorium
Options Backdating
outgoing broadcast channel
overhead lockers
pack cloth
palmyra (tadmur)
Pedro Muňoz
Peles
phonon-assisted tunneling
piping bags
plough steel
poppings
post crane
power off contact
pre-cited
projector station
protected cell company
Pseudomugilidae
Q-value of antenna
quaternary ocean
raghead
rarefyine osteitis
repainted
rotatory condenser
rubber tape
Rubenists
Rzgów
sactibiotic
sand conditioning machine
Setaria yunnanensis
short log
skill at
sodium sulfocyanide
special purpose range
spiroceratids
stogdill
support microprocessor
swallow hard
taris
Tendou
thermal transfer fax
thronged
transformer
tyre shoulder
ungroaning
unwordily
value before notching
wild-track