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》


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  "Come on," said Annie. She stood in the door-wayto Jack 1's bedroom. "Let's check the woods.""But it's Thursday," said Jack. "We're going toGrandmother's soon.""I know," said Annie. "But I have a feeling the treehouse might be back. I think Morgan might have sentus a new rhyme."Jack trusted Annie's feelings.



"Okay, but we'll have to be quick," he said.



He threw his notebook and pencil into hisbackpack. He followed her downstairs.



"Be back soon!" Jack called to their parents.



"Very soon!" their dad said.



"Don't forget--it's Thursday," said their mom.



"We're leaving for Grandmother's at nine!""I know!" said Jack.



"We'll be back in ten minutes!" said Annie.



They hurried out of their house. They ran acrosstheir yard and up their street and into the Frog Creekwoods.



Jack and Annie ran through light and shadow, untilthey stopped under the tallest oak.



"Yay!" said Annie.



"You were right!" said Jack.



High in the tree was the magic tree house. Jackgrabbed the rope ladder and startedup. Annie was right behind him.



They climbed into the tree house. Sunlight slantedin through the window.



"Good, our gifts from our last trips are still here,"said Annie.



She pointed 2 to the scrolls 3 from Shakespeare'stheater and the twig 4 from the gorillas 5.



"Proof we found the magic of the theater and themagic of animals," said Jack.



"Look," said Annie. She pointed to a book lying in adark corner. A piece of paper was sticking out of it.



Jack pulled out the paper. "It's from Morgan," hesaid. He read:



Dear Jack and AnnieGood luck on your third journey to find a specialmagic. This rhyme will guide you:



To find a special magic,When work and toil 6 are done,Gather all together,Turn three worlds into one.



Thank you,Morgan"So who do we gather with?" wondered Jack.



Annie held up the book. The painting on the covershowed a basket of corn on a wooden table. The titlesaid A Feast to Remember.



"We gather at a feast," she said. She pointed to thecover. "I wish we could go there.""Hold on," said Jack. "What kind of feast? Whereand when?"But the wind had started to blow.



The tree house started to spin.



It spun 7 faster and faster.



Then everything was still.



Absolutely still.



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 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。
3 scrolls
n.(常用于录写正式文件的)纸卷( scroll的名词复数 );卷轴;涡卷形(装饰);卷形花纹v.(电脑屏幕上)从上到下移动(资料等),卷页( scroll的第三人称单数 );(似卷轴般)卷起;(像展开卷轴般地)将文字显示于屏幕
  • Either turn it off or only pick up selected stuff like wands, rings and scrolls. 把他关掉然后只捡你需要的物品,像是魔杖(wand),戒指(rings)和滚动条(scrolls)。 来自互联网
  • Ancient scrolls were found in caves by the Dead Sea. 死海旁边的山洞里发现了古代的卷轴。 来自辞典例句
4 twig
n.小树枝,嫩枝;v.理解
  • He heard the sharp crack of a twig.他听到树枝清脆的断裂声。
  • The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away.细枝突然折断的刺耳声把獾惊跑了。
5 gorillas
n.大猩猩( gorilla的名词复数 );暴徒,打手
  • the similitude between humans and gorillas 人类和大猩猩的相像
  • Each family of gorillas is led by a great silverbacked patriarch. 每个大星星家族都由一个魁梧的、长着银色被毛的族长带领着。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 toil
vi.辛劳工作,艰难地行动;n.苦工,难事
  • The wealth comes from the toil of the masses.财富来自大众的辛勤劳动。
  • Every single grain is the result of toil.每一粒粮食都来之不易。
7 spun
v.纺,杜撰,急转身
  • His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
  • Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。
学英语单词
a pair of colours
adjoining sheets
amnemonic aphasia
anisothermal diagram
annular crucible
arundells
astun
australis surora
balance oscillator
blanket washing machine
branchiostegal ray
brevipetala
capelongo (folgares)
Cassia nodosa
clathrinid
clithon oualaniensis
cnc milling machine
cocoa tree
colloquial speech
component test facility
compression vacuum gauge
conioscinella opacifrons
controlled mine
dense element
diagnostic work
down-draw process
draf
eat well
error of the second type
ewes produce twins
family carabidaes
FMCG
fonge
for-sure
fructus xanthoxyli
glassy tuff
government-organized
guarantor employment status
hand pressure condensation
have the ability to do sth
heave a ship apeak
high-frequency induction coil
high-voltage pulser
hollinshead
horn gap switch
Hugh Capet
hull structure similar model
inherent nature of commodity
injury of elbow fascia
inspection charge
intensicon
Jenner,Sir William
joint snakes
kepi
litharch sere
Lossburg
Machanao, Mt.
melero
message entropy
mountain blacksnake
New Age Movement
orchiotomy
paper and board
patrocinations
pelvis aequabililer justo minor
pentadecylene dicarboxylic acid
periodic file
phenyl-dihydroquinazoline tannate
pius i
popcorn balls
potentiometric wheel
ppkis
preference-field index number
protein glycation
radar rainfall integrator
reencourages
refudiated
relation of market supply and demand
responsibilized
run across sth
russell-simmons
sabelline
sara crewe
scarlet toxin
shit-stirrers
siphon recording barometer
sir jack hobbss
siskind
sour odour
spool flange
stuprum
subsectional
Talidine
tempilaq
tissue roentgen
tocandiras
tongguansan
truncatella amaniensis
urnsful
warrioress
wave selector
weald-clay