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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  "Tut, tut, you're a sorry sight, man," Will said to thebear's owner. "Trying to sell an old tame bear to thefights. Well, I've been planning to write a play with apart for a bear. So take this money for him and begone."Will handed some gold coins to the bear's owner.



The man's eyes grew wide. He laughed.



"You can have him!" the man said. And he took off.



"Thank you, and good riddance!" called Will. Thenhe turned to Puck. "Take our new player to thestables. Tell the actors they needn't be afraid of him.



He's tamer than most of them.""Come this way," Puck said. He put his arm aroundthe bear and gently led him out from the trees. "You'lllove the stage, old man.""Bye, Puck! Bye, Dan!" said Annie.



Puck smiled and waved. The bear stared for amoment at Jack 1 and Annie. He had a grateful look inhis eyes. Then he lumbered 2 off with Puck.



"Thanks, Will, for helping 3 Dan," said Annie. "Andfor helping us.""Thank you both for helping me," said Will. "Yousaved the day.""The night, you mean," said Jack.



"Indeed, the night," said Will. "Oh, here is your bag.



You forgot it." He gave Jack his leather bag. Then heheld up their two scrolls 4 with their lines on them.



"And you can take these," said Will. He handedthem to Jack, and Jack put them in his bag.



"Where are you off to now?" said Will.



"The other side of London Bridge," said Annie.



"Ah, I can take you there in my boat," said Will.



"Follow me."Will led them along a dusty path toward the river.



The last rays of the sun slanted 5 through the trees.



Soon they came to a small rowboat docked on theThames.



"Climb in," said Will.



Jack, Annie, and Will climbed in. Will untied 6 theboat from the dock. Then he began rowing across theriver.



The water reflected the purple and pink in the sky.



Only a few white swans now glided 7 over theshimmering ripples 8. The river smelled as bad asbefore, but Jack didn't mind now. He had grown usedto it.



Jack pulled out his notebook and pencil. "What areyou doing?" Will asked.



"I wanted to write some of my memories in mynotebook," said Jack.



"Ah, and I'll note you both in my book of memory,"said Will.



Jack smiled.



"I have a question, Will," said Annie. "Why doesQueen Elizabeth have black teeth?""Too much sugar." said Will.



"I hope it doesn't make her feel bad-- looking thatway, I mean," said Annie.



"Oh, no, she's not the least hurt," said Will. "Thequeen has no idea how she looks. She hasn't peekedin a good mirror for twenty years.""Is that true?" said Annie.



"'Tis," said Will. "The queen pretends to be youngand beautiful. Just as you pre-tended to be a boy, andthe bear pretended to be an actor. You see, all theworld's a stage."Jack liked that idea. He wrote in his notebook:



All the world is a stageJack looked up at London Bridge as they passed by.



The shops on the bridge were closed now. The theatercrowd was thinning out.



The scary black birds were no longer on therooftops. They had swooped 9 down were picking atthe garbage left on the cobblestones.



The show was over.



By the time they came to the riverbank, night wasfalling. It was much cooler. Will tied up his rowboatand climbed ashore 10 with Jack and Annie.



"Thanks a lot," Jack said to Will. "We can go therest of the way by ourselves.""Where do you live?" said Will.



"In Frog Creek 11," said Annie.



"What path do you take?" asked Will.



"You'll never believe this," said Annie. "We climbup the rope ladder to a tree house in that tree overthere. And we open a book--""Then we make a wish," said Jack, "and we go tothe place in the book."Will smiled.



"Thy life's a miracle, isn't it?" he said.



"Yes!" said Annie. Jack nodded. He liked the wayWill looked at things.



"I have an idea," said Will. "Why don't you bothstay here instead? You can live and act at the GlobeTheater. I'll ask the queen to exclude you from thelaw about girls going onstage, Annie--because ofyour-great talent. And I will teach you both to writeplays.""Really?" said Jack and Annie together.



Jack couldn't imagine anything more fun. Then hethought of his parents back in Frog Creek.



"But our mom and dad--" he said.



"We would really miss them," said Annie.



Will smiled.



"I understand," he said. "And I would miss you if Iwere them." He put his hand over his heart. "So, goodnight, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow.""Yes, 'tis," said Annie, nodding.



"Farewell!" said Will. He waved.



Jack and Annie waved back. Then Will turned onhis heels and headed back to his rowboat.



Jack and Annie walked to the rope ladder andclimbed up to the tree house. When they got inside,they looked out the window.



Will was rowing back across the Thames River. Asingle white swan glided across the ripples beside hisboat. A silver moon was rising in the sky.



At that moment, Jack did feel sweet sorrow. Hewanted to stay in merry olde England just a littlelonger.



"Wait, Will!" he shouted.



But Annie picked up the Pennsylvania book.



"I wish we could go home," she said.



The wind started to blow.



The tree house started to. spin.



It spun 12 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 lumbered
砍伐(lumber的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • A rhinoceros lumbered towards them. 一头犀牛笨重地向他们走来。
  • A heavy truck lumbered by. 一辆重型卡车隆隆驶过。
3 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
4 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
5 slanted
有偏见的; 倾斜的
  • The sun slanted through the window. 太阳斜照进窗户。
  • She had slanted brown eyes. 她有一双棕色的丹凤眼。
6 untied
松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决
  • Once untied, we common people are able to conquer nature, too. 只要团结起来,我们老百姓也能移山倒海。
  • He untied the ropes. 他解开了绳子。
7 glided
v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 );掠过;(鸟或飞机 ) 滑翔
  • The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
  • They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 ripples
逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 )
  • The moon danced on the ripples. 月亮在涟漪上舞动。
  • The sea leaves ripples on the sand. 海水在沙滩上留下了波痕。
9 swooped
俯冲,猛冲( swoop的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The aircraft swooped down over the buildings. 飞机俯冲到那些建筑物上方。
  • The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it. 鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
10 ashore
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸
  • The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前,孩子们就上岸了。
  • He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
11 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。
12 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
artificial dielectric
autonomous potentials
balenciagas
balmaseda
Belenus
bird-dogs
blackfellers
Bodenwerder
botraille
burnable absorber
C. E. D.
cabinlift
Calcimar
cannabidiolic acid
cast ewe
centineo
cinnamyl cinnamate
Cirat
clausocalanus furcatus
compound extract
Congo franc
containment annulus
continuous muller
cordesman
corrector loop
cristine
critical volumn
crossword puzzle
crowstons
cruisegoer
cylindrical grinder with wide grinding wheel
dc cable
dealigning
Dhofar
diploma of graduation
Doctyl
drosses
eleemosynar
embedment depth
end burner
end-of-excerpt
Esenguly
extra-hard cold work
feigl
field discharge protection
folliculosebaceous cystic hamartoma
foredoomed
Frankfort on the Main
globosities
gluceth
go to great ends
goldleaf electrometer
ground power
hardening modulus
Hoya multiflora
hypochordal arch
I-FI
immediate execution mode
in bonded system
interphase exchange coefficient
introitus vaginarum
Iranianise
kangaroo system
learning counseling
Li Shizhen
lithophyl
malonyl urea
methylacryloyl-
nonallegorical
partial double hull boat
pearlite (perlite)
peppernel
preparative layer chromatography
quartz exhalite
ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter
rector
regional degeneration
removal of impurities from station circuit
rod cluster control changing fixture
runaway chain reaction
scare-fly
scrimpings
sculptural relief
self respect
sergeancies
sharklet
sinusoidal projection
sporas
spring for rocker shaft
start-stop pattern
susanas
switching signal
taking me out
threshing time
Titov Seamount
Toundourou
tunnelway
unselfconsciously
versus analysis
visualisers
waterperries
wide angled lens