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

  Jack 1 and Annie ran over the cobblestones.



Dynamite 2 blasts echoed behind them.



They headed back down the hill. Flames shot acrossthe roofs, traveling from one house to another.



'We're heading right into the firestorm!" Jackshouted over the noise.



'We have to keep going," Annie shouted back,"before the tree house catches fire!"At the bottom of the hill, thick smoke was rollingthrough the street. It made Jack's eyes burn.



"Where's the tree house?" he shouted. "Here!" saidAnnie.



Jack followed her voice.



She was holding on to the rope ladder.



"It's still here!" Jack said with relief.



"Of course. The tree house wouldn't leave withoutus," said Annie.



"Don't you--""Go! Go!" said Jack.



Annie started up the rope ladder. Jack followed.



They climbed into the tree house and looked out thewindow.



All around, buildings were going up in flames.



Black smoke seemed to be smothering 3 the city.



Jack could scarcely breathe. His throat burned. Hiseyes were stinging.



Annie grabbed their Pennsylvania book. Sheopened it to the picture of Frog Creek 4 and pointed 5.



"I wish we could go there," she said. "Good luck,San Francisco!""Good-bye, San Francisco!" said Jack.



The wind started to blow.



The tree house started to spin.



It spun 6 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 dynamite
n./vt.(用)炸药(爆破)
  • The workmen detonated the dynamite.工人们把炸药引爆了。
  • The philosopher was still political dynamite.那位哲学家仍旧是政治上的爆炸性人物。
3 smothering
(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的现在分词 ); 覆盖; 忍住; 抑制
  • He laughed triumphantly, and silenced her by manly smothering. 他胜利地微笑着,以男人咄咄逼人的气势使她哑口无言。
  • He wrapped the coat around her head, smothering the flames. 他用上衣包住她的头,熄灭了火。
4 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。
5 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。
6 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
8-Acetoxyquinaldine
AC equivalent capacitance
acetic starch
alternative entry
anvil block
arabinofuranosidases
asmf boiler and pressure vessel code
Astraeospongia
aurelian
autoclips
bagnell
bargaining-hunter
biafora
Bihar
Briggs
bureau of agriculture
canales semicirculares ossei
catch your death of cold
concrete curing kiln
criminal responsibility
crud
currency board
dclass
death registration area
direct-noise amplifier
disgracers
drillmaster
dry-ski slope
Elaeagnus angustifolia L.
electron transfer couplet
enact a law
endocrator
energy production of a power plant
faciliatory
fencerows
Ferula scorodosma B. et H.
fiberwoods
firenadoes
freefalling
gas diffusion layer
genital
genka
gentianophobe
gross fission products
hairdressings
hellmouth
horizontal reference plane
imminent abortions
impossibility of performance
Ingbirchworth
internal sphincter muscle of anus
isolated beam
lacing thread
lamp receptacle
langstones
lig. transversum scapul? inferius
lndian aloe
lodines
mariel
mean parameter
Medvezhiy, Zaliv
microphone arm
milliw(att)
moss-like
multiple returns
multivariant system
non-destructive flaw detection
nondestructive inspection machine
obnoxiousnesses
onwise
oreson
palisadotrivchoderm
pay sand
polyblock
priority industry
pronek
reaction gear
recreationalists
red link
relative speed drop
retreatment mill
reverendship
rosenheim
sales-people
sedimentation reaction
splitting principle
squamosal bone
steel bur
step error
support element
synorogenic plutonism
t-fal
thermal control adhesive coating
thyristor excitation
to lay a ship on board
twiddle one's thumbs
Ulyatuy
unrearranged
unrifled
ventilation system
XOXOHTH
zaarour