《神奇树屋》 第十七册 Tonight On The Titanic 06 Women and Children First

       Annie led everyone down the hall to the stairs,away from the cold sea water.

As she and Lucy helped William up the stairs, Jackand Teddy followed.

Halfway² up the staircase, Teddy let out a yelp³.

Jack¹ looked back.

The water was creeping up the stairs, step by step.

"Come on, Jack!" Annie shouted.

Jack ran up the rest of the stairs.

He and Annie led William and Lucy through thesmoky room. The men were still playing cards.

"To the lifeboats!" Annie yelled at the card players.

"Right now! Hurry!"The men smiled at her again.

"Little girl, one said with a laugh, "even if this shipdoes sink, it will take all night. There's plenty of timefor everyone on board to be rescued.""Indeed. Many ships are on their way right now,"another man said in a soothing⁴ voice. "There'snothing to worry about.""Not true!" said Annie.

Lucy turned to Jack.

"This doesn't sound so bad, after all, " she said.

"It is bad. Please trust me, " said Jack. "We have tokeep going."They went outside. The crowd on the third-classdeck had grown.

Many wore life belts. But no one here seemed veryworried yet.

Jack and Annie pulled Lucy and William along.

They hurried through the crowd and down the first-class hall. They came to the end and trooped up thegrand staircase.

On the top deck, the Titanic⁵ was as bright as aChristmas tree.

A band played lively music.

With a hiss⁶ and rush of light, a rocket streaked⁷ intothe sky. It made a loud boom! Then it burst into manycolored balls.

Shivering in the cold, William laughed and clapped.

"Fireworks!" he said.

Lucy smiled at Jack and Annie.

"This is a trick, isn't it?" she said. "You've broughtus to a party.""No it isn't," said Jack. "Don't you remember thewater downstairs?"Lucy's smile faded.

"Women and children first!" someone shouted.

"That's you!" said Annie. "Come on!"She pulled Lucy and William toward a lifeboat.

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• 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 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

3 yelp   

vi.狗吠

参考例句：

• The dog gave a yelp of pain.狗疼得叫了一声。
• The puppy a yelp when John stepped on her tail.当约翰踩到小狗的尾巴，小狗发出尖叫。

4 soothing   

adj.慰藉的；使人宽心的；镇静的

参考例句：

• Put on some nice soothing music.播放一些柔和舒缓的音乐。
• His casual, relaxed manner was very soothing.他随意而放松的举动让人很快便平静下来。

5 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。

6 hiss   

v.发出嘶嘶声；发嘘声表示不满

参考例句：

• We can hear the hiss of air escaping from a tire.我们能听到一只轮胎的嘶嘶漏气声。
• Don't hiss at the speaker.不要嘘演讲人。

7 streaked   

adj.有条斑纹的，不安的v.快速移动( streak的过去式和过去分词 )；使布满条纹

参考例句：

• The children streaked off as fast as they could. 孩子们拔脚飞跑 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• His face was pale and streaked with dirt. 他脸色苍白，脸上有一道道的污痕。 来自辞典例句