《神奇树屋》 第十七册 Tonight On The Titanic 08 EveryMan for Himself

　　"Annie!" cried Jack¹.

"Let me out!" he heard Annie shout.

But the lifeboat kept going down.

"Wait for me!" came a loud voice. "Wait for me!"A woman in a fur coat appeared at the railing. Shenearly threw herself over the side of the ship.

"Stop!" the uniformed man called. "Bring the boatback up for Lady Blackwell!"Slowly, the lifeboat was brought back up. Jackpushed his way forward. The lifeboatcame even with the ship. Jack reached out to Annie.

She grabbed² his hands. He pulled her back onto thesinking ship.

"Room for one more!" Annie shouted toLady Blackwell.

Then she and Jack took off before anyone couldcatch them.

They ran up the slanting³ deck. Annie stopped andpeered over the railing. Jack looked, too.

They saw Lucy and William's little lifeboatcreaking down toward the Atlantic Ocean. It reachedthe glassy black water. Then it floated off into thedarkness.

Annie waved.

"Bye, William! Bye, Lucy!" she shouted. "Thank youfor your gift!"She held up the watch that hung from her neck.

Then she and Jack looked at it.

The time was 2:05.

"Only fifteen minutes left!" said Annie. "We have toget back to the tree house now!" said Jack. "Let's climbthe stairs to the smokestacks!"Suddenly, the front of the ship dipped down intothe sea. Deck chairs started to slide past Jack andAnnie.

The band played a slow, calm song. It sounded likea church hymn⁴.

But the crowd started to panic. People pushed andshouted, trying to get to a safer part of the ship.

"It's every man for himself!" the captain shouted toall of his crew.

The men all stopped what they were doing and ranup the deck.

Jack and Annie ran, too.

They dodged⁵ sliding tables and chairs. Theyreached the stairs that led to the smokestacks.

They grabbed the railing and pulled themselves upthe steps.

The ship tilted⁶ further.

"Get to those smokestacks!" cried Jack.

They slipped and crawled down the deck. But whenthey got to the smokestacks,Jack and Annie looked around wildly.

The magic tree house was gone!

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 grabbed   

v.抢先，抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取

参考例句：

• He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
• She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。

3 slanting   

倾斜的，歪斜的

参考例句：

• The rain is driving [slanting] in from the south. 南边潲雨。
• The line is slanting to the left. 这根线向左斜了。

4 hymn   

n.赞美诗，圣歌，颂歌

参考例句：

• They sang a hymn of praise to God.他们唱着圣歌，赞美上帝。
• The choir has sung only two verses of the last hymn.合唱团只唱了最后一首赞美诗的两个段落。

5 dodged   

v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 )；回避

参考例句：

• He dodged cleverly when she threw her sabot at him. 她用木底鞋砸向他时，他机敏地闪开了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He dodged the book that I threw at him. 他躲开了我扔向他的书。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 tilted   

v. 倾斜的

参考例句：

• Suddenly the boat tilted to one side. 小船突然倾向一侧。
• She tilted her chin at him defiantly. 她向他翘起下巴表示挑衅。