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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
The wagon1 jerked and swayed as it bumped over the dryground.
Jack2 felt as though he were frying pan the hot sunlight. Dustfrom the road filled his throat and eyes.
The boom of cannons4 grew louder and louder. Jack heardpopping sounds, too, like the noise of firecrackers.
"What's that popping noise?" he shouted, blinded by the dustand sunlight.
"Musket5 fire!" said Clara.
Jack remembered that muskets6 were long, old-fashioned guns.
"What are those flashes?" asked Annie.
Jack tried to open his eyes and see what she was talkingabout.
He saw bright flashes of light in the distance and puffs7 ofsmoke in the sky.
"Cannon3 shells exploding," said Clara Bar-ton. "Shells are likesmall bombs. They have ruined much farmland." Jack squinted8 at the passing countryside. The ground wasfilled with ugly holes. Long ditches were also cut through thefields.
"Did the shells make those ditches, too?" he asked.
"No. Those are trenches9 the soldiers dug for a battle," Clarasaid. "Each side digs their own. Day after day, they sit in thetrenches, firing their muskets at one another."Jack tried to imagine how terrible it would be to sit in a trenchall day, waiting to be shot--or waiting to shoot someone else.
"We have to get some water," said Clara.
She drove the wagon to a narrow creek10. A stream of waterflowed downhill, running over rocks.
The wagon came to a halt. Jack heard a whistling sound, thenanother.
"Keep low!" cried Clara.
"What's that?" Jack asked. "Cannon fire!" she said. Jack andAnnie crouched11 down in the driver's seat.
Jack felt a rush of panic. He pulled out their list. His handswere shaking as he read:
Be braveOh, great, he thought.
Another cannon shell whizzed overhead, then another.
The ground exploded over and over in flashes of light. Dirtclods flew everywhere. Clouds of smoke and more dust filled theair.
The horses neighed and whinnied.
Be brave! Jack thought. Be brave!
1 wagon | |
n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车 | |
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2 jack | |
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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3 cannon | |
n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮 | |
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4 cannons | |
n.加农炮,大炮,火炮( cannon的名词复数 ) | |
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5 musket | |
n.滑膛枪 | |
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n.火枪,(尤指)滑膛枪( musket的名词复数 ) | |
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7 puffs | |
n.吸( puff的名词复数 );(烟斗或香烟的)一吸;一缕(烟、蒸汽等);(呼吸或风的)呼v.使喷出( puff的第三人称单数 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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8 squinted | |
斜视( squint的过去式和过去分词 ); 眯着眼睛; 瞟; 从小孔或缝隙里看 | |
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9 trenches | |
深沟,地沟( trench的名词复数 ); 战壕 | |
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10 creek | |
n.小溪,小河,小湾 | |
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11 crouched | |
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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