《神奇树屋》 第二十六册 Good Morning, Gorillas 06 Good Morning, Gorillas

　　The pounding ended. There was silence ... a longsilence.

Jack¹ opened his eyes. He peeked² around the tree.

The silverback was sitting on the ground. His lipswere curved in a smile. He looked pleased withhimself.

Was his whole act a fake? Jack wondered.

Jack didn't know whether to be scared or to laugh.

The only thing he did know was he still had to get toAnnie!

Jack pulled out the research book. He found thegorilla chapter again. He read:

To safely get close to gorillas⁴ in the wild, it's wiseto act like a gorilla³ yourself. Crouch⁵ down and rest onyour knuckles⁶ like a gorilla. Keep your head downand act friendly!

Jack packed up his research book. He put his packon his back. Then he went down on his knees.

Jack took a deep breath. He smiled a friendly smile.

Pressing down on his knuckles, he moved out frombehind the tree. His fingers hurt as he walked onthem.

The silverback grunted⁷.

Jack didn't look up. He kept smiling a friendly smileas he crawled through the brush toward the clearing.

When he got to the edge of the clearing he glancedback. The giant gorilla was folloing him. He wasfrowning but he didn't seem about to attack.

Jack kept going. He moved into the clearing. Thenhe stopped.

More gorillas were waking up. A large gorillahugged Bu-bu as if to comfort her.

When Bu-bu saw Jack, she screeched⁸ joyfully¹⁰.

All the other gorillas turned to look at him. Theymade nervous sounds.

Jack's heart pounded. But he just smiled his friendlysmile and kept crawling. He crawled around thegorillas and over to Annie.

"Wake up!" he said, shaking her.

Annie yawned, then opened her eyes.

"Oh, hi!" she said.

"Are you okay?" asked Jack.

"Sure," she said. She sat up and looked around. Shegasped.

The gorillas were staring at Jack and Annie withbright, darting¹¹ eyes. The silver-back stared thehardest.

"Oh, wow!" said Annie. A joyful⁹ smile crossed herface. "Good morning, gorillas!"

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 peeked   

v.很快地看( peek的过去式和过去分词 )；偷看；窥视；微露出

参考例句：

• She peeked over the top of her menu. 她从菜单上往外偷看。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• On two occasions she had peeked at him through a crack in the wall. 她曾两次透过墙缝窥视他。 来自辞典例句

3 gorilla   

n.大猩猩，暴徒，打手

参考例句：

• I was awed by the huge gorilla.那只大猩猩使我惊惧。
• A gorilla is just a speechless animal.猩猩只不过是一种不会说话的动物。

4 gorillas   

n.大猩猩( gorilla的名词复数 )；暴徒，打手

参考例句：

• the similitude between humans and gorillas 人类和大猩猩的相像
• Each family of gorillas is led by a great silverbacked patriarch. 每个大星星家族都由一个魁梧的、长着银色被毛的族长带领着。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 crouch   

v.蹲伏，蜷缩，低头弯腰；n.蹲伏

参考例句：

• I crouched on the ground.我蹲在地上。
• He crouched down beside him.他在他的旁边蹲下来。

6 knuckles   

n.（指人）指关节( knuckle的名词复数 )；（指动物）膝关节，踝v.（指人）指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 )；（指动物）膝关节，踝

参考例句：

• He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘，握得指关节都变白了。
• Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles. 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 grunted   

（猪等）作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 )； （指人）发出类似的哼声； 咕哝着说

参考例句：

• She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声，继续看书，不屑抬起头来看一眼。
• She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。

8 screeched   

v.发出尖叫声( screech的过去式和过去分词 )；发出粗而刺耳的声音；高叫

参考例句：

• She screeched her disapproval. 她尖叫着不同意。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The car screeched to a stop. 汽车嚓的一声停住了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 joyful   

adj.欢乐的，令人欢欣的

参考例句：

• She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
• They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。

10 joyfully   

adv. 喜悦地, 高兴地

参考例句：

• She tripped along joyfully as if treading on air. 她高兴地走着，脚底下轻飘飘的。
• During these first weeks she slaved joyfully. 在最初的几周里，她干得很高兴。

11 darting   

v.投掷，投射( dart的现在分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• Swallows were darting through the clouds. 燕子穿云急飞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Swallows were darting through the air. 燕子在空中掠过。 来自辞典例句