《神奇树屋》 第二十七册 Thanksgiving on Thursday 03 Wow?

　　"Jack¹!" cried Annie.

The skinny dog barked and jumped around happily.

Jack was hanging a few feet off the ground, with arope around his ankle. His glasses and hat and baghad fallen to the ground. Jack felt the blood rushing tohis head.

"I must have stepped into a hunting trap," he said ina strangled voice.

"I'll free you," Annie said. She tried to reach therope, but it was too high.

Jack heard voices over the wild barking of the dog.

A blur² of people gathered around him and Annie.

"Oh, mercy!" a woman cried.

"We have caught a boy!" a man said.

The dog licked³ Jack's face. "Help," said Jack.

A burly man shooed the dog away, then grabbedJack. Another cut the rope with a knife. Then theygently lowered Jack to the ground.

Jack sat in the leaves, feeling dizzy. He took therope off his foot and rubbed his ankle.

"Here," said Annie, handing Jack, his glasses, hat,and bag.

He put them all on and stood up. Now he could see.

About forty or fifty Pilgrims⁵-- men, women, and lotsof children--stared at him and Annie. Some of thechildren were laughing.

The girls were dressed just like the women. Theboys were dressed just like the men.

One person, though, looked different from everyoneelse in the crowd. His skin was brown. A deer skinhung over his shoulder.

His black hair was braided and had a feather in it.

Is that Squanto? Jack wondered. The WampanoagIndian who helped out the Pilgrims?

Two Pilgrim⁴ men stepped forward. One had a smileon his face. The other was frowning⁶.

"Good day!" the friendly-looking man said. "Whoart thou?""I'm Annie," said Annie. "This is my brother, Jack.

We come in peace.""Welcome to Plymouth Colony," said the man. "Iam Governor⁷ Bradford. This is Captain Standish. "Captain Standish kept frowning. He carried a longgun over his shoulder.

"Oh, wow!" said Annie.

"Wow?" said Captain Standish.

"Wow?" whispered others, as if they didn'tunderstand.

"I've just heard a lot about you," said Annie. Shelooked around. "Is Priscilla here?""Shhh!" whispered Jack.

"I am Priscilla," said a young woman. She lookedabout seventeen or eighteen. Her face looked weary,and her eyes were sad.

"Hi," said Annie shyly. "I was you.

Annie," warned Jack.

"Thou was me?" Priscilla asked. She soundedpuzzled.

"Never mind my sister," said Jack. "She's nuts.""Nuts?" repeated Priscilla. "Nuts?" whisperedothers.

"Oh, brother," said Jack, with a nervous laugh.

"Oh, brother?" repeated Priscilla.

Annie giggled⁸.

"Um. Never mind " said Jack. "That's just how wesay things at home.""And where is thy home?" Captain Standish asked.

He didn't sound as friendly as Governor Bradford orPriscilla.

"Um, we live in a village up north," said Jack. "Ourparents sent us here to, uh"--he rememberedsomething from their research book--"to learn how togrow corn."7"But how and when did your family come toAmerica?" the captain asked.

Jack was worried. Now that he had started makingup a story, he couldn't back out. Luckily, heremembered something else from their book.

"We sailed to America with Captain John Smith,"he said, "when he was exploring the coast. Annie andI were babies then."I"Ah, indeed?" said Governor Bradford.

Jack nodded. "Indeed," he said.

"i believe Squanto knew Captain John Smith whenhe was in Plymouth," said Captain Standish. "Perhapshe remembers thee."Everyone in the crowd turned to the man with thebraid.

Oh, no! thought Jack. He knew Squanto wouldn'tremember them.

"These children say they sailed with Captain JohnSmith," Governor Bradford said to Squanto. "Doesthou remember two wee babes named Jack andAnnie?"Squanto moved closer to Jack and Annie. He lookedcarefully at their faces. Jack held his breath. His heartpounded.

Squanto turned to the governor.

"Yes," he said quietly. "I remember."

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 blur   

n.模糊不清的事物；vt.使模糊，使看不清楚

参考例句：

• The houses appeared as a blur in the mist.房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
• If you move your eyes and your head,the picture will blur.如果你的眼睛或头动了，图像就会变得模糊不清。

3 licked   

舔( lick的过去式和过去分词 )； 打败； （波浪）轻拍； （火焰）吞卷

参考例句：

• He licked his fingers. 他舔了一下自己的手指。
• The flames of the fire licked the sides of the fireplace. 火焰卷烧着壁炉的边缘。

4 pilgrim   

n.香客，朝圣者；v.朝圣，参拜圣地，流浪

参考例句：

• They read stories about the Indians and the pilgrim.他们阅读有关印第安人和那些朝圣者的故事。
• But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you.只有一个人爱你那朝圣者的灵魂。

5 pilgrims   

香客，朝圣者( pilgrim的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca 前往麦加的穆斯林朝圣者
• Many pilgrims knelt piously at the shrine. 许多朝圣者心虔意诚地在神殿跪拜。

6 frowning   

n. 皱眉, 不悦 v. 皱眉头, 不同意

参考例句：

• What are you frowning at me for? 你为什么朝我皱眉头？
• Why are you frowning at me? 你为什么对我皱眉头？

7 governor   

n.统治者，地方长官(如省长，州长，总督等)

参考例句：

• The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters.这位州长是搪塞新闻记者的能手。
• He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。

8 giggled   

v.咯咯地笑( giggle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The girls giggled at the joke. 女孩子们让这笑话逗得咯咯笑。
• The children giggled hysterically. 孩子们歇斯底里地傻笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》