《神奇树屋》 第二十八册 High Tide in Hawaii 03 sleepover

　　"Aloha," said Jack¹ and Annie.

"Where did you come from?" a pretty womanasked.

"Frog--" Annie started.

But Jack broke in. "From over the mountains," hesaid quickly. He pointed² at the mountains looming³ inthe distance.

"We are glad you have come to visit us," thewoman said.

Everyone smiled and nodded.

They're all amazingly nice, Jack thought.

The music started again. As people began to dance,Kama took Annie's hand.

"Sit and talk with us," she said.

She and Boka led Jack and Annie to the edge of theclearing. They sat cross-legged in the grass. Kamapicked up a wooden bowl. She held it out.

"Please eat," she said.

"What is it?" asked Annie.

"It is poi," said Kama. She scooped⁴ some poi out ofthe bowl and licked it off of her fingers.

"You eat it with your hands? Cool," said Annie. Shestuck her fingers in the bowl and licked off the poi.

"Mmm... good."Jack stuck his finger in the bowl, too. The gooeymixture felt like peanut butter. But when he licked itoff his finger, it had a weird⁵ taste--both bitter andsweet.

"Hmmm," he said, but he made a face. "He doesn'tlike it," Kama said to Boka.

"No, no," said Jack. "It's . . ." He tried to think ofsomething polite. . . . "It's very interesting.

Kama and Boka giggled⁶. Then they stuck theirfingers in the bowl and ate some poi.

"Interesting!" they exclaimed. They cracked uplaughing. Jack and Annie laughed with them.

"Now tell us about your home over the mountains,"said Kama, "this place you call 'Frog."Kama's friendly smile made Jack want to tell herthe truth.

"It's actually called Frog Creek," he said. "It's veryfar away--much farther than just over the mountains.

We traveled here in a magic tree house."Kama's and Boka's eyes got huge. They smiled evenbigger smiles than before.

"That sounds fun!" said Kama. "You are so lucky!"said Boka. Jack and Annie laughed. "Yeah, we are,"said Jack. He felt greattelling their new friends about the tree house. Heand Annie had never talked about it with their friendsback home.

"Can you stay here tonight?" asked Kama. Jackshrugged. "Sure, we can stay at least one night," hesaid.

Kama hurried over to the pretty woman. Theyspoke together for a moment. Then Kama returned toJack and Annie.

"Our mother invites you to sleep at our house," shesaid.

"Great," said Annie. "Thanks."Jack and Annie stood up. In the gray twilight⁷, theyfollowed Kama and Boka through the village. Theywove between small huts with steep roofs until Kamastopped in front of one.

"This is our house," she said.

The hut had no door--just a wide entrance thatopened into one large room.

Kama and Boka led Jack and Annie inside. In thedim light, Jack could barely see the dried-grass wallsand the woven-grass mats on the dirt floor.

"Where do we sleep?" he asked. "Here!" said Boka.

He and Kama lay down on the mats. Annie pulledoff her lei and shoes. Then she lay down, too.

"Oh," said Jack. "Okay."He took off his shoes and wreath of flowers. Heused his backpack as a pillow when he lay down. Thewarm wind rustled⁸ the palm leaves outside. Musicdrifted in from the party.

"The ocean is calling," said Kama.

Jack could barely hear the waves in the distance.

"Tomorrow we will take you wave riding," saidBoka.

"You mean surfing?" said Annie.

"Yes," said Kama.

"Cool," said Jack. But he wasn't sure he meant it.

Surfing actually seemed pretty scary.

Kama seemed to hear his thoughts. "Don't worry,"she said. "We'll have fun.""No kidding," said Annie.

Soon Jack heard steady breathing. The other kidshad fallen asleep.

Oh darn, we forgot to ask them about building aship, he thought. I guess we'll have to do thattomorrow....

Jack closed his eyes and yawned. Soon he, too, wasfast asleep.

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 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

3 looming   

n.上现蜃景（光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼）v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望

4 scooped   

v.抢先报道( scoop的过去式和过去分词 )；（敏捷地）抱起；抢先获得；用铲[勺]等挖（洞等）

参考例句：

• They scooped the other newspapers by revealing the matter. 他们抢先报道了这件事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. 车轮搅起的石块，在车身下发出不吉祥的锤击声。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

6 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》

7 twilight   

n.暮光，黄昏；暮年，晚期，衰落时期

参考例句：

• Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
• Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。

8 rustled   

v.发出沙沙的声音( rustle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He rustled his papers. 他把试卷弄得沙沙地响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Leaves rustled gently in the breeze. 树叶迎着微风沙沙作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》