《神奇树屋》 第二十三册 Twister on Tuesday 01 Tuesday

　　Jack¹ opened his eyes. Sunlight streamed through hiswindow.

'Tuesday!" he whispered. Morgan's note had toldhim and Annie to come back to the magic tree houseon Tuesday. He could hardly wait to find out whereshe was sending them today!

Jack scrambled² out of bed. He threw on his clothes.

He packed his notebook and pencil into his backpack.

Then he headed into the hall.

Jack bumped³ into Annie. She was dressed in jeansand a T-shirt.

"Tuesday!" they both whispered.

Together, they hurried down the stairs.

"Mom, Dad, we're going out for a few minutes!"Jack shouted.

"Don't you want breakfast first?" his dad calledfrom the kitchen.

"When we get back!" said Annie.

They rushed out the front door. They ran downtheir street in the bright summer sun-light.

A warm wind gently shook the trees as Jack andAnnie headed into the Frog Creek⁴ woods. Soon theycame to the tallest tree in the woods. The magic treehouse waited for them in the high branches. Jack andAnnie grabbed⁵ the rope ladder and climbed up.

Inside the shady⁶ tree house, the note from Morganwas still on the floor:

Dear Jack and Annie,Camelot is in trouble. To save the kingdom, pleasefind these four special kinds of writing for my library:

Something to followSomething to sendSomething to learnSomething to lendThank you,Morgan"Okay," said Jack. "We have the first writing:

something to follow." He picked up a list from theCivil War.

"And we have the second," said Annie, "somethingto send." She picked up a letter from theRevolutionary War.

"Now we need the third," said Jack, "something tolearn.""No problem," said Annie. She grabbed a book lyingin the corner. "I hope we're not going to another war."Jack and Annie looked at the cover. It showed afield of tall green grass.

The title was Life on the Prairie.

"The prairie?" said Annie. "We already went to theprairie the time we met Black Hawk⁷.""Yeah," said Jack, remembering their adventurewith the Native American boy.

He opened the book and turned to a picture of anold-fashioned train crossing the prairie.

"Oh," he said. "I get it. Trains crossed the prairieafter the pioneers came. When we went to the prairiebefore, Native Americans were the only people wholived there.""So we must be going to pioneer time," said Annie.

"I think so," said Jack.

He pointed⁸ at the picture that showed the traincrossing the prairie.

"I wish we could go there," he said.

The breeze picked up.

The wind started to blow.

The tree house started to spin.

It spun⁹ faster and faster.

Then everything was still.

Absolutely still.

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 scrambled   

v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 bumped   

凸起的，凸状的

参考例句：

• In the dark I bumped into a chair. 我在黑暗中撞上了一把椅子。
• I bumped against an old friend in town today. 我今天在城里偶然碰见了一个老朋友。

4 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

5 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。

6 shady   

adj.成荫的，多荫的，可疑的，靠不住的

参考例句：

• This is a shady avenue.这是条林阴大道。
• He's a rather shady person.他是个相当靠不住的人。

7 hawk   

n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员

参考例句：

• The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
• The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。

8 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。

9 spun   

v.纺，杜撰，急转身

参考例句：

• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。