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儿童英语读物 The Mystery in the Snow CHAPTER 12 Missing Skis

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By mid-morning, Benny’s team had finished their work.

“We did it!” Alan said. He smiled at the finished snowpeople.

Even Jason smiled. “I never thought we’d get done.”

Benny walked around the four snowpeople. “They’re good, all right,” he said. “But will anyone know they’re supposed to be us?”

Everyone agreed he had a point. The snow statues needed something more.

Jason took off his baseball cap and set it on top of his snow self. “How’s that?” he asked.

“Perfect!” Debbie exclaimed.

“I have an extra pair of glasses in my room,” Alan said. “I could use those.”

Debbie didn’t know what to add. Finally, she came up with an idea: skates. “I’ll put them beside her,” she said.

It was Benny’s turn. He tried to think of something that no one but he would have. “Oh, I know,” he said at last. “My pink cup. It’s back at our cabin.”

Alan ran off to his room for his spare glasses, and Benny went back to the cabin for the cup. With those things in place, their sculpture was complete.

Benny and Jason smoothed away their footprints. Alan and Debbie took the water buckets back to the kitchen.

They left Watch to guard their snowpeople until judging time.

Benny hurried off to find Henry. There was time for a ski lesson. Along the way, he saw Violet, working with her ice-carving1 team.

“How’re you doing?” he asked.

Violet shook her head. “It’s hard,” she said. “The ice breaks so easily.”

“I’m glad I was working with snow!” Benny said.

He continued on to the ski slope. He found Jimmy in the warming house, by the fire.

“Wait till you see our snowpeople,” Benny told him.

Jimmy looked surprised. “You finished?”

Benny nodded. “We didn’t think we’d make it,” he said.

“I heard someone wrecked2 your sculptures,” Jimmy said. “I figured we’d have to cancel your event.”

“We’re going to win,” Benny assured him.

Jimmy got to his feet. “I hope so,” he said, but he didn’t sound very hopeful.

Benny shrugged3 and went back outside.

Henry swooped4 down the slope toward him. Inches from Benny, he turned his skis to the side and came to a perfect stop. Snow sprayed everywhere.

“Can you teach me that?” Benny asked eagerly.

Henry laughed. “You have to learn to start before you can learn to stop,” he said.

At lunchtime, everyone was excited. They seemed to have forgotten about the smashed sculptures and the missing keys and the flat tires. The talk was about the judging.

Nan stopped at the Aldens’ table. “Violet,” she said, “you should see our ice carving!” It was the first time they had seen her smile in a while.

“We’re having a hard time with ours,” Violet told her.

“Oh, it’s hard work,” Nan agreed, “but it’s such fun! I’m so glad you encouraged me to sign up.”

Pete stomped5 by in his orange boots and electric-blue earmuffs.

“Pete!” Henry called, but the boy didn’t hear him.

After lunch, Mr. Mercer announced the judges’ names. A group of four adults would decide each event. Grandfather couldn’t be a judge because he had grandchildren in every event.

“But I’ll be there cheering you on,” he said.

“We will too,” said Violet.

Benny said, “See you later,” and went outside to wait with his team for the judging.

It was a long wait, or so it seemed. Finally, the judges appeared, followed by the spectators. Each judge carried a clipboard. First they looked at Freddy’s team’s sculpture, which was a huge igloo.

“Wow,” Benny said. “That’s great.”

Then they all walked over to where Benny’s team had worked. The judges walked around the snow people, nodding and making notes. No one spoke6.

Finally, one said, “We have all we need.”

“You’ve done a good job,” another said.

Benny couldn’t stand the suspense7. “But did we win?” he asked.

“We won’t know until we add the scores,” a judge answered.

“And you won’t know until the awards dinner,” another said.

Benny and his teammates groaned8. All the work they had done and redone seemed like nothing. Waiting was much harder.

After the snow sculptures were judged, everyone gathered at the ski hill. The first race was about to begin. Jimmy and Freddy were giving last minute instructions. The team members would ski down the hill one by one. Each skier9’s time would be recorded. The results would be added together for the team’s final score.

“You can do it,” Freddy told her team. “You have to do it.”

“One minute, thirty-two and one-half seconds,” Pete said and held up a stopwatch. He had been practicing for his job as timekeeper by timing10 Freddy’s speech.

The Aldens stood near Jimmy’s team. Matt was not there.

“We’ll have to start without him,” Jimmy said.

“But he’s our best skier,” someone protested.

Jimmy nodded. “I know. Without him, we can’t win.”

“We can try our best,” Henry said.

Freddy marched over. Instead of her green hat, she wore a purple headband. “Are you ready or what?” she asked impatiently.

“We’re one member short,” Jimmy said. “Maybe we should just forget about the race. We don’t have a chance.”

Just then, Matt came out of the warming house. He ran over, his hair flopping11 in his face. “My skis are missing!” he announced.

Benny shot Jessie a glance. “Someone took his skis!”

“I left them over there right before breakfast,” Matt said. He pointed12 to a rack near the warming house.

“Did you check the equipment shop?” Jimmy asked. “Maybe someone put them back in there.”

Matt shook his head. “They’re not there.”

“Can’t you borrow another pair?” Henry asked.

Matt shrugged. “That was the only pair my size.”

“Use a longer pair,” Henry suggested. “They’re faster.”

Matt tossed the hair out of his eyes. “But they aren’t as easy to control, and there’s no time to practice.”

Freddy shifted from one foot to the other. “So are you going to ski?” she asked Matt.

“I’ll ski last,” he said. “That will give me time to keep looking.” He turned and ran toward the warming house.

The other skiers grabbed onto the tow and were pulled up the hill.

“Let’s go look around,” Benny suggested to his sisters. “Maybe we can find out what happened to Matt’s skis.”

He and the girls hurried to the rack where Matt had left his skis. There were tracks everywhere.

“Everyone leaves skis here,” Jessie said. “We’ll never be able to tell anything from the footprints.”

They searched the ground, but there was no clue of any kind.

“Maybe someone took Matt’s skis by mistake,” Violet said.

Jessie looked doubtful. “First snow sculptures and now this. Someone doesn’t want our team to win,” she said.

Then they heard Mr. Alden call, “Henry’s skiing next.”

Jessie, Benny, and Violet ran back to watch. Freddy was just finishing her run.

“That purple headband she’s wearing doesn’t go with her outfit,” Jessie commented.

“It’s a pretty color, though,” Violet said.

High above them, Henry was poised13 for his run. The timekeeper raised a flag, counted to three, then lowered it. The skier was off, bombing down the hill, straight for them.

The Aldens jumped up and down excitedly. “Come on, Henry!” they shouted.

When Henry reached the bottom, he came to a stop.

“Good run,” the timekeeper said.

Freddy’s last racer skied well.

Matt came trudging14 back just in time. He was wearing a pair of skis that he’d borrowed. “They’re not the right length,” he said, “but they’ll have to do.”

He skied well after all, and the whole team cheered.

There was a break before the second race. Mr. Alden took Watch for a walk. Henry snapped off his skis and headed for the rack. Jessie, Violet, and Benny walked along beside him.

“I sure hope Matt’s skis turn up,” Henry said.

The next race was a slalom. The team members would have to maneuver15 around four poles set along the slope. If a skier wasn’t used to his skis, it could be especially difficult.

“We think someone took Matt’s skis to keep him from racing,” Benny said.

“I wonder. There have been a lot of strange things going on,” Henry said, leaning his skis against the rack. Just then, something caught his eye. “What’s that over there?” he asked.

They walked over to a tall juniper. There was something hung on a lower branch. It was Freddy’s green knit cap!


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1 carving 5wezxw     
n.雕刻品,雕花
参考例句:
  • All the furniture in the room had much carving.房间里所有的家具上都有许多雕刻。
  • He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.他在老家学会了木雕手艺。
2 wrecked ze0zKI     
adj.失事的,遇难的
参考例句:
  • the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
  • the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞
3 shrugged 497904474a48f991a3d1961b0476ebce     
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀,什么也没说。
  • She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩,装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 swooped 33b84cab2ba3813062b6e35dccf6ee5b     
俯冲,猛冲( swoop的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The aircraft swooped down over the buildings. 飞机俯冲到那些建筑物上方。
  • The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it. 鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
5 stomped 0884b29fb612cae5a9e4eb0d1a257b4a     
v.跺脚,践踏,重踏( stomp的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She stomped angrily out of the office. 她怒气冲冲,重步走出办公室。
  • She slammed the door and stomped (off) out of the house. 她砰的一声关上了门,暮暮地走出了屋了。 来自辞典例句
6 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
7 suspense 9rJw3     
n.(对可能发生的事)紧张感,担心,挂虑
参考例句:
  • The suspense was unbearable.这样提心吊胆的状况实在叫人受不了。
  • The director used ingenious devices to keep the audience in suspense.导演用巧妙手法引起观众的悬念。
8 groaned 1a076da0ddbd778a674301b2b29dff71     
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦
参考例句:
  • He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
  • The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 skier skier     
n.滑雪运动员
参考例句:
  • She is a skier who is unafraid of danger.她是一名敢于冒险的滑雪者。
  • The skier skimmed across the snow.滑雪者飞快地滑过雪地。
10 timing rgUzGC     
n.时间安排,时间选择
参考例句:
  • The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
  • The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。
11 flopping e9766012a63715ac6e9a2d88cb1234b1     
n.贬调v.(指书、戏剧等)彻底失败( flop的现在分词 );(因疲惫而)猛然坐下;(笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地)移动或落下;砸锅
参考例句:
  • The fish are still flopping about. 鱼还在扑腾。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • What do you mean by flopping yourself down and praying agin me?' 咚一声跪下地来咒我,你这是什么意思” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
12 pointed Il8zB4     
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。
13 poised SlhzBU     
a.摆好姿势不动的
参考例句:
  • The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋,准备俯冲。
  • Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张,手悬在电话机上。
14 trudging f66543befe0044651f745d00cf696010     
vt.& vi.跋涉,吃力地走(trudge的现在分词形式)
参考例句:
  • There was a stream of refugees trudging up the valley towards the border. 一队难民步履艰难地爬上山谷向着边境走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Two mules well laden with packs were trudging along. 两头骡子驮着沉重的背包,吃力地往前走。 来自辞典例句
15 maneuver Q7szu     
n.策略[pl.]演习;v.(巧妙)控制;用策略
参考例句:
  • All the fighters landed safely on the airport after the military maneuver.在军事演习后,所有战斗机都安全降落在机场上。
  • I did get her attention with this maneuver.我用这个策略确实引起了她的注意。
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