《神奇树屋》 第二十二册 Revolutionary War on Wednesday 10 This Peaceful Place

　　Gray early light spilled into the tree house. Birdssounded in the woods.

The summer wind felt warm and gentle., Jack¹ andAnnie were wearing their nice, dry clothes again.

"Oh, man," said Jack. "It's good to be home.""Yeah," said Annie, sighing, "back in this peacefulplace."Jack pulled the captain's letter out of his pack. Heturned it over. It was addressed to:

Molly and Ben SandersApple Tree FarmFrog Creek², Pennsylvania"Molly and Ben lived on a farm near these woodsover two hundred years ago," said Jack.

Annie gently touched the letter.

"Your dad is going to make it home, kids. He missesyou," Annie whispered, as if she could sendcomforting words back through time.

Jack carefully placed the special writing from theRevolutionary War next to the writing from the CivilWar.

"Look," said Annie. She picked up a note lying inthe corner. It said simply: Come back on Thursday.

"Another message from Morgan," said Annie.

Jack smiled.

He pulled on his pack.

"See you on Thursday, tree house," he said.

He started down the rope ladder. Annie followed.

In the early daylight, they ran through the FrogCreek woods. Then they ran down their street.

They climbed onto their porch³ and rested againstthe railing. They looked out at the dawn sky.

Jack remembered the whoosh⁴ of the cold wind onthe Delaware. He remembered the hiss⁵ of the wetsnow and the slosh of the icy waves.

He remembered George Washington reading to hismen.

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious⁶ thetriumph," Jack whispered.

"Those words are true," said Annie. "It was a hardconflict, and I feel kind of glorious right now. Don'tyou?"16Jack laughed.

"Yeah, definitely," he said.

Then he and Annie slipped into their quiet, peacefulhouse.

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 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。

3 porch   

n.门廊，入口处，走廊，游廊

参考例句：

• There are thousands of pages of advertising on our porch.有成千上万页广告堆在我们的门廊上。
• The porch is supported by six immense pillars.门廊由六根大柱子支撑着。

4 whoosh   

v.飞快地移动，呼

参考例句：

• It goes whoosh up and whoosh down.它呼一下上来了，呼一下又下去了。
• Whoosh!The straw house falls down.呼！稻草房子倒了。

5 hiss   

v.发出嘶嘶声；发嘘声表示不满

参考例句：

• We can hear the hiss of air escaping from a tire.我们能听到一只轮胎的嘶嘶漏气声。
• Don't hiss at the speaker.不要嘘演讲人。

6 glorious   

adj.美丽的，辉煌的；荣耀的

参考例句：

• It is a glorious thing to die for the people.为人民而死，虽死犹荣！
• We had a glorious time at the seaside.我们在海边度过了愉快的时光。