《神奇树屋》 第二十八册 High Tide in Hawaii 01 A Ship?

　　Jack¹ and Annie were sitting on their porch, readingbooks. Jack was reading about gorillas². Annie wasreading about Pilgrims.

Suddenly Annie closed her book. She looked up intothe sunset.

"Hey!" Annie said with a smile.

Jack looked over at her.

"Its back!" she said, jumping up.

"Oh, man," breathed Jack. He knew she was talkingabout the magic tree house.

Annie could always tell when it was back. Jackclosed his book and stood up.

"We're going to the woods!" he called through thescreen door. "There's something we have to checkon!""Be back before dark!" their mom said.

"We will!" said Jack.

He picked up his backpack. Then he and Annieheaded across the yard. When they got to thesidewalk, they started running. They ran up theirstreet and into the Frog Creek³ woods.

In the last light of day, they hurried between thetrees. Finally, they came to the tallest oak. They heldtheir breath as they looked up.

The magic tree house was back.

"Good going," said Jack.

"Thanks!" said Annie.

She started up the ladder. Jack followed. It wasnearly dark inside. But the sun-dried wood smelledlike a summer day.

"What kind of special magic will we look for thistime?" said Jack.

They glanced around the tree house. They saw thescrolls they'd brought back from Shakespeare'stheater. They saw the twig⁴ from the mountaingorillas and the pouch⁵ of corn seeds from the firstThanksgiving.

"There!" said Annie. She pointed⁶ to a book in thecorner. A piece of paper was sticking out of it.

Jack picked up the book. Then he pulled out thepaper and read:

Dear Jack and Annie,Good luck on your fourth journey to find a specialmagic. This secret rhyme will guide you:

To find a special magic, build a special kind of shipthat rides the waves, both high and low, on everykind of trip.

Thank you, MorganJack looked at Annie. "A ship?" he said.

She shrugged⁷. "Yep. I guess we have to build a ship.

Where do we go to build it?"She and Jack looked at the book's cover. It showedpalm trees, a beach, and a beautiful ocean. The titlewas:

A VISIT TO OLD HAWAII"Oh, wow!" said Annie. "I love Hawaii!""How do you know you love it?" Jack asked. "We'venever been to Hawaii?""Well, we're going now!" said Annie. She pointed atthe cover. "We wish we could go there!"The wind started to blow.

The tree house started to spin.

It spun⁸ 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 gorillas   

n.大猩猩( gorilla的名词复数 )；暴徒，打手

参考例句：

• the similitude between humans and gorillas 人类和大猩猩的相像
• Each family of gorillas is led by a great silverbacked patriarch. 每个大星星家族都由一个魁梧的、长着银色被毛的族长带领着。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 twig   

n.小树枝，嫩枝；v.理解

参考例句：

• He heard the sharp crack of a twig.他听到树枝清脆的断裂声。
• The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away.细枝突然折断的刺耳声把獾惊跑了。

5 pouch   

n.小袋，小包，囊状袋；vt.装...入袋中，用袋运输；vi.用袋送信件

参考例句：

• He was going to make a tobacco pouch out of them. 他要用它们缝制一个烟草袋。
• The old man is always carrying a tobacco pouch with him.这老汉总是随身带着烟袋。

6 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。

7 shrugged   

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》

8 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。