时间:2019-02-17 作者:英语课 分类:汪培珽儿童英文分级书单《神奇树屋》


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Prologue 1



       One summer day in Frog Creek 2, Pennsylvania, amysterious tree house appeared in the woods. Eightyear-old Jack 3 and his seven-year-old sister, Annie,climbed into the tree house.



They found that it was filled with books.



Jack and Annie soon discovered that the tree housewas magic. It could take them to the places in thebooks. All they had to do was point to a picture andwish to go there.



Along the way, they discovered that the tree housebelongs to Morgan le Fay. Morgan is a magicallibrarian from the time of King Arthur. She travelsthrough time and space, gathering 4 books.



In Magic Tree House #12, Polar Bears Past Bedtime,Jack and Annie solved the last of four ancient riddlesand became Master Librarians. To help them in theirfuture tasks, Morgan gave Jack and Annie secretlibrary cards with the letters M L on them.



Jack and Annie's first four missions as MasterLibrarians are to save stories from ancient libraries.



When their first adventure ended (Magic Tree House#13, Vacation Under the Volcano), Morgan askedthem to return to the tree house in two weeks to go toChina and save another story.



Now the two weeks are over...



Chapter 1 The Bamboo Book



Annie peeked 5 into Jack's room.



"Ready to go to China?" she asked.



Jack took a deep breath. "Sure," he answered.



"Bring your secret library card," Annie said. "I havemine in my pocket.""Yep," said Jack.



He opened his top dresser drawer and took out athin wooden card. The letters M L on it shimmered 6 inthe light. Jack dropped the card into his backpack.



Then he threw in his notebook and a pencil.



"Let's go," said Annie.



Jack pulled on his pack and followed her. What arewe in for today? he wondered.



"Bye, Mom!" said Annie as they passed their momin the kitchen.



"Where are you going?" she asked.



"China!" said Annie.



"Great," said their mom. She winked 7 at them. "Havefun."Fun? thought Jack. He was afraid that fun wasn'tquite the right word.



"Just wish us luck," he said as he and Annie headedout the front door.



"Good luck!" their mother called. "If only she knewwe aren't pretending,"Jack whispered to Annie.



"Yeah," said Annie, grinning.



Outside, the sun shone brightly. Birds sang.



Crickets chirped 8. Jack and Annie walked up theirstreet toward the Frog Creek woods.



"I wonder if the weather will be this nice in China,"Annie said.



"I don't know. Remember, Morgan said this wouldbe a very scary adventure," said Jack.



"They're always scary," said Annie. "But we alwaysmeet animals who help us, or people.""True," said Jack.



"I bet we meet someone great today," said Annie.



Jack smiled. He was starting to feel excited nowinstead of scared.



"Let's hurry!" he said.



They ran into the Frog Creek woods. They slippedbetween the tall trees until they came to a huge oak.



"Hello!" came a soft voice they knew well. Theylooked up. Morgan was peering down from the magictree house. "Ready for your next mission as MasterLibrarians?" she asked.



"Yes!" said Jack and Annie.



They grabbed the rope ladder and started up.



"Are we still going to China?" asked Annie whenthey had climbed into the tree house.



"Indeed," said Morgan. "You're going to ancientChina. Here is the title of the story you must find."She held up a long, thin strip of wood. It looked likea ruler, except it had strange writing on it instead ofnumbers.



"Long ago, the Chinese discovered how to makepaper. It was one of the world's most importantdiscoveries," said Morgan. "But you are going to atime earlier than that, to a time when books werewritten on bamboo strips like this one."'Wow," said Annie, pointing at the figures on thebamboo. "So this is Chinese writing?""Yes," said Morgan. "Just as we have letters,Chinese writing is made up of many characters. Eachone stands for a different thing or idea. Thesecharacters are the title of an ancient Chinese legend.



You must find the first writing of the legend beforethe Imperial Library is destroyed.""Hurry, let's go," said Annie.



"Wait, we need our research book," said Jack.



"Yes, you do," said Morgan.



From the folds of her robe, she pulled out a book.



On the cover was the title: The Time of the FirstEmperor.



Morgan handed the book to Jack.



"This research book will guide you," she said. "Butremember in your darkest hour only the old legendcan save you.""But we have to find it first," said Annie.



"Exactly," said Morgan.



She handed Jack the bamboo strip, and he slipped itinto his pack.



Jack pushed his glasses into place, then pointed 9 atthe cover of their research book.



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



The wind started to blow.



The tree house started to spin. It spun 10 faster andfaster.



Then everything was still.



Absolutely still.



n.开场白,序言;开端,序幕
  • A poor wedding is a prologue to misery.不幸的婚姻是痛苦的开始。
  • The prologue to the novel is written in the form of a newspaper account.这本小说的序言是以报纸报道的形式写的。
n.小溪,小河,小湾
  • 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。
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • 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。
n.集会,聚会,聚集
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
v.很快地看( peek的过去式和过去分词 );偷看;窥视;微露出
  • She peeked over the top of her menu. 她从菜单上往外偷看。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • On two occasions she had peeked at him through a crack in the wall. 她曾两次透过墙缝窥视他。 来自辞典例句
v.闪闪发光,发微光( shimmer的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The sea shimmered in the sunlight. 阳光下海水闪烁着微光。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A heat haze shimmered above the fields. 田野上方微微闪烁着一层热气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
  • He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was. 他冲她眨了眨眼,她便知道他的想法和她一样。
  • He winked his eyes at her and left the classroom. 他向她眨巴一下眼睛走出了教室。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
鸟叫,虫鸣( chirp的过去式 )
  • So chirped fiber gratings have broad reflection bandwidth. 所以chirped光纤光栅具有宽的反射带宽,在反射带宽内具有渐变的群时延等其它类型的光纤光栅所不具备的特点。
  • The crickets chirped faster and louder. 蟋蟀叫得更欢了。
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • 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。
v.纺,杜撰,急转身
  • 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。
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a retro
accretional
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Airy diffraction dise
alfredii
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Anderson I.
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bactericidal soap
basic vocabulary
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Fann, Pte.de
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goetz
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isabelite
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la boulangere (france)
largactil
letter of the law
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phalium bisulcatum japonica
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vecordia
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X-ray diffraction micrograph