时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:王培廷分级书单三 Frog and Toad


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18-Shivers 1

The night was cold and dark.

“Listen to the wind howling 2 in the trees,” said Frog.

“What a fine time for a ghost story.”

Toad 3 moved deeper into his chair.

“Toad,” asked Frog,

“Don’t you like to be scared? Don’t you like to feel the shivers?”

“I am not too sure.” said Toad.



Frog made a fresh pot of tea.

He sat down and began a story.

“When I was small,” said Frog,



“My mother and father and I went out for a picnic.

On the way home we lost our way.

My mother was worried.

“We must get home,” she said.

“We do not want to meet the Old Dark Frog.”

“Who is that?” I asked.

“A terrible ghost.” said my father.

“He comes out at night and eats little frog children for supper.”

 

Toad sipped 4 his tea,

“Frog,” he asked,

“Are you making this up?”

“Maybe yes and maybe no,’ said Frog.

“My mother and father went to search for a path 5.’ said Frog.



“They told me to wait until they came back. I sat under a tree and waited.

The woods became dark, I was afraid.

Then I saw two huge eyes, It was the Old Dark Frog.

 

He was standing 6 near me.’

“Frog,” asked Toad,

“Did this really happen?”

“Maybe it did and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog.

Frog went on with the story.

“The Dark Frog pulled a jump rope out of his pocket.”

“I am not hungry now.” said the Dark Frog.

“I have eaten too many tasty 7 frog chilren.

But after I jump rope one hundred times, I will be hungry again. Then I will eat YOU!”



“The Dark Frog tied one end of the rope to tree, “Turn for me!” he shouted.

I turned the rope for the Dark Frog.

He jumped twenty times.

“I am beginning to get hungry.” said the Dark Frog.

He jumped fifty times, “I am getting hungrier,” said the Dark Frog.

He jumped ninety times, “I am very hungry now!” said the Dark Frog.

“What happened then?” asked Toad.

“I had to save my life.” said Frog.

“I ran around and around the tree with the rope, I tied up the Old Dark Frog.

He roared 8 and screamed 9.

I ran away fast.”

 

“I found my mother and father.” said Frog.

“We came safely home.”

“Frog,” asked Toad. “Was that a true story?”

“Maybe it was and maybe it wasn’t.” said Frog.

Frog and Toad sat close by the fire.

They were scared.

The teacups shook in their hands.

They were having the shivers.

It was a good, warm feeling.

 



1 shivers
寒战( shiver的名词复数 ); 寒噤(因恐惧或发高烧)
  • The accident gave me the shivers. 这事故使我不寒而栗。
  • Having to make a speech always gives me the shivers. 一让我演讲我就吓得直哆嗦。
2 howling
adj.嚎叫v.嗥叫( howl的现在分词 );咆哮;吼叫;哀号
  • We got stuck in a howling blizzard. 我们被困在怒号的暴风雪中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The baby is howling. 这婴儿在大声地啼哭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 toad
n.蟾蜍,癞蛤蟆
  • Both the toad and frog are amphibian.蟾蜍和青蛙都是两栖动物。
  • Many kinds of toad hibernate in winter.许多种蟾蜍在冬天都会冬眠。
4 sipped
v.小口喝,呷,抿( sip的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He sipped his coffee pleasurably. 他怡然地品味着咖啡。
  • I sipped the hot chocolate she had made. 我小口喝着她调制的巧克力热饮。 来自辞典例句
5 path
n.路线,轨道,路程,小路,小径;abbr.(=pathological);
  • A path lies through the woods.一条小路穿过树林。
  • She walked along the path.她沿着小路走去。
6 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
7 tasty
adj.好吃的,可口的
  • What a tasty pie!多好吃的派啊!
  • This fish is very tasty.这种鱼很好吃。
8 roared
v.咆哮( roar的过去式和过去分词 );大笑;大哭;熊熊燃烧
  • A log fire roared in the open hearth. 柴火在敞开着的壁炉里熊熊燃烧。
  • Vroom! A sports car roared past. 呜的一声,一辆跑车疾驶而过。
9 screamed
v.(因伤痛、害怕、激动等)尖叫 ~发出尖叫声( scream的过去式和过去分词 );(向某人或为某事)高声喊;发出大而尖的声音;呼啸而过
  • I screamed and everyone stared. 我尖叫一声,众人都盯着我看。
  • The little girl screamed and it took us aback. 小女孩的尖叫声吓了我们一跳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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.ogg
a couple of days
acoustic logging instrument
adjacent reserved word
al qasr (el qasr)
all saints' day
alloxanic
angle back pressure valve
asperen (aspernsjo)
barricelli
barry bendy
bearproofed
beeter
bigpicture
border cell
bridged ring
burden of paying tax
cable telephone
candy glass
cariostatic
cattle
ceasmic teratosis
conceptual change
correlation and regression quality
crassum
cuchara
Danbury
de-ethylation
desired direction
diaphragm-actuated valve
dipsophobiac
displacement method of high determination
double shielded ball bearing
Ebrew
eclamptogenous
electrofacies
electronic housing
electronic reaction
epitaxial ledge
error excepted driver
Espinosa de los Monteros
facilizing
fibre metal
foreseeability of breach
free rappel
genus calthas
genus orthopristiss
gilt-edged market
give me a call
heliocentric constantn
hepatic vein thrombosis
huodendron biaristantum rehd.
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impedance curve
in the snow
indexings
ingroup favoritism
islandia yellowed rice
lautro
Leonurus L.
levadas
Magheralin
magnochromite(magnesiochromite)
make a nuisance of ourselves
milquetoasty
mooi-jai
mora debitoris
munida tiresias
navarette
o-phenoxybenzoic acid
overstored materials
postdetector
RAC horsepower
radio outfit
real analytic curve
referable
residual achromatic aberration
restrictor assembly
rhombic quartz
riot control agent
roll-angle gyroscope
samoan
sandal(wool) oil
secondary troostite
siderake
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special internet connections
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street-hockey
sulphonolipids
supertwisted
tectrice
testis hormone
thiothyr
tongue-shy
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vehicle mile
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