《神奇树屋》 第二十六册 Good Morning, Gorillas 08 A Special Language
时间：2018-12-10 作者：英语课 分类：汪培珽儿童英文分级书单《神奇树屋》
The rain ended. Slowly the feeding came to a stop.
Big Guy led his family into a clearing. The tallgrass sparkled with misty 1 sunlight.
The silverback lay down and tucked his arms underhis head.
The other gorillas 3 gathered around him. Some beatthe grasses until they were flat.
Ho-ho's mom made a bed of weed stalks for Ho-ho.
Bu-bu's mom made a bed of leaves for Bu-bu. Thenshe made two extra beds for Jack 4 and Annie.
They lay down with all the gorillas to take theirnaps. Jack used his backpack for a pillow.
Lying on his leafy bed, Jack watched the mother ofthe baby gorilla 2 groom 5 her small baby. The motherparted his hair and searched through it, picking at hisskin now and then.
The baby soon wiggled free and crawled around inthe grass. His mother's gaze then rested on Annie. Shemoved over to Annie and gently grabbed one of herpigtails. She studied it carefully.
"What are you doing?" Annie asked.
"She's looking for bugs 6, I think," said Jack.
"Oh, yuck!" said Annie, sitting up.
Jack laughed. Just then, the baby's mother reachedfor him.
"Oops! No thanks! No bugs on me!" he said, and hesat up, too.
The mother gorilla lay back in the grass and closedher eyes. Her baby crawled over to Annie.
"Hi, Little Guy," Annie said tenderly. She picked upthe baby and stroked his head. The baby smiled at herand closed his eyes.
While all the gorillas napped, Jack sneaked 7 the bookout of his pack. He found the gorilla chapter. He readsoftly to Annie:
Gorillas are very smart. A captive gorilla namedKoko has even learned sign language. Sign languageis a special language used by people who cannot hear.
Koko can say-"What?" Annie said loudly. "Sign language? Aspecial language?"Her voice woke Bu-bu and Ho-ho. They sat up andrubbed their eyes.
"So?" said Jack.
"Morgan's secret rhyme!" said Annie. "Don't youremember?" She repeated the rhyme:
To find a special kind of magic in worlds so farapart, speak a special language, talk with your handsand heart.
"Oh... yeah!" said Jack.
"I even know a little sign language," said Annie. "Inschool, we learned how to sign I love you."Annie held up a closed hand. Slowly she lifted herthumb, index finger, and little finger. She showed thesign to Bu-bu and Ho-ho.
"I love you, she said slowly.
The small gorillas looked curious.
Jack made the sign, too.
"I love you," he said to Bu-bu and Ho-ho.
The two little gorillas stared at Annie and Jack.
Then both of them held up their hands. They tried tomake the same sign.
"They love us, too!" said Annie.
"Wow," said Jack. He glanced over at Big Guy.
The silverback's eyes were open! He was watchingthem. Jack quickly closed the book. To his relief, thegiant gorilla turned over.
"Well," Annie said with a sigh, "I guess that doesit.""We spoke 8 a special language," said Jack. "Wetalked with our--" Before he could finish his sentence,Bu-bu pushed him.
"Whoa!" said Jack.
Ho-ho held his little arms above his head. He rearedback and charged at Jack. With a flying tackle, heknocked Jack over.
"What's going on?" said Jack.
"They want to play with you!" said Annie.
Bu-bu jumped on Jack and put him in a headlock.
Jack broke free from the two small gorillas. Hejumped up and dashed into the forest.
Bu-bu and Ho-ho charged after him.
Annie carried Little Guy and followed. She laughedas the small gorillas looked for Jack.
Jack hid behind a tree. He pushed his glasses intoplace. He waited for Bu-bu.
In a moment, she walked by.
"BOO!" Jack shouted, jumping out.
Bu-bu screeched 9 and leaped straight up in the air.
Jack cracked up laughing.
Bu-bu didn't laugh, though. She bit her lip. She hidher face behind her hands.
"Ohhh, Bu-bu," said Annie. "Don't be scared."She gently put the baby on the ground. She reachedout to comfort Bu-bu.
Bu-bu wrapped her arms around Annie's neck. Sheburied her furry 10 head in Annie 's shoulder.
"Jack was just playing," said Annie.
Bu-bu raised her head. She looked at Jack overAnnie's shoulder.
"Friends?" he asked softly.
Bu-bu stuck her tongue out at him.
Jack laughed. Bu-bu showed her teeth in a bigsmile.
"Friends!" said Jack.
Just then, Ho-ho started screeching 11. Jack and Annielooked around. Ho-ho was pointing into the bushes.
"Where's Little Guy?" said Annie. She and Jackdashed around the shrubs 12.
The baby had crawled to a tree. He was looking upat a branch.
A huge, sleek 13 cat with black fur was sitting on thebranch. His pale green eyes stared down at the babygorilla. He looked hungry.
"A black leopard 14," breathed Jack.
The leopard leaped lightly down from his perch 15. Hefaced Little Guy. The baby looked scared.
"No!" cried Annie.
She ran over to the baby gorilla and scooped 16 himinto her arms.
The leopard let out a snarl 17. He lowered his headand started slowly toward Annie and the baby.
Jack panicked. He didn't know what to do at first.
Then he remembered Big Guy's act. Jack took a deepbreath. When he let it out, he made a loud hootingsound.
He tore out from the brush. Hooting 18 like asilverback, he ran between Annie and the leopard.
Jack grabbed a tree limb and shook it. He rippedleaves from branches.
He cupped his hands. He beat his chest.
"WRAAGH!" he roared. "WRAAGH!"Then Jack leaned over and charged back and forthpast the leopard.
Finally, he threw himself on his belly 19. He beganbashing the ground with his palms. He bashed andbashed and bashed.
"Jack!" Annie called. "Jack!" Jack looked up.
"He's gone," Annie said in a quiet voice. "Theleopard's gone. He left a while ago.""Oh," said Jack. He sat up.
He pushed his glasses into place. He looked around.
Then he smiled.
- He crossed over to the window to see if it was still misty.他走到窗户那儿，看看是不是还有雾霭。
- The misty scene had a dreamy quality about it.雾景给人以梦幻般的感觉。
- I was awed by the huge gorilla.那只大猩猩使我惊惧。
- A gorilla is just a speechless animal.猩猩只不过是一种不会说话的动物。
- 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》
- 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。
- His father was a groom.他父亲曾是个马夫。
- George was already being groomed for the top job.为承担这份高级工作，乔治已在接受专门的培训。
- All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I sneaked up the stairs. 我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
- She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch. 她偷偷看了一眼手表。
- 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。
- She screeched her disapproval. 她尖叫着不同意。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The car screeched to a stop. 汽车嚓的一声停住了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- This furry material will make a warm coat for the winter.这件毛皮料在冬天会是一件保暖的大衣。
- Mugsy is a big furry brown dog,who wiggles when she is happy.马格斯是一只棕色大长毛狗，当她高兴得时候她会摇尾巴。
- Monkeys were screeching in the trees. 猴子在树上吱吱地叫着。
- the unedifying sight of the two party leaders screeching at each other 两党党魁狺狺对吠的讨厌情景
- The gardener spent a complete morning in trimming those two shrubs. 园丁花了整个上午的时间修剪那两处灌木林。
- These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering shoots. 这些灌木需要更多的光照才能抽出开花的新枝。
- Women preferred sleek,shiny hair with little decoration.女士们更喜欢略加修饰的光滑闪亮型秀发。
- The horse's coat was sleek and glossy.这匹马全身润泽有光。
- I saw a man in a leopard skin yesterday.我昨天看见一个穿着豹皮的男人。
- The leopard's skin is marked with black spots.豹皮上有黑色斑点。
- The bird took its perch.鸟停歇在栖木上。
- Little birds perch themselves on the branches.小鸟儿栖歇在树枝上。
- They scooped the other newspapers by revealing the matter. 他们抢先报道了这件事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car. 车轮搅起的石块，在车身下发出不吉祥的锤击声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- At the seaside we could hear the snarl of the waves.在海边我们可以听见波涛的咆哮。
- The traffic was all in a snarl near the accident.事故发生处附近交通一片混乱。