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儿童英语读物 The Mystery in the Snow CHAPTER 8 Smashed Snowmen

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At 5:30, the snow sculptors1 were too cold and tired to work anymore. Benny hurried inside to the dining room, where he spotted2 his sisters and brother at a table. He rushed over to join them. “Wait till you see our snowpeople!” he said.

Pete stomped3 into the dining room. He sat down at a corner table.

Henry pushed himself away from the table. “I think I’ll ask him to eat with us,” he said.

“He still looks pretty angry,” Benny commented.

“Maybe we can cheer him up. He seemed so unhappy at lunch,” Jessie said.

Henry went over and sat down next to Pete. “We have room at our table,” he said.

“So?” Pete snapped.

Henry shrugged4. “We thought you might like to eat with us.”

Pete rolled his eyes. “You thought wrong.”

Henry stood up. “Well, if you change your mind…”

Violet knew Henry felt bad. When he returned to their table, she said, “Maybe he’ll eat with us tomorrow.”

“Where’s Grandfather?” Benny asked. “I want to show him our snowpeople.”

“He’s eating later, with Mr. Mercer,” Violet told him.

“I’d like to tell Jimmy about them, too,” Benny said, looking around. “Where is he?”

“I don’t think he’s here yet,” Jessie said.

“Freddy hasn’t come in either,” Henry added.

Mr. Mercer’s helper filled plates with hamburgers and French fries and passed them down the table.

“My favorite!” Benny exclaimed.

Jessie laughed. “Everything’s your favorite, Benny,” she teased.

Pete ate fast and started out of the room.

“Looks like Pete’s not staying for dessert,” Henry observed.

“He’s not even staying for second helpings,” Benny put in.

Shortly after Pete left, Freddy appeared. She went from table to table asking, “Has anyone seen my glove?”

When she asked the Aldens, Benny said, “They’re in your pocket.”

Freddy yanked out an orange, green, and yellow glove. “The other one,” she explained. “I lost it somewhere.”

Jessie remembered seeing her with both gloves at lunch. “Maybe one fell on the floor,” she said.

They looked all around. Benny looked under the table. No glove.

“Good thing I have another pair,” Freddy said.

She stuffed the glove back into her pocket. Something fell to the floor. Freddy scooped5 it up quickly, but the Aldens saw it.

It was a key, with a tag attached to it.

Freddy hurried away without looking at the Aldens.

Behind the Aldens, someone asked, “What was all that about?”

It was Jimmy.

“Freddy lost a glove,” Violet told him.

He shrugged. “It’ll turn up.”

“And she had a key,” Violet said. “I wonder if it’s the one Mr. Mercer’s missing.”

Jimmy shook his head. “Probably her room key.”

“She picked it up so fast,” Jessie said. “Like she didn’t want anyone to see it.”

Jimmy waved that away. “Freddy does everything fast,” he said.

Benny told him about the snow sculpture. “Will you come and see it after supper?” he asked.

“I won’t have time,” Jimmy said. “I have to call my parents and take care of some things for tomorrow. I’ll see it in the morning.”

“Okay,” Benny said. “By then we’ll have even more work finished.”

He didn’t sound disappointed, but the other Aldens knew he was.

“Can we see your masterpiece?” Henry asked.

Benny brightened. “Let’s go!”

Jessie laughed. “Aren’t you forgetting something, Benny?”

Benny was puzzled.

“Dessert!” Jessie, Violet, and Henry said all together.

Benny glanced around. People were still eating their hamburgers.

“We’ll be back in time,” he assured them.

They trooped out of the dining room and into the lounge, where Watch was lying by the fire. He joined the parade. Benny led them all outside, down the stairs, and across the lawn. It was dark, but floodlights poured bright pools onto the snow.

Nearly running now, Benny said, “It’s around the side.” When he turned the corner, he saw a long shadow disappearing behind the lodge6.

Watch began to bark.

“Quiet, boy,” Jessie directed. “Everything’s all right.”

But as she and Henry and Violet came up beside Benny, Jessie knew she had spoken too soon.

Chunks7 of snow were scattered8 everywhere. Two of the forms were completely bare. Pieces of wood and bits of pipe stuck out from the other snowpeople like broken bones.

Watch ran around, sniffing9 and barking.

“Our snowpeople!” Benny said, stunned10. “What happened?”

No one had an answer.
 


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1 sculptors 55fe6a2a17f97fa90175d8545e7fd3e2     
雕刻家,雕塑家( sculptor的名词复数 ); [天]玉夫座
参考例句:
  • He is one of Britain's best-known sculptors. 他是英国最有名的雕塑家之一。
  • Painters and sculptors are indexed separately. 画家和雕刻家被分开,分别做了索引。
2 spotted 7FEyj     
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
参考例句:
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
3 stomped 0884b29fb612cae5a9e4eb0d1a257b4a     
v.跺脚,践踏,重踏( stomp的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She stomped angrily out of the office. 她怒气冲冲,重步走出办公室。
  • She slammed the door and stomped (off) out of the house. 她砰的一声关上了门,暮暮地走出了屋了。 来自辞典例句
4 shrugged 497904474a48f991a3d1961b0476ebce     
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》
5 scooped a4cb36a9a46ab2830b09e95772d85c96     
v.抢先报道( scoop的过去式和过去分词 );(敏捷地)抱起;抢先获得;用铲[勺]等挖(洞等)
参考例句:
  • 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》
6 lodge q8nzj     
v.临时住宿,寄宿,寄存,容纳;n.传达室,小旅馆
参考例句:
  • Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗?
  • I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。
7 chunks a0e6aa3f5109dc15b489f628b2f01028     
厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 ); (某物)相当大的数量或部分
参考例句:
  • a tin of pineapple chunks 一罐菠萝块
  • Those chunks of meat are rather large—could you chop them up a bIt'smaller? 这些肉块相当大,还能再切小一点吗?
8 scattered 7jgzKF     
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
参考例句:
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
9 sniffing 50b6416c50a7d3793e6172a8514a0576     
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说
参考例句:
  • We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了,一个劲地抽鼻子,打喷嚏。
  • They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了,呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
10 stunned 735ec6d53723be15b1737edd89183ec2     
adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
  • The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。
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