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儿童英语读物 The Mystery of the Purple Pool CHAPTER 6 A Spectacular View

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The next day, the Aldens decided1 to avoid the coffee shop. Instead, they ordered breakfast from room service. Jessie called downstairs and placed their order. Soon a waiter wheeled in a table with their food.

After enjoying juice, milk, and a basketful of warm cranberry2 and banana muffins and sweet rolls, they were ready to go. Grandfather told the children which bus would take them to the Empire State Building and which bus would bring them back to the hotel.

“I’ll meet you here around dinnertime,” Grandfather said, “and you can tell me everything you saw.”

The Aldens stopped at the Grants’ room to pick up Bobby.

“Ready?” Henry asked.

“Yes, I am!” cried Bobby.

“All last night he kept talking about how excited he was to be going to the Empire State Building,” said Mr. Grant.

“Me, too!” cried Benny.

“Have fun!” Mrs. Grant called as the children left.

The bus stop was just a block from the hotel, and the children didn’t have to wait long before a bus arrived. Grandfather had given them tokens, and they each slipped their tokens into the fare box as they got on the bus. There were three seats together in the middle of the bus, so Benny, Bobby, and Violet sat down, and Jessie and Henry stood, holding on to the metal rail over their heads.

When they reached Thirty-fourth Street, Henry rang the bell, and the bus stopped right in front of the Empire State Building. They got off the bus and then stood on the sidewalk, staring up at one of the tallest and most famous buildings in the world. Standing3 right below it, they couldn’t even see the top.

“I thought a lot of the buildings here in New York were tall,” Benny said, his eyes wide. “But this one is really tall.”

“Sure is,” Bobby said. “I can’t wait to get to the top!”

“Let’s go!” said Benny eagerly.

The older children smiled at the two excited boys. Henry led the way inside.

The lobby was quite large, and the walls and floor were covered with marble. There were lots of elevators and shops, and at first the Aldens weren’t sure which way to go.

“ ‘To the Ob … observ …’ ” Benny tried to sound out the sign on the wall, but it was too difficult.

“Good try,” said Jessie. “ ‘To the Observation Deck’.”

A short line of people curved back from a ticket booth, and the children went to wait at the end.

The line moved quickly. After they had bought their tickets and picked up some pamphlets with information, the children followed the people ahead of them to an elevator.

Soon they were shooting up to the top of the building. The elevator went so quickly that the lighted sign over the door counted off the floors they passed by tens: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 …

“Hey!” Benny said. “My ears are popping like they do in an airplane.”

“That’s because we’re going up so high so quickly,” Jessie explained.

60, 70, 80 …

At last the elevator doors opened, and they were on the 86th floor. Benny and Bobby were the first out onto the observation deck, which ran all the way around the building.

“This is great!” Benny said. It was a clear, sunny day, and they could see for miles in every direction. The city lay spread out before them: rows of small buildings looked like toys, and tiny buses and cars moved along the streets. People were so small, the children could hardly see them.

“We’re facing north,” Jessie said. “See, there’s Central Park. I think I can see our hotel.”

“What’s that building over there?” Benny asked, pointing to a tall, beautiful building.

“That’s the Chrysler building,” Henry said, checking his pamphlet.

Off to the west, the children could see the Hudson River, alongside which they had driven into New York, with New Jersey4 stretching out on the other side. On the east they could see another river, the East River, with several bridges stretching across it.

“That’s Brooklyn over there,” Jessie said. “And look! There’s a plane taking off at the airport!” Beyond Brooklyn they could see the ocean.

To the south, they could see the tip of the island of Manhattan and lots of skyscrapers5 in an area Henry said was called Wall Street. “Those two really tall buildings are the World Trade Center — the Twin Towers. They’re even taller than the Empire State Building.”

“Wow!” Benny said. He could hardly believe it.

Jessie pointed6 out the Statue of Liberty, in the harbor beyond the Twin Towers. It looked very tiny.

The children walked around the observation deck, looking out at the city from all sides. There were even telescopes that you could look through for a quarter, and each of the children took a quick peek7.

When they had seen all they wanted to, the children went inside and took another elevator up to the very top — the 102nd floor. Emerging from the elevator, they found themselves in a tiny room. There was no outside deck here, but they peered out the windows at the city below, now even tinier.

When they returned to the 86th floor, Benny said, “May we get a souvenir?”

“Sure,” said Jessie. The Aldens selected a small model of the Empire State Building and a postcard to send to Mrs. McGregor. Bobby bought a pencil sharpener and eraser shaped like the tall, pointed building.

“Should we take a bus back?” Jessie asked when they were back down in the lobby.

“Let’s walk for a little while and look around,” Violet suggested. “When we get tired, we can get on the bus.”

“Good idea,” Henry said.

“What about if we get hungry?” Bobby asked.

“I think you and Benny are going to be good friends,” Jessie said with a laugh.

“I’m hungry already,” said Benny.

“How about a hot dog?” Henry suggested. “There’s a vendor8 on the corner.”

The man selling hot dogs was wearing a bright blue apron9. He stood behind a metal cart topped by a blue-and-yellow striped umbrella. His cart held a steaming pile of large, soft pretzels covered with salt. There was also a pan of roasted chestnuts10, which the man stirred with a long spoon, turning over the nuts as they browned. Hot dogs were cooking on a small barbecue. Bobby and Benny decided to share a hot dog with lots of mustard and ketchup11. Henry got a hot pretzel with mustard, and Jessie and Violet each had a packet of roasted chestnuts. They walked as they ate, enjoying their snacks.

“Be careful not to drip mustard on your clothes,” Henry told Benny and Bobby. But the boys were having too much fun eating and talking to listen.


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1 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
2 cranberry TvOz5U     
n.梅果
参考例句:
  • Turkey reminds me of cranberry sauce.火鸡让我想起梅果酱。
  • Actually I prefer canned cranberry sauce.事实上我更喜欢罐装的梅果酱。
3 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • 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。
4 jersey Lp5zzo     
n.运动衫
参考例句:
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
5 skyscrapers f4158331c4e067c9706b451516137890     
n.摩天大楼
参考例句:
  • A lot of skyscrapers in Manhattan are rising up to the skies. 曼哈顿有许多摩天大楼耸入云霄。
  • On all sides, skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth. 四周耸起的摩天大楼参差不齐。
6 pointed Il8zB4     
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 peek ULZxW     
vi.偷看,窥视;n.偷偷的一看,一瞥
参考例句:
  • Larry takes a peek out of the window.赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
  • Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛,别偷看。
8 vendor 3izwB     
n.卖主;小贩
参考例句:
  • She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。
  • He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。
9 apron Lvzzo     
n.围裙;工作裙
参考例句:
  • We were waited on by a pretty girl in a pink apron.招待我们的是一位穿粉红色围裙的漂亮姑娘。
  • She stitched a pocket on the new apron.她在新围裙上缝上一只口袋。
10 chestnuts 113df5be30e3a4f5c5526c2a218b352f     
n.栗子( chestnut的名词复数 );栗色;栗树;栗色马
参考例句:
  • A man in the street was selling bags of hot chestnuts. 街上有个男人在卖一包包热栗子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Talk of chestnuts loosened the tongue of this inarticulate young man. 因为栗子,正苦无话可说的年青人,得到同情他的人了。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
11 ketchup B3DxX     
n.蕃茄酱,蕃茄沙司
参考例句:
  • There's a spot of ketchup on the tablecloth.桌布上有一点番茄酱的渍斑。
  • Could I have some ketchup and napkins,please?请给我一些番茄酱和纸手巾?
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