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儿童英语读物 The Basketball Mystery CHAPTER 7 One-on-One

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Over the next few days, Tipper and Buzz avoided the whole sore subject of the missing trophy1. It was time to coach the Fast Breakers and the Blazers for the championships. The twins filled everyone’s days with practices, clinics, and drills. If they were upset with each other, they tried not to show it. Basketball came first.

But the Aldens thought a lot about Tipper’s missing trophy. They put Violet’s Lost and Found posters all over Greenfield. Maybe somebody knew something about where it might be. They just couldn’t accept that Buzz had anything to do with its disappearance2.

“You know, Patsy was up in my room acting3 kind of funny the day she borrowed my shorts,” Jessie said one afternoon when the twins were out. “She got all upset when I asked her about it. I feel funny bringing the subject up again, but maybe she had something to do with the trophy. After the other kids left, she was still outside playing basketball. Remember?”

Violet had some thoughts, too. “Well, lots of other kids besides Patsy were holding and touching4 it.”

“If you ask me, Courtney and Frank Fowler could have taken it if they saw Buzz put it in the car,” Henry suggested. “Look how bothered they are that the twins get so much attention. Too bad Tipper doesn’t want to ask them about the trophy. I guess she doesn’t want more problems with them.”

“You’re right, Henry,” Jessie said. “Well, let’s just hope someone who knows something about the trophy will see our posters and give us a call.”

But no one called about the missing trophy. And the Aldens had very little time to think about it until the championship games were over.

More than anything, Buzz and Tipper wanted to help the Fast Breakers and the Blazers to win their own trophies5. Every night before dinner they coached the Aldens for a few minutes.

“I hope no one gets too upset that you give us extra help,” Henry told Buzz one evening when they were playing one-on-one in the backyard.

“Only a little extra help,” Buzz said. “Besides, it gives Tipper and me some extra practice, too. No doubt about it, you Aldens give us a good workout. Don’t forget, we have to be in good shape for our fund-raising game on Opening Day.”

Henry zoomed6 past Buzz. “And it’s . . . in!” he cried when his quick layup circled the rim7 then dropped through the net.

“Good one, Henry!” Buzz said. “If you make shots like that against the Hot Shots tomorrow, the Blazers will win the championship.”

Henry and Buzz went in to get a drink of water. It was the girls’ turn to practice.

Jessie and Violet went outside to wait for Tipper. They were surprised to see Patsy Cutter in the backyard. She was practicing shots from the foul8 line.

“Hi, Patsy,” Violet said. She gave her friend a big smile. “You’re just in time to practice with Jessie and me. Tipper will be out in a second.”

Patsy didn’t look too happy to see Violet or Jessie. “Some of the Fast Breakers think it’s not fair that you get Tipper to yourselves all the time. I decided9 to come for extra help.”

“It’s okay with us,” Jessie said. “Why don’t you work out with Tipper by yourself? You’re such a good player, Violet and I can learn a lot just by watching the two of you play.”

This seemed to make Patsy feel better. Soon Tipper joined her for some one-on-one basketball.

“I’m getting a real workout here,” Tipper told Patsy as she tried to get the ball away. “You’re pretty good at faking me out.”

Patsy made another basket.

Violet and Jessie were cheering. “Good shot, Patsy!” Violet said, proud of her friend.

Patsy made one more basket. It went in. She’d beaten Tipper Nettleton!

“Great playing, Patsy,” Tipper said. “Courtney’s taught you a lot. The Blue Stars girls had better watch out. Thanks for playing with me. I need the practice before I meet Courtney across the court during the fund-raising game next week.”

Patsy put her basketball in her sports bag. “Thanks, Tipper.” She turned to Jessie. “I brought back your shorts. Do you have the ones I left here?”

“They’re still in the upstairs bathroom,” Jessie told her. “On the towel bar.”

Patsy picked up her sports bag. “I’ll leave these on your bed and go get mine.”

Jessie got up, too. “I’ll come with you.”

“That’s okay,” Patsy said. “I know where to go.”

“I have to get something, anyway,” Jessie told Patsy.

Patsy reached into her bag. “Well, never mind. Here are the shorts I borrowed. I’ll get mine some other time.”

Jessie took the shorts. “No problem. I’ll bring them to our next practice.”

The next day, the Blazers and the Hot Shots met on the courts of the Greenfield High School gym, where the championship games were being held. Henry and his team were down on the court. Tipper and the other Aldens were up in the bleachers, waiting for the second half of the game to start.

The two teams were a good match. At halftime the scoreboard said Blazers, 22, Hot Shots, 22.

Buzz stood in front of the Blazers for a pep talk.

A player named Jake Reed raised his hand. “I didn’t foul number fifteen. Honestly, Buzz. But Mr. Fowler blew the whistle on me, anyway.”

“And when somebody fouled10 me, Mr. Fowler didn’t catch it,” Henry said. “What do we do if it happens again?”

Buzz thought hard. He’d been playing basketball a lot longer than the Blazers. He knew better than to question the referee11. “Just play the best basketball you can,” he told his team. “Don’t get too close to anybody. That way you can’t foul them, and they can’t foul you. If you play good ball the way I taught you, you’ll make all your points without any fouls12.”

Halftime was over. The Blazers and Hot Shots circled for the toss-up. The buzzer13 went off. Henry tipped the ball to Jake, who passed it to another Blazer. Frank Fowler blew his whistle. He signaled for the Blazers to hand the ball over to the Hot Shots.

“I can’t believe it!” Jessie said when Frank Fowler made this call. “The Blazers’ ball was inside the lines when they passed it, right, Tipper?”

Tipper rested her chin on her fists. “Whew! I don’t believe what I’m seeing, either. Frank Fowler keeps making a lot of calls against the Blazers.”

“Is there anything Buzz can do?” Violet asked Tipper.

Tipper kept her eyes on the court. “Not much. If he complains, it might upset Mr. Fowler. All Buzz can do is help his players stay calm and play the best basketball they can.”

That’s exactly how Buzz coached the Blazers from the sidelines. Though Frank Fowler missed seeing several fouls against the Blazers, Buzz didn’t question the referee. He just cheered on his team.

With a minute left in the game, the score was tied at 46–46.

The game went into overtime14. The two teams went basket for basket during overtime.

Then Henry got the rebound15. With just another few seconds left on the clock, Henry made a basket.

“It’s in!” the Aldens screamed from their seats. “The Blazers are ahead by two points!”

Tipper chewed on her thumbnail. “All the Blazers have to do is keep the Hot Shots from scoring. This is where all those guarding drills Buzz did with the Blazers will pay off.”

The gym was wild with noise and cheering. The Blazers and Hot Shots had never played a better game. The Hot Shots player with the ball looked for chances to pass or throw. But everywhere he looked, a Blazer guarded a Hot Shots player. Finally the Hot Shots player tried to shoot.

“Foul!” Frank Fowler called out, pointing to a Blazer guard.

The Blazers fans groaned16. No one had seen the guard touch the player.

“He didn’t touch him, did he, Tipper?” Violet asked.

Tipper shook her head. “I know he didn’t. Everybody else knows he didn’t, too. But that’s what Frank called. Now the Hot Shots guy gets two foul shots.”

The gym was completely silent now. The Hot Shots player stood at the foul line. He made his first throw. The ball bounced off the rim.

“Whew,” Jessie said. “The Blazers are still ahead.” She crossed her fingers.

The player took another foul shot. This one circled the rim for the longest time. Was it going to go in?

“He missed!” Tipper cried when the ball dropped off the rim onto the court.

When the final buzzer went off, the crowd seemed to explode.

“The Blazers won! The Blazers won!” the Aldens and other Blazers fans yelled and screamed.

The Aldens scrambled17 down the bleachers to the court. They hugged Henry. They hugged Buzz.

“You’re the champions!” Tipper said, hugging Buzz over and over. “You guys did it.”

Friends and family and sports photographers took pictures and talked to the team. Then the mayor came out and presented the boys’ league trophy to Buzz. He passed it down the line to his players. Finally, when all the picture-taking was over, the Blazers left the gym.

Tipper and the Aldens waited outside the locker18 room. Henry and Buzz came out in their street clothes a few minutes later.

Buzz gave Henry a friendly punch in the shoulder. “Great game, Henry. You guys did everything I taught you.”

“I did everything but guard people without having fouls called against me,” Henry said. “I can’t believe how many fouls Mr. Fowler called. I don’t think the Blazers committed half of them, either.”

Buzz slowed down. “Listen, that happens to the best of teams. You can’t predict what a ref is going to do. Sometimes the calls go your way. Sometimes they go the other way. I have to say, though, that I’ve never seen so many fouls called that I disagreed with.”

Everyone passed the lockers19 where the referees20 and coaches kept their things.

“Speaking of disagreeable, look at Mr. Fowler,” Henry whispered.

Frank Fowler stood in front of a locker. He was dumping his things into his bag. In went his whistle. In went his referee shoes. In went his striped hat. He finally picked up his bag and muttered to himself all the way out the door.

“Anybody looking at Frank Fowler would think he lost the game instead of refereed21 it. That’s pretty strange,” said Buzz.

“Well, Buzz,” Henry said, “the Blazers won the game fair and square thanks to your coaching. There’s nothing strange about that!”


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1 trophy 8UFzI     
n.优胜旗,奖品,奖杯,战胜品,纪念品
参考例句:
  • The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
  • He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。
2 disappearance ouEx5     
n.消失,消散,失踪
参考例句:
  • He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
  • Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。
3 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
4 touching sg6zQ9     
adj.动人的,使人感伤的
参考例句:
  • It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
  • His letter was touching.他的信很感人。
5 trophies e5e690ffd5b76ced5606f229288652f6     
n.(为竞赛获胜者颁发的)奖品( trophy的名词复数 );奖杯;(尤指狩猎或战争中获得的)纪念品;(用于比赛或赛跑名称)奖
参考例句:
  • His football trophies were prominently displayed in the kitchen. 他的足球奖杯陈列在厨房里显眼的位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The hunter kept the lion's skin and head as trophies. 这猎人保存狮子的皮和头作为纪念品。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
6 zoomed 7d2196a2c3b9cad9d8899e8add247521     
v.(飞机、汽车等)急速移动( zoom的过去式 );(价格、费用等)急升,猛涨
参考例句:
  • Traffic zoomed past us. 车辆从我们身边疾驰而过。
  • Cars zoomed helter-skelter, honking belligerently. 大街上来往车辆穿梭不停,喇叭声刺耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 rim RXSxl     
n.(圆物的)边,轮缘;边界
参考例句:
  • The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
  • She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。
8 foul Sfnzy     
adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规
参考例句:
  • Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
  • What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气!
9 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。
10 fouled e3aea4b0e24d5219b3ee13ab76c137ae     
v.使污秽( foul的过去式和过去分词 );弄脏;击球出界;(通常用废物)弄脏
参考例句:
  • Blue suit and reddish-brown socks!He had fouled up again. 蓝衣服和红褐色短袜!他又搞错了。
  • The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories. 整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
11 referee lAqzU     
n.裁判员.仲裁人,代表人,鉴定人
参考例句:
  • The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
  • The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。
12 fouls 30fac9075e8722a717059ab4a5ae092f     
n.煤层尖灭;恶劣的( foul的名词复数 );邪恶的;难闻的;下流的v.使污秽( foul的第三人称单数 );弄脏;击球出界;(通常用废物)弄脏
参考例句:
  • The player was sent off the field because of fouls. 这名运动员因屡屡犯规而被罚下场。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Jones was ordered off in the second half after repeated fouls. 由于屡次犯规,琼斯在下半场中被责令退出比赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 buzzer 2x7zGi     
n.蜂鸣器;汽笛
参考例句:
  • The buzzer went off at eight o'clock.蜂鸣器在8点钟时响了。
  • Press the buzzer when you want to talk.你想讲话的时候就按蜂鸣器。
14 overtime aKqxn     
adj.超时的,加班的;adv.加班地
参考例句:
  • They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
  • He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。
15 rebound YAtz1     
v.弹回;n.弹回,跳回
参考例句:
  • The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
  • Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。
16 groaned 1a076da0ddbd778a674301b2b29dff71     
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦
参考例句:
  • He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
  • The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 scrambled 2e4a1c533c25a82f8e80e696225a73f2     
v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞
参考例句:
  • Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
18 locker 8pzzYm     
n.更衣箱,储物柜,冷藏室,上锁的人
参考例句:
  • At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。
  • He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。
19 lockers ae9a7637cc6cf1061eb77c2c9199ae73     
n.寄物柜( locker的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • I care about more lockers for the teachers. 我关心教师要有更多的储物柜。 来自辞典例句
  • Passengers are requested to stow their hand-baggage in the lockers above the seats. 旅客须将随身携带的行李放入座位上方的贮藏柜里。 来自辞典例句
20 referees 7891e30f2b42e2d37914dc1ab29ba489     
n.裁判员( referee的名词复数 );证明人;公断人;(专业性强的文章的)审阅人
参考例句:
  • The fiery player has had numerous run-ins with referees. 这位脾气暴躁的队员曾和裁判员发生过无数次争吵。
  • If you want to appeal, the Court of Referees will decide. 如果你要上诉,可以由仲裁法庭去判决。 来自辞典例句
21 refereed 673df248690e0f3ab3b8a3dc8cbd06df     
vi.担任裁判(referee的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • Your focus should be on getting papers published in refereed journals. 首要的就是发表文章,而且是在匿名审稿的杂志上。 来自互联网
  • It was a national judge who refereed the game. 执法这场比赛的是国家裁判。 来自互联网
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