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儿童英语读物 The Poison Frog Mystery CHAPTER 3 Partners

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The next morning Lindsey had a meeting with Jordan Patterson, one of the zoo’s two owners. They planned to meet in the ferret room at noon. Lindsey knew the Aldens planned to see the rest of the zoo that morning, so she asked them to stop by afterward1 so they could meet Jordan.

As soon as the Alden children arrived at the zoo, they split up: Violet and Jessie went to the Bird Barn, while Henry and Benny stopped at the Reptile2 Range.

The first floor of the Reptile Range was filled with exhibits of snakes and lizards3. On the second floor they saw turtles and alligators4. On the third and final floor was Amphibian5 Hall, where the zoo kept all the amphibians6. Here Benny and Henry looked at frogs, toads7, salamanders, and newts from all over the world.

Benny thought snakes and lizards were neat. He was fascinated by all the different colors and patterns, and by how some snakes were so tiny while others were huge. Some were poisonous while others were harmless.

Benny played a game with himself—he made a list in his head of his favorite snakes and lizards. He saw some pretty scarlet8 snakes and a shiny black indigo9 snake. Once they had seen all the snakes, Benny decided10 his favorites were the beautifully striped red, white, and black San Francisco garter snakes.

He turned to tell Henry he had chosen his favorite, then stopped. The young man standing11 next to him wasn’t Henry! Benny was surprised and embarrassed and a little bit afraid. He turned quickly, all around, until he spotted12 Henry on the other side of the room still gazing at the scarlet snakes. Benny had been so interested in the animals that he hadn’t noticed he’d walked so far away from his brother. He hadn’t even heard the young man next to him come into the room. It was as if he had just appeared.

The young man had his hands deep in his jacket pockets, Benny noticed, and he stared into the enclosure with a hint of a smile on his lips. He was standing perfectly13 still, Benny thought, as if he’d fallen asleep with his eyes open. Even from the side, Benny could tell the young man had unusually bright blue eyes. Another thing Benny noticed was the Boston Red Sox baseball cap. It was easy to recognize—red with a blue B at the front. But it was hard to get a better look at him without being rude.

“Aren’t these beautiful animals?” the stranger asked. He looked and sounded like an older teenager, or maybe twenty at most.

“Er ... yeah, they really are. And rare, too. They’re part of the zoo’s endangered-species program!” Benny liked to hear him-self use such big words.

The young man nodded. “I know. I’ve been following the story in the newspapers. Boy would I love to have an animal collection like this. I love reptiles14 and amphibians most of all, but I love all animals, really. They’re doing really wonderful things here at the zoo.”

“They sure are. Snakes are my favorite,” Benny said.

“Are they?”

“Yeah, although I like all animals a lot.”

The stranger nodded. “So do I. I like everything about nature. The animals, the plants, the fresh air.”

“Me, too,” Benny replied.

The young man never took his eyes off the snakes, never really moved a muscle.

“Well, have a nice day,” Benny said finally.

“You, too.”

Benny turned away to look for Henry. The young man seemed friendly enough, but Grandfather wouldn’t have been very happy if Benny spent too much time talking to strangers.

Just then Benny’s eye was caught by some movement in the next enclosure. It was a fat brown cricket scuttling15 up a low branch. A chameleon16 was nestled in some leaves high above, watching it carefully. Then, in a flash, the chameleon fired its long tongue out and brought the cricket back into its mouth. Wow, Benny thought. That was unbelievable!

Unable to control his excitement, he turned back toward the young man and said, “Did you see that?”

But the stranger had disappeared, again without making a sound. It almost seemed like he hadn’t ever really been there at all. Benny shivered. Then he hurried over to Henry.

Ten o’clock rolled around, and Lindsey and the Aldens met with Jordan Patterson in the same room where the ferrets had been stolen.

The Aldens liked Jordan from the moment they met him. He was a tall, thin man in his mid-thirties. He had short brown hair and a round, pleasant face. He also smiled a lot. Lindsey had told the Aldens on the way over that he was one of the gentlest, kindest, and most caring people she’d ever met. Never once, she said, had she ever seen him lose his temper or even raise his voice. She also said that he was a genius when it came to animals. That was probably why he was the head curator of the zoo as well as part owner.

“We love your zoo, Mr. Patterson,” Jessie told him when she shook his hand. “It’s really wonderful.”

“Thank you, Jessie,” he replied. “It’s a pleasure having you and the rest of your family as our guests. And please call me Jordan.”

“Okay, Jordan.”

Violet said, “It’s really terrible what happened to your black-footed ferrets.”

Jordan sighed and ran a hand through his hair. “I’m very worried about those two. I hope they’re okay.”

“Did Lindsey tell you about the food?” Henry asked.

“Yes, she did. Thank you for noticing that.”

“Thank Violet,” Henry said. “She’s the one who noticed.”

Jordan nodded. “Lindsey tells me you’re all pretty good detectives.”

“We like to help when we can,” said Jessie.

“Well, I’d appreciate any help. We’ve really got to get those animals back.”

“Have the police started any kind of investigation17?” Henry asked.

“We’ve spoken to them and they are going to let us do as much as we can on our own right now. I don’t want any bad news about the zoo to get into the papers.” Jordan shrugged19. “Who knows? Maybe the solution to the mystery is very simple. We’ll see.”

The door to the hallway opened, and an older man in a dark suit walked in. He was a large, imposing20 figure, with carefully trimmed silver hair, deeply tanned skin, and a glittering gold watch.

“Jordan, my friend,” he said in a deep voice, “how are you today?”

“Fine, Darren, and you?”

“Fine, just fine, thanks.”

“Kids,” Jordan said to the Aldens, “this is Mr. Colby, the other owner of the zoo. He’s my partner.”

The Aldens said polite hellos.

“Hello, kids. Are you having a good time at the zoo?”

“I am,” Benny said. “I went to the Reptile Range this morning and picked out a fav —”

“That’s great, just great,” Mr. Colby said. “And how are you today, Linda?”

Lindsey put on a little smile and nodded. “Fine, Mr. Colby.”

“Good for you. Uh, Jordan, may I have a word with you in the hallway, please?”

“Hmmm? Oh, sure. Excuse me for a moment, everyone.”

The two men stepped out of the room, closing the door most of the way behind them.

“He called you Linda!” Jessie said to Lindsey in a whisper.

“At least it starts with an L now. Last month I was Nancy.”

“You work for him and he doesn’t even know your name?”

“He hardly knows anyone around here. He doesn’t spend a lot of time at the zoo.”

“That’s strange,” Jessie said.

“Not as strange as you might think,” Lindsey replied. “Anyway I talked to the head mammal keeper this morning while you guys were walking around. She noticed the same thing that you did, Violet, about the missing bag of food being the wrong kind. She’s very upset, like everyone else.”

“Does the mammal keeper suspect someone?” Henry asked.

“Well, she has never gotten along with Beth, the intern21 you met before. She thinks maybe Beth likes the ferrets too much.”

“Enough to steal them?”

“I really don’t think so, but I suppose we can’t rule her out as a suspect. She may have felt—mistakenly—that the ferrets would get better care with her. She’s got all kinds of unusual pets—lizards, giant insects, even a monkey.”

Benny wandered over to where the broken cage lock was still lying on the long table. He picked it up and started playing with it, then he looked into the empty ferret cage. He thought about the ferrets, where they were and whether they were doing okay. He wondered what kind of a person would steal animals from a zoo.

Suddenly he heard an angry voice through the crack in the door. It was Darren Colby, standing with Jordan Patterson in the hallway.

“I don’t care what it takes!” Mr. Colby said sharply “I want those animals found and brought back here!”

“I know you do, Darren,” Jordan was saying. “So do I.”

“Those animals were expensive!”

Benny didn’t like that the ferrets were being talked about that way. It was as if Mr. Colby thought of them as something he’d bought at the supermarket.

“Okay, Darren, take it easy,” Jordan was saying in a calm, soothing22 voice. “We’ll find them and everything will be fine.”

“I don’t want to have to hire a security guard,” Mr. Colby said. “That’s just more money down the drain! But I’ll do it if I have to. And if any more animals disappear ... well, you know.”

There was a pause. Benny waited.

“Darren,” Jordan said finally. “Shutting down the breeding program isn’t going to solve anything. All it’s going to do is make some rare animals even rarer. If we keep it going, we can save some of them from extinction23.”

“Saving them from extinction is costing us a lot of money!” Mr. Colby hissed24.

“You’ll make it all back, and more,” Jordan assured him. “I promise.”

Benny walked away from the door and rejoined the others. They had stopped talking about the investigation, and Lindsey was now telling them another funny story.

Something about a bear cub25 that was stealing visitors’ lunches.

Benny wasn’t really listening, though. Suddenly he didn’t feel too well.

Lindsey and the Aldens went to the zoo’s outdoor food court for lunch. It was a warm, shady area with round picnic tables and giant potted plants.

They sat at one of the tables and talked with Lindsey about some of the other animals the zoo wanted to keep in the future. “We don’t want to focus entirely26 on endangered species,” she said. “We’d also like to keep a few unusual animals. Animals that most people have never heard of. Every zoo in the world has monkeys, parrots, and elephants. We want to show some really strange animals, the kind that you don’t normally see in zoos, books, or even on television.”

“You should keep some unusual insects,” Jessie suggested. “Zoos never do that.”

Lindsey nodded. “We’ve thought about that. There are some pretty peculiar27 ones that I’ll bet people would like, especially kids. In Mexico there are hissing28 cockroaches29 the size of your hand.”

Jessie shivered. “I wouldn’t like to see them.”

“Yes, you would,” Lindsey argued, smiling. “You couldn’t help but look. You’d want to look because they’re so gross.”

Jessie laughed. “You’re probably right.”

“What about you, Benny?” Lindsey asked. “What weird30 animals would you like to see?”

The youngest Alden didn’t seem to have heard the question. He was hovering31 over his plate, face pushed up on one hand, playing with a french fry.

“Benny?” Violet asked. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah.”

He dropped the french fry and took a tiny sip32 of his milk shake.

“You can’t be that okay,” Jessie said. “You haven’t touched your lunch.”

“When Benny doesn’t eat,” Henry said to Lindsey, “you know something’s wrong.”

He moved over next to his little brother and put an arm around him. “C’mon, tell us what’s bothering you.”

“Well, I was thinking ... maybe the zoo should just get animals that don’t cost a lot of money. That way Mr. Colby won’t get so mad.”

Lindsey looked confused. “Mad? What do you mean, Benny?”

Benny reluctantly told them about the argument between Mr. Colby and Jordan Patterson that he’d overheard.

“I didn’t mean to hear them,” he pointed33 out. “I was just standing over by the door, looking at that banged-up lock.”

Jessie said, “Of course you didn’t mean it. No one thinks you’d do something like that on purpose.”

“Okay, look,” Lindsey said, “I know Mr. Colby doesn’t sound like the sweetest man in the world. He certainly didn’t go out of his way to make a great impression on you guys, either. But ...” She studied one of the giant potted plants for a moment. “He’s necessary. He’s not an animal person, he’s a money person. Do you understand what that means?”

The children shook their heads.

“It was hard for me to understand when I first came here, but after a while it made more sense. This zoo is a business, whether we like it or not. And in order for a business to survive, it has to make more money than it spends. Jordan is an animal expert. He isn’t really much of a businessperson, so he needs Mr. Colby to keep an eye on the money side of things. It’s Mr. Colby’s job to think more about the money than about the animals.”

Benny said, “After hearing him talk, I think I know what you mean by that.”

“If the zoo didn’t make money, we couldn’t afford to feed all the animals, keep them in clean cages, and keep them warm in the winter. Doing all that costs money. Also”—Lindsey smiled and pointed to herself— “I wouldn’t have a job. They wouldn’t be able to pay me.”

“That wouldn’t be good!” Benny exclaimed.

“No, it wouldn’t. And believe me, we certainly wouldn’t be able to have a breeding program without money. That whole thing was very expensive to set up.”

The Aldens nodded as they began to understand.

“Jordan and Mr. Colby get along,” she continued. “They’re not the best of friends, but they make a good team. They need each other to make the zoo work.”

“I guess that’s good,” Jessie said.

Lindsey took a sip of her soda34 and put on a new smile. “So do you feel better now, Benny?”

The youngest Alden nodded. “Yes, much better.”

“Are you sure?”

Benny looked at her curiously35. “Mmm-hmmm. Why?”

“Because your burger still hasn’t been touched.”

Benny grabbed it and took a huge bite. The others laughed.

“So, would you all like to know about our next secret breeding project?” Lindsey asked.

“Can you really tell us?” Violet replied.

“I think I can trust you guys. Our next endangered species will be ... the California condors36.”

“You’re kidding!” Jessie said.

“Nope. We’ll be one of only four zoos in the world to have them.”

“I saw a magazine article about them a few months ago,” Jessie told her. “They’re really rare.”

Lindsey nodded. “There are only about a hundred left in the whole world, and all of them live in zoos. The long-term plan, though, is to put some back into the wild. We hope there will be thousands of them in the wild again someday.”

“When are you getting them?” Henry asked.

“We’ve got them already. We’re going to put them on display in about a week. For now, however, we’re trying to get them used to their new surroundings. We’ve got them in the Bird Barn, in room number seven.”

Lindsey told them about the California condors. As she spoke18, Benny noticed a short, muscular young man sitting nearby, wearing a brightly colored checkered37 shirt and sunglasses. He was writing on a little notepad and seemed to be listening to their conversation. When Lindsey was done, the man got up and hurried away. Benny was going to say something, but then he realized he hadn’t finished his french fries.
 


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1 afterward fK6y3     
adv.后来;以后
参考例句:
  • Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏,然后吃饭。
  • Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来,这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
2 reptile xBiz7     
n.爬行动物;两栖动物
参考例句:
  • The frog is not a true reptile.青蛙并非真正的爬行动物。
  • So you should not be surprised to see someone keep a reptile as a pet.所以,你不必惊奇有人养了一只爬行动物作为宠物。
3 lizards 9e3fa64f20794483b9c33d06297dcbfb     
n.蜥蜴( lizard的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Nothing lives in Pompeii except crickets and beetles and lizards. 在庞培城里除了蟋蟀、甲壳虫和蜥蜴外,没有别的生物。 来自辞典例句
  • Can lizards reproduce their tails? 蜥蜴的尾巴断了以后能再生吗? 来自辞典例句
4 alligators 0e8c11e4696c96583339d73b3f2d8a10     
n.短吻鳄( alligator的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Two alligators rest their snouts on the water's surface. 两只鳄鱼的大嘴栖息在水面上。 来自辞典例句
  • In the movement of logs by water the lumber industry was greatly helped by alligators. 木材工业过去在水上运输木料时所十分倚重的就是鳄鱼。 来自辞典例句
5 amphibian mwHzx     
n.两栖动物;水陆两用飞机和车辆
参考例句:
  • The frog is an amphibian,which means it can live on land and in water.青蛙属于两栖动物,也就是说它既能生活在陆地上也能生活在水里。
  • Amphibian is an important specie in ecosystem and has profound meaning in the ecotoxicology evaluation.两栖类是生态系统中的重要物种,并且对环境毒理评价有着深远意义。
6 amphibians c4a317a734a700eb6f767bdc511c1588     
两栖动物( amphibian的名词复数 ); 水陆两用车; 水旱两生植物; 水陆两用飞行器
参考例句:
  • The skin of amphibians is permeable to water. 两栖动物的皮肤是透水的。
  • Two amphibians ferry them out over the sands. 两辆水陆两用车把他们渡过沙滩。
7 toads 848d4ebf1875eac88fe0765c59ce57d1     
n.蟾蜍,癞蛤蟆( toad的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • All toads blink when they swallow. 所有的癞蛤蟆吞食东西时都会眨眼皮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Toads have shorter legs and are generally more clumsy than frogs. 蟾蜍比青蛙脚短,一般说来没有青蛙灵活。 来自辞典例句
8 scarlet zD8zv     
n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的
参考例句:
  • The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
  • The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了,深红的颜色变成了绯红,绯红又变为浅红。
9 indigo 78FxQ     
n.靛青,靛蓝
参考例句:
  • The sky was indigo blue,and a great many stars were shining.天空一片深蓝,闪烁着点点繁星。
  • He slipped into an indigo tank.他滑落到蓝靛桶中。
10 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。
11 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。
12 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。
13 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
14 reptiles 45053265723f59bd84cf4af2b15def8e     
n.爬行动物,爬虫( reptile的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Snakes and crocodiles are both reptiles. 蛇和鳄鱼都是爬行动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Birds, reptiles and insects come from eggs. 鸟类、爬虫及昆虫是卵生的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
15 scuttling 56f5e8b899fd87fbaf9db14c025dd776     
n.船底穿孔,打开通海阀(沉船用)v.使船沉没( scuttle的现在分词 );快跑,急走
参考例句:
  • I could hear an animal scuttling about in the undergrowth. 我可以听到一只动物在矮树丛中跑来跑去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • First of all, scuttling Yu Lung (this yuncheng Hejin) , flood discharge. 大禹首先凿开龙门(今运城河津市),分洪下泄。 来自互联网
16 chameleon YUWy2     
n.变色龙,蜥蜴;善变之人
参考例句:
  • The chameleon changes colour to match its surroundings.变色龙变换颜色以适应环境。
  • The chameleon can take on the colour of its background.变色龙可呈现出与其背景相同的颜色。
17 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查,调查研究
参考例句:
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
18 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • 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。
19 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》
20 imposing 8q9zcB     
adj.使人难忘的,壮丽的,堂皇的,雄伟的
参考例句:
  • The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
  • He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。
21 intern 25BxJ     
v.拘禁,软禁;n.实习生
参考例句:
  • I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
  • The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。
22 soothing soothing     
adj.慰藉的;使人宽心的;镇静的
参考例句:
  • Put on some nice soothing music.播放一些柔和舒缓的音乐。
  • His casual, relaxed manner was very soothing.他随意而放松的举动让人很快便平静下来。
23 extinction sPwzP     
n.熄灭,消亡,消灭,灭绝,绝种
参考例句:
  • The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
  • The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。
24 hissed 2299e1729bbc7f56fc2559e409d6e8a7     
发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 ); 发嘘声表示反对
参考例句:
  • Have you ever been hissed at in the middle of a speech? 你在演讲中有没有被嘘过?
  • The iron hissed as it pressed the wet cloth. 熨斗压在湿布上时发出了嘶嘶声。
25 cub ny5xt     
n.幼兽,年轻无经验的人
参考例句:
  • The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
  • The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。
26 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
27 peculiar cinyo     
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
参考例句:
  • He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
  • He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
28 hissing hissing     
n. 发嘶嘶声, 蔑视 动词hiss的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • The steam escaped with a loud hissing noise. 蒸汽大声地嘶嘶冒了出来。
  • His ears were still hissing with the rustle of the leaves. 他耳朵里还听得萨萨萨的声音和屑索屑索的怪声。 来自汉英文学 - 春蚕
29 cockroaches 1936d5f0f3d8e13fc00370b7ef69c14c     
n.蟑螂( cockroach的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • At night, the cockroaches filled the house with their rustlings. 夜里,屋里尽是蟑螂窸窸瑟瑟的声音。 来自辞典例句
  • It loves cockroaches, and can keep a house clear of these hated insects. 它们好食蟑螂,可以使住宅免除这些讨厌昆虫的骚扰。 来自百科语句
30 weird bghw8     
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
参考例句:
  • From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
  • His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
31 hovering 99fdb695db3c202536060470c79b067f     
鸟( hover的现在分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫
参考例句:
  • The helicopter was hovering about 100 metres above the pad. 直升机在离发射台一百米的上空盘旋。
  • I'm hovering between the concert and the play tonight. 我犹豫不决今晚是听音乐会还是看戏。
32 sip Oxawv     
v.小口地喝,抿,呷;n.一小口的量
参考例句:
  • She took a sip of the cocktail.她啜饮一口鸡尾酒。
  • Elizabeth took a sip of the hot coffee.伊丽莎白呷了一口热咖啡。
33 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。
34 soda cr3ye     
n.苏打水;汽水
参考例句:
  • She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
  • I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。
35 curiously 3v0zIc     
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地
参考例句:
  • He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。
  • He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。
36 condors 084a80ec4ee2f15a20bb076fbb4bea48     
n.神鹰( condor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • What would our condors feed on if no one was in danger? 你不发生危险,那我们秃鹰吃啥呢? 来自互联网
  • Yo mama so fat she has been declared a natural habitat for Condors. Yomama是如此之肥,她被定为秃鹰的自然栖息地。 来自互联网
37 checkered twbzdA     
adj.有方格图案的
参考例句:
  • The ground under the trees was checkered with sunlight and shade.林地光影交错。
  • He’d had a checkered past in the government.他过去在政界浮沉。
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