《神奇树屋》 第十七册 Tonight On The Titanic 02 The Unsinkable Ship

　　"Arf Arf ?

Jack¹ opened his eyes. He shivered. Wherever theywere now, it was cold-very cold. Teddy barked again.

"Shhh, " said Jack.

Annie shined the flashlight on her clothes. "Wow,we're dressed like old-fashioned kids!" she said.

, Instead of pajamas² and a poncho³, she wore a sailordress and a long wool cloak.

Jack had on an overcoat and knee-length pants withlong socks. His backpack had turned to leather. Healso had on a shirt and tie.

"Where are we?" he wondered aloud.

Jack and Annie looked out the window.

The moonless sky glittered with stars. There was asoft wind and the sound of water lapping.

The tree house seemed to be resting on a woodendeck between two giant columns. Jack looked up andsaw smoke coming out of the columns.

"We must have landed on the ship between the'smokestacks," he said.

Then Jack looked straight ahead and saw a boxhigh in the air, near the front of the ship. "That mustbe the lookouts⁴' nest," he said.

Jack sat back in the tree house and opened theirbook. Annie handed him the flashlight.

"Let's find out where we are," he said.

He turned to a picture of a huge ocean liner. By thelight of the flashlight, he read:

Late at night, on April 14, 1912, anEnglish ocean liner was making her first voyageacross the Atlantic Ocean. She was going to NewYork City. Carrying 2,200 passengers, the ship wasfour city blocks long. Most people believed the shipwas unsinkable.

"Oh, man, we're in 1912, " said Jack. He pulled outhis notebook and wrote:

April 14 1912-..

"This ship is huge," said Annie. "How will we everfind the gift to help free Teddy?""You can't go looking for a gift," said Jack. "Youhave to wait until someone gives it to you.

"Right," said Annie with a sigh. "Well, I guess wejust have to be ourselves, like Morgan said. Andmaybe we'll get lucky.""This is hard, " said Jack. The little dog whined⁵.

"Don't worry, Teddy," said Annie. "We'll free youfrom your spell."Just then, a shout came from the lookouts' nest:

"Iceberg⁶ ahead!"Jack and Annie turned back to the windowjust in time to see a huge iceberg looming⁷ out of thesea.

The iceberg was dark with a fringe of white at thetop. And it was right in front of the ship!

Jack felt a jolt⁸. Then he heard a grinding sound. Theship was scraping against the mountain of ice.

"Arf Arf" Teddy barked.

"Shhh, don't be scared," said Annie. She picked thedog up and hugged him. The scraping sound stopped.

The ship slid past the iceberg until they lost sight ofit. The night was calm again.

"See?" Annie said to Teddy. "It was just a littlebump. This ship is unsinkable."But Jack was worried. "Wait. I have to read moreabout this," he said.

"Don't read now, Jack," said Annie. "It's time to getthe gift. Come on, Teddy."She picked up the little dog and the flashlight. Andshe climbed out the tree house window.

"Hey, don't take the flashlight!" said Jack.

But Annie was gone. "Annie!" called Jack.

He heard a soft "Yikes."Annie stuck her head back in the tree house.

"Bad news,"she said in a whisper. "I think you'd better see this."Jack threw his stuff into his knapsack. He put it onand climbed out the window.

Annie was standing⁹ by the ship's railing, holdingTeddy.

Without a word, she shined the flashlight on a lifepreserver hanging from the railing. In big black letterswere the words:

R.M.S. TITANIC

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• 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。

2 pajamas   

n.睡衣裤

参考例句：

• At bedtime,I take off my clothes and put on my pajamas.睡觉时，我脱去衣服，换上睡衣。
• He was wearing striped pajamas.他穿着带条纹的睡衣裤。

3 poncho   

n.斗篷，雨衣

参考例句：

• He yawned and curled his body down farther beneath the poncho.他打了个呵欠，把身子再蜷拢点儿，往雨披里缩了缩。
• The poncho is made of nylon.这雨披是用尼龙制造的。

4 lookouts   

n.寻找（ 某人/某物）( lookout的名词复数 )；是某人（自己）的问题；警戒；瞭望台

参考例句：

• Lookouts were spotted all along the coast. 沿海岸都布置了监视哨。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Lookouts and leadsmen in bulky life jackets stumbled and slipped after him. 监视哨和测深员穿着饱鼓鼓的救生衣，跌跌撞撞地跟在他后面。 来自辞典例句

5 whined   

v.哀号( whine的过去式和过去分词 )；哀诉，诉怨

参考例句：

• The dog whined at the door, asking to be let out. 狗在门前嚎叫着要出去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted. 他要是没得到想要的东西就会发牢骚、撅嘴。 来自辞典例句

6 iceberg   

n.冰山，流冰，冷冰冰的人

参考例句：

• The ship hit an iceberg and went under.船撞上一座冰山而沉没了。
• The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。

7 looming   

n.上现蜃景（光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼）v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望

8 jolt   

v.（使）摇动，（使）震动，（使）颠簸

参考例句：

• We were worried that one tiny jolt could worsen her injuries.我们担心稍微颠簸一下就可能会使她的伤势恶化。
• They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.他们拼命地干着，担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。

9 standing   

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。