《神奇树屋》 第二十二册 Revolutionary War on Wednesday 01 Wednesday!

　　"Wake up, Jack¹!" Annie whispered².

Jack opened his eyes. He looked at his clock. It wassix A.M.

"Come on!" Annie whispered. She was standing³ athis bedroom door, already dressed.

"Now?" said Jack.

"Yeah, it's Wednesday! We have to go to the treehouse!" she said.

"Oh, man7 Wednesday!" said Jack. Suddenly, hewas wide awake.

"We have to help save Camelot," said Annie.

"I know, I know," said Jack, scrambling⁴ out of bed.

"Meet you out front," said Annie.

Jack quickly changed into his jeans and T-shirt. Hethrew his notebook and pencil into his backpack.

Then he slipped⁵ down the stairs and out the frontdoor.

Annie was waiting in the gray early light. "All set?"she whispered.

"Yep," said Jack.

They took off running across their yard. They randown their quiet street and into the Frog Creekwoods.

Soon they came to the tree house. They climbed upthe rope ladder.

In the early light, they saw Morgan's note, the samenote they'd found on Sunday. Jack picked it up andread aloud:

Dear Jack and Annie,Camelot is in trouble. To save the kingdom, pleasefind these four special kinds of writing for my library:

Something to followSomething to sendSomething to learnSomething to lendThank you, MorganAnnie picked up a piece of paper lying on the floor.

It was a list of rules from the famous nurse ClaraBarton. They had met her on their journey to theCivil War.

"On Sunday we found the first special writing," saidAnnie, "something to follow.""Yeah," said Jack, "and now we need to find thesecond thing, something to send."He picked up a book lying near the note. The covershowed soldiers on a snowy river-bank.

The title was The Revolutionary War. Jackfrowned.

"Uh-oh," said Annie.

"Another war," said Jack, sighing.

"You still want to go?" said Annie.

"We have to," said Jack. He hated the suffering he'dseen in the Civil War. But they had no choice. Theyhad to help Morgan and save Camelot.

He pointed⁶ at the cover of the book.

"I wish we could go there," Jack said.

The wind started to blow.

The tree house started to spin⁷.

It spun⁸ faster and faster.

Then everything was still.

Absolutely still.

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 whispered   

adj.耳语的，低语的v.低声说( whisper的过去式和过去分词 )；私语；小声说；私下说

参考例句：

• She sidled up to me and whispered something in my ear. 她悄悄走上前来，对我耳语了几句。
• His ill luck has been whispered about the neighborhood. 他的不幸遭遇已在邻居中传开。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 scrambling   

v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 slipped   

adj.打滑，打滑的v.滑( slip的过去式和过去分词 )；滑脱；下降；（健康状况等）变差

参考例句：

• She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤，摔得鼻青脸肿。
• The climber slipped and dropped to his death. 攀登者一失足掉下去摔死了。

6 pointed   

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 spin   

v./n.纺，（使）快速旋转；旋转，旋转运动

参考例句：

• A man cannot spin and weave at the same time.[谚]一心不能二用。
• We can go for a spin on a bicycle on campus.我们可以骑自行车在校园里兜一圈。

8 spun   

v.纺，杜撰，急转身

参考例句：

• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。