《神奇树屋》 第二十七册 Thanksgiving on Thursday 10 Thankful

　　Jack¹ opened his eyes. He sighed. They werewearing their own clothes again. His leather bag wasa backpack.

Sunlight slanted² through the tree house window.

As always, no time at all had passed in Frog Creek³.

"Home," said Annie. She held up the pouch⁴ of cornseeds. "Proof for Morgan we found a special magic.""The magic of community," said Jack.

Annie placed the pouch on the floor--next, to thescrolls from Shakespeare and the twig⁵ from thegorillas of the cloud forest.

"Let's go," she said.

Jack took the research book out of his pack. He leftit under the window. Then they climbed down therope ladder.

As they started through the woods, a warm windblew, rattling⁶ the leaves. Jack felt happy. He waslooking forward to visiting their grandmother todayand seeing their cousins and aunts and uncles.

"You know, Pilgrim kids had a really hard life," saidAnnie.

"Yeah. They did as much work as the grown-ups,"said Jack. "Maybe more.""Worst of all, lots of their friends and familymembers died," said Annie.

"Yeah," said Jack.

Both were silent for a moment.

"If they could be so thankful," said Annie, "weshould be really thankful.""No kidding," said Jack. "Really, really thankful."And they were.

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 slanted   

有偏见的； 倾斜的

参考例句：

• The sun slanted through the window. 太阳斜照进窗户。
• She had slanted brown eyes. 她有一双棕色的丹凤眼。

3 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

4 pouch   

n.小袋，小包，囊状袋；vt.装...入袋中，用袋运输；vi.用袋送信件

参考例句：

• He was going to make a tobacco pouch out of them. 他要用它们缝制一个烟草袋。
• The old man is always carrying a tobacco pouch with him.这老汉总是随身带着烟袋。

5 twig   

n.小树枝，嫩枝；v.理解

参考例句：

• He heard the sharp crack of a twig.他听到树枝清脆的断裂声。
• The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away.细枝突然折断的刺耳声把獾惊跑了。

6 rattling   

adj. 格格作响的, 活泼的, 很好的 adv. 极其, 很, 非常 动词rattle的现在分词

参考例句：

• This book is a rattling good read. 这是一本非常好的读物。
• At that same instant,a deafening explosion set the windows rattling. 正在这时，一声震耳欲聋的爆炸突然袭来，把窗玻璃震得当当地响。