《神奇树屋》 第二十八册 High Tide in Hawaii 07 Ride for Your Live

　　Jack¹ had to find out more about tsunamis³ quickly.

He read as fast as he could:

A tsunami² can strike a few hours--or a fewminutes!--after an earthquake. It depends on thestrength of the earthquake and where it took place.

After earthquakes, it is safest for islanders to seekhigher ground.

We have to get to higher ground now! thought Jack,dropping the book.

He ran down to the edge of the ocean. Boka, Kama,and Annie were still paddling out beyond the waves.

Jack forgot all about their fight.

"Hey, you guys!" he yelled.

They didn't hear him.

Jack went into the shallow water. "Hey, you guys!"he yelled. "Come back!"They still didn't hear him.

Jack ran to his surfboard, grabbed it, and ran intothe ocean. He fought the breaking waves. Once hewas past them, he threw him-self on his board andpaddled wildly.

The wave swells⁵ grew as he paddled. He couldhardly see Annie, Boka, or Kama over them. Jackpaddled faster and faster, trying to reach them.

"Hey!" he yelled. "Hey!"Boka looked back at him. He gave Jack a friendlywave, then turned away again.

I have to get them to come to me! Jack thoughtfrantically. "HELP! HELP!" he yelled at the top of hislungs.

The three kids jerked around. They paddled quicklytoward Jack with worried faces.

"What's wrong?" Annie cried when they got closer.

"Are you in trouble?""We all are!" said Jack. "A tsunami might becoming! There was an earthquake when I was on thebeach!""We'd better ride in fast!" said Boka.

"Stay on your bellies⁶!" said Kama. "It's safer!""Here comes a wave!" cried Boka.

They all started paddling.

The swell⁴ of the wave picked them up.

They were all swept forward!

Jack gripped the sides of his board as he zoomedalong with the others. Suddenly he dropped down asthe wave curled under. It felt like a roller coaster! Buthe stayed on his board as the wave carried him toshore.

Jack rolled off into the shallow water. He snatchedup his board and ran onto the sand. Boka and Kamawere waiting.

"Good riding, Jack!" said Boka.

"Where's Annie?" asked Jack.

Boka pointed⁷. Annie was in the shallow water,pulling her board in. As they watched, somethingvery weird⁸ began to happen to the ocean.

The water around Annie started to pull away.

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 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

3 tsunamis   

n.海啸( tsunami的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our oceans are alive with earthquakes, volcanoes, and more recently, tsunamis. 海中充满着地震、火山，包括最近发生的海啸。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年2月号
• Please tell me something more about tsunamis! 请您给我讲讲海啸吧！ 来自辞典例句

4 swell   

vi.膨胀，肿胀；增长，增强

参考例句：

• The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
• His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。

5 swells   

增强( swell的第三人称单数 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）

参考例句：

• The waters were heaving up in great swells. 河水正在急剧上升。
• A barrel swells in the middle. 水桶中部隆起。

6 bellies   

n.肚子( belly的名词复数 )；腹部；（物体的）圆形或凸起部份；腹部…形的

参考例句：

• They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。
• starving children with huge distended bellies 鼓着浮肿肚子的挨饿儿童

7 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。

8 weird   

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。