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《神奇树屋》 第三十五册 Night of the New Magicians 06 Invisible Enemies

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       Jack1 and Annie whirled around. A dark figure wasstanding at a side door of the institute.

The sorcerer!

Jack thought. He frantically2 tried to remember hisline of the rhyme.

"Can I help you?" the figure said. He steppedforward into the light of a gas lamp. He was an oldman with stooped shoulders. His hair was white andhe had a friendly smile.

"Hi! Who are you?" asked Annie.

"I am the night watchman," the man said. "Theinstitute is closed for the night. Have you61been bitten by a dog? Have you come for the rabiestreatment?""No, we're fine," said Annie.

"Is that what you do here?" asked Jack. "You treatpeople for rabies?""Yes. Not I, of course, but Dr. Pasteur. He treatsother diseases as well," said the old man. "He is theworld's foremost medical researcher.""Really?" said Jack. "What does he research?""Microbes," said the night watchman.

"Microbes?" said Annie.

"Germs," explained Jack. "Yuck," said Annie.

"Microbes are invisible to the eye," said the oldman. "Some are useful and necessary, but others cancause great harm. Dr. Pasteur battles the deadly oneswith research and vaccines3 and new medicines."Annie gasped4.

"He battles deadly enemies no one can see!"she said. "He's the Magician of the Invisible!"62"Yes!" said Jack.

The old man smiled. "I suppose you could say that,"he said. "Dr. Pasteur has certainly helped a lot ofpeople.""We have to find him," said Annie. "Do you knowwhere he is now?""Unfortunately, you have just missed him," said thenight watchman. "Earlier, a messenger left aninvitation for him.""A strange man in a black cloak?" said Annie. "Youknow him?" said the night watchman.

"Not really," said Jack. "But we think we know whohe is. What did the invitation say?""I do not know," said the old man. "But when Dr.

Pasteur read it, he left immediately. He said he had toget to the Eiffel Tower by ten p.m.""The Eiffel Tower?" said Annie.

"By ten p.m.?" said Jack. "Do you know what timeit is now?"The old man pulled out a pocket watch. "It is abouttwenty-five minutes until ten."63"Yikes, we'd better get going!" said Annie. "Thanksfor your help," Jack said to the night watchman.

"You're welcome," the old man said. Then hestepped back inside the institute and closed the door.

"Hurry!" said Annie. She and Jack ran down thesteps to the street.

"Dr. Louis Pasteur!" said Jack. "I've heard of him,too! This is crazy. None of these guys are reallymagicians. They're all famous for doing great thingsin science and stuff!""I wonder who thefourth`magician' is," said Annie. "The Magician of Iron,who bends the metals of earth and triumphs over thewind. Is he a magician or a scientist or what?""I don't know," said Jack. "But we have to get tothat tower fast! We have to find the magicians andlearn their secrets-before the sorcerer finds them!"Jack and Annie looked up and down the64lamp-lit street. A man was pushing a cart over thecobblestones. A couple on a two-seater bicycle rodeby and disappeared. Then a horse and carriageclattered up the street.

"Taxi!" yelled Jack.

But the horse and carriage kept going. There wasno sign of another one. The street was empty, exceptfor Jack and Annie.

"Let's start walking," said Jack. "Look," said Annie.

The couple on the two-seater bicycle rattled5 backdown the road. They stopped near a yellowstreetlamp.

"We heard you call for help. Do you needassistance?" the man asked in a gruff voice. Jack andAnnie stepped closer to the bike.

The riders were an odd-looking couple. The manwas short. He wore a tall black hat and had a bushybeard and a long mustache. The woman was short,also. She wore a hat with a veil that hid most of herface.

65"We need to know the quickest way to the EiffelTower," said Annie. "We have to get there by ten. It'san emergency!""An emergency! Oh, dear!" exclaimed the woman ina high, squeaky voice.

The man cleared his throat and spoke6 in his low,gruff voice. "It would take quite a long time to walkto the Eiffel Tower from here," he said. "Perhaps youshould take our bicycle.""Really?" said Jack.

"Of course," said the man, "if it'strulyan emergency.""It's an emergency, all right," said Annie. "But howcan we get your bike back to you?""Just leave it for us under the arches at the bottomof the tower," said the man.

"We can pay you for letting us borrow it," saidAnnie. She pulled coins out of her pocket and heldthem out to the couple. "You can have them all.""No, please, we are happy to help," said the man asthe couple climbed off their bicycle.

66"This is really nice of you!" said Annie. "Good luck!"the woman squeaked7. Then she and the man startedwalking away.

"Youwere our good luck!" shouted Annie.

"Thanks!"6768"Yes, thanks a lot!" shouted Jack.

The man turned back. "You had better hurry!" hecalled over his shoulder. "If you want to be there byten, you will have to spin like a whirlwind!" Then heand the woman rounded the corner and were gone.

"I love this bike!" said Annie. She climbed onto thefront seat, and Jack climbed onto the one in back.

"Ready?""Go easy till we get the hang of it," said Jack. Jackand Annie started pedaling. At first, the large bikewas very wobbly and they almost fell over. "We haveto pedal at the same speed," said Jack.

Jack and Annie balanced themselves on the bikeand tried to pedal together. The bike bumped over thecobblestones a little more smoothly8.

"I think I've got the hang of it now!" said Annie.

"Me too!" said Jack. "It isn't that different fromriding a regular bike.""Which way do we go?" said Annie.

69"We have to find that busy street with the cafes,"said Jack.

They rode the bike to the corner and looked rightand left. "That way," said Annie. She pointed9 to theright, where there was a busy block with lots of gaslitrestaurants and people strolling about.

"Okay, go," said Jack.

Annie turned the front handlebars, and she andJack pedaled down the bumpy10 street. Annie steeredthem carefully around couples walking arm in arm.

People at outdoor cafes waved at them as they rodeby.

But the street grew more deserted11 as Jack andAnnie kept riding. By the time they came to the end,there was no one around. They pushed back on theirpedals and brought their bike to a shaky stop.

"Which way now?" said Annie.

Jack looked to the right and left. Both ways weredimly lit, with closed shops and dark houses. Jackdidn't recognize anything. "I don't70know," he said. "I wasn't paying attention duringthe carriage ride.""Me, either," said Annie.

Jack could see the Eiffel Tower rising into the skybehind other buildings. It didn't look that far away,but he had no idea how to get there. "Let's try goingleft," he said.

Jack and Annie turned left and rattled over thecobblestones until they came to an empty square atthe end of the street.

"It's a dead end," said Jack.

"We have to go back!" said Annie. "Hurry!"Jack and Annie turned the bike around and spedback up the street. They pedaled until they came toanother dead end.

"Oh, no!" said Jack. "Where's that busy street withall the cafes?""We must have missed it somehow," said Annie.

"We'recompletelylost! And it's almost ten o'clock!""This, is so annoying!" said Jack. "The tower71isright there!"He pointed to the Eiffel Tower looming12 over Paris.

"It's really not that far away! We just don't know howto get there!""Wait a minute," said Annie. "That guy said that toget there by ten, we'd have to `spin like awhirlwind."'

"I know, but we're lost!" said Jack. "We don't knowwhich way to go!""It doesn't matter!" said Annie. "We have to spin!

Spin into the Air!

That's one of our magic rhymes!

We have to spin our bike into the air!"


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1 jack 53Hxp     
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 frantically ui9xL     
ad.发狂地, 发疯地
参考例句:
  • He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
  • She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。
3 vaccines c9bb57973a82c1e95c7cd0f4988a1ded     
疫苗,痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
  • The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。
4 gasped e6af294d8a7477229d6749fa9e8f5b80     
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要
参考例句:
  • She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
  • People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5 rattled b4606e4247aadf3467575ffedf66305b     
慌乱的,恼火的
参考例句:
  • The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
  • Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里,窗户都格格作响。
6 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。
7 squeaked edcf2299d227f1137981c7570482c7f7     
v.短促地尖叫( squeak的过去式和过去分词 );吱吱叫;告密;充当告密者
参考例句:
  • The radio squeaked five. 收音机里嘟嘟地发出五点钟报时讯号。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Amy's shoes squeaked on the tiles as she walked down the corridor. 埃米走过走廊时,鞋子踩在地砖上嘎吱作响。 来自辞典例句
8 smoothly iiUzLG     
adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地
参考例句:
  • The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作,所以工作进展顺利。
  • Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
9 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。
10 bumpy 2sIz7     
adj.颠簸不平的,崎岖的
参考例句:
  • I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
  • The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄,成了一条崎岖不平的小径。
11 deserted GukzoL     
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的
参考例句:
  • The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
  • The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。
12 looming 1060bc05c0969cf209c57545a22ee156     
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
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