儿童英语读物《神奇树屋》 第一册 Dinosaurs Before Dark 06(在线收听) |
6恐龙谷 “安妮,看看这个!”杰克大喊着,“看看我找到了什么!” 安妮已经上了山顶。 她正在忙着从木兰树上摘一朵花。 “安妮,看!一块大奖牌!” 但是安妮没有留心杰克。她正盯着山的另一侧的什么东西在看呢。 “啊,哇噻!”她叫着。 “安妮!” 她手里捏着木兰花,朝另一侧的山坡走下去。 “安妮,回来!”杰克大喊着。 但是安妮已不见踪影了。 “我真想杀了她。”杰克嘟哝着。 他把金牌塞进牛仔裤的口袋里。 接着他听到了安妮的尖叫声。 “安妮?” 杰克还听到了另一种声音:一种沉沉的吼声,像低音大喇叭的声音。 “杰克!快上这儿来!”安妮叫着。 “安妮!” 杰克抓起背包,朝山顶跑去。 当他到达山顶时,他倒吸了一口气。 山的另一侧下面的山谷到处都是窝。都是大大的用泥土筑成的窝。窝里全都是小恐龙! 安妮正蹲在其中的一个窝旁。一只庞大的长着鸭子嘴的恐龙死死地盯着她。 “别怕!别动!”杰克说。他慢慢地、一步一步地向山下的安妮走去。 大恐龙高高地耸立在安妮上方,挥舞着手臂,发出低音大喇叭般的声音。 杰克停住了。他不想靠得太近。 他跪到地上。“好,朝我这边移动,慢慢地。”他说。 安妮想要站起来。 “别站起来,用手爬。”杰克说。 安妮朝杰克爬去,手里仍然捏着花。 长着鸭子嘴的恐龙跟着她,仍在吼叫着。 安妮不敢动了。 “继续爬呀。”杰克轻声说。 于是安妮又爬起来。 杰克一寸一寸地向山下挪动,直到他离安妮仅仅一手臂的距离了。 他伸出手——一下子抓住了安妮的手。 他把安妮拉了过来。 “别起来。”他说,他也蹲到安妮旁边。“低下头,假装嚼东西。” “嚼东西?” “是的。我从书上读到的,当一只不太友好的狗企图攻击你时,你就这么做。” “它不是狗呀,杰克。”安妮说。 “只管嚼吧。”杰克说。 杰克和安妮都低下头,假装嚼东西。 不久那只恐龙慢慢安静下来。 杰克抬起头。 “我认为它不再生气了。”他说。 “谢谢,杰克,谢谢你救了我。”安妮说。 “你得用用你的脑子。”杰克说,“你不能朝宝宝的窝儿里跑,要知道旁边一般都有妈妈守着。” 安妮站起身来。 “安妮!” 太迟了。 安妮把木兰花伸向那只恐龙。 “我让你为你的宝宝担心了,我很抱歉。”她说。 恐龙走到安妮的身旁,从她手中抓走了花,又伸手要。 “没有更多的了。”安妮说。 恐龙妈妈发出难听的低音大喇叭一样的声音。 “不过那儿有很多花。”安妮说,她指了指山顶。“我去替你摘一些。” 安妮急忙向山上奔去。 恐龙妈妈像鸭子一样摇摇晃晃地跟着她。 杰克快速地观察恐龙宝宝。有些恐龙宝宝正从窝里往外爬。 其他的妈妈们在哪儿呢? 杰克拿出恐龙书。他飞快地翻阅着。 他找到了一页有不少鸭嘴龙的画,读着上面的说明文字: 鸭嘴龙过着群居生活。一些恐龙妈妈在窝里照料小宝宝,而另外的恐龙妈妈则出外觅食。 所以附近肯定有更多的恐龙妈妈。 “喂,杰克!”安妮喊着。 杰克向山上一看。安妮在山顶上。她正在给巨大的鸭嘴龙喂木兰花。 “它也很可爱,杰克。”安妮说。 但是鸭嘴龙突然间发出了可怕的低音大喇叭般的叫声。安妮连忙蹲下,开始嚼了起来。 那只鸭嘴龙跌跌撞撞地跑下山去。 它似乎在害怕什么东西。 杰克把书放在背包的上面,急忙向安妮奔去。 “我奇怪它为什么跑走。”安妮说,“我们就要开始成为朋友了。” 杰克看了看周围,远处他所看见的景象几乎把他吓呆了。 一个庞大的丑陋怪物正在越过旷野朝这边走来。 它迈开两条巨大的腿,摇荡着一条又长又粗的尾巴,两只小小的手臂晃来晃去。 它的头很大很大,嘴巴张得大大的。 即使在远处杰克也能看见它那长长的亮闪闪的牙齿。 “霸王龙!”杰克低声咕哝着。 6 Dinosaur Valley “Annie, look at this!”Jack called. “Look what I found!” Annie had gone up to the hilltop. She was busy picking a flower from the magnolia tree. “Annie, look!A medallion!” But Annie wasn’t paying attention to Jack. She was staring at something on the other side of the hill. “Oh, wow!” she said. “Annie!” Clutching her magnolia flower, she took off down the hill. “Annie, come back!” Jack shouted. But Annie had disappeared. “I’m goint to kill her,” Jack muttered. He stuffed the gold medalllion into his jeans pocket. Then he heard Annie shriek. “Annie?” Jack heard another sound as well. A deep, bellowing sound. Like a tuba. “Jack!Come here!” Annie called. “Annie!” Jack grabbed his backpack and raced up the hill. When he got to the top, he gasped. The valley below was filled with nests. Big nests made out of mud. And the nests were filled with tiny dinosaurs! Annie was crouching next to one of the nests. And standing over her was a gigantic duck-billed dinosaur! “Don’t panic. Don’t move,” said Jack. He stepped slowly down the hill toward Annie. The huge dinosaur was towering above Annie. Waving her arms. Making her tuba sound. Jack stopped. He didn’t want to get too close. He knelt on the ground. “Okay. Move toward me. Slowly,” he said. Annie started to stand up. “Don’t stand. Crawl,” said Jack. Clutching her flower, Annie crawled toward Jack. The duck-billed dinosaur followed her. Still bellowing. Annie froze. “Keep going,” Jack said softly. Annie started crawling again. Jack inched farther down the hill. Until he was just an arm’s distance from Annie. He reached out—and grabbed her hand. He pulled Annie toward him. “Stay down,” he said. He crouched next to her.“Bow your head. Pretend to chew.” “Chew?” “Yes. I read that’s what you do if a mean dog comes at you.” “she’s no dog,Jack,” said Annie. “Just chew,” said Jack. Jack and annie both bowed their heads. And pretended to chew. Soon the dinosaur grew quiet. Jack raised his head. “I don’t think she’s mad anymore,” he said. “Thanks, Jack, for saving me,” said Annie. “You have to use your brain,” said Jack. “You can’ t just go running to a nest of babies. There’s always a mother nearby.” Annie stood up. “Annie!” Too late. Annie held out her magnolia flower to the dinosaur. “I’m sorry I made you worry about your babies,” she said. The dinosaur moved closer to Annie. She grabbed the flower from her. She reached for another. “No more,” said Annie. The dinosaur let out a sad tuba sound. “But there are more flowers up there,” Annie said. She pointed to the top of the hill. “I’ll get you some.” Annie hurried up the hill. The dinosaur waddled after her. Jack quickly examined the babies. Some were crawling out of their nests. Where were the other mothers? Jack took out the dinosaur book. He flipped through the pages. He found a picture of some duck-billed dinosaurs. He read the caption:The Anatosauruses lived in colonies.While a few mothers baby-sat the nests, others hunted for food. So there must be more mothers close by. “Hey,Jack!” Annie called. Jack looked up. Annie was at the top of the hill. Feeding magnolia flowers to the giant Anatosaurus! “She’s nice, too, Jack,” Annie said. But suddenly the Anatosaurus made her terrible tuba sound. Annie crouched down and started to chew. The dinosaur barged down the hill. She seemed afraid of something. Jack put the book down on top of his pack. He hurried up to Annie. “I wonder why she ran away,”said Annie. “We were starting to be friends.” Jack looked around. What he saw in the distance almost made him throw up. An enormous ugly monster was coming across the plain. He was walking on two big legs. And swinging a long, thick tail. And dangling two tiny arms. He had a huge head. And his jaws were wide open. Even from far away Jack could see his long, gleaming teeth. “Tyrannosaurus rex!” whispered Jack. |
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