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儿童英语读物 Superstar Watch CHAPTER 4 The Top Three

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It was time for a short break.

The Aldens decided1 to get to know the other dog owners a little better. They went to talk to Dante first.

“Good luck in the next round,” Jessie said.

“Thanks,” Dante said. “You, too.” Dante was acting2 nervous. He kept glancing over at the door.

“What kind of dog is Buffalo3?” Benny asked.

“Ummm.” Dante scratched his chin.

“A spotted4 one. Look, I gotta go somewhere.” He tugged5 Buffalo away quickly and left the room.

“Dante sure was in a rush to get out of here.” Violet said. “Maybe we can get to know him better later.”

Mr. Benjamin was in the corner of the room, brushing Ninja’s teeth. The Aldens walked over to him.

“Hello, Mr. Benjamin,” Henry said. “Congratulations on the audition6 so far.”

“There is no need to congratulate me,” Mr. Benjamin said, standing7 up. “I knew Ninja would be picked.” He tucked Ninja’s toothbrush in his pocket. “I’m sorry for you kids, though. Your dog doesn’t have a chance.”

Henry didn’t want to seem rude, so he just said, “Ninja is a very good actor.”

“The best,” Mr. Benjamin said. “It’s so wrong that we had to come here to Greenville.”

“Greenfield,” Benny corrected.

“Whatever,” Mr. Benjamin said. “Ninja never has to try out for a role. He is always given everything that he wants!” Mr. Benjamin gathered Ninja’s leash8. “We are off to buy Ninja a bottle of water in the mall’s food court. Ta ta.”

The Aldens were alone in the big room.

“I’m so nervous,” Violet said. “Mr. Benjamin seems confident that Ninja will win. But I really hope that Watch will get the best score,” she said. “Then he’ll be a star.”

“And Josh will get his bike fixed9,” Henry put in.

“Josh can bring his bike when he visits us in Hollywood!” Benny said.

Just then Grandfather came into the audition room. “I met Ms. Werner outside,” he said. “She said you had a short break, so I came to take you out for a snack.” He gave Benny a wink10. “How is everything going?”

“Great! Watch has been picked to go to the next part of the audition,” Jessie said.

“He’s going to be famous,” Benny said. “When Watch is a superstar, you can be his chauffeur11 so you’ll drive him to all his important meetings,” Benny explained.

“We’ll even get you a fancy hat!”

Grandfather laughed.

After a snack and a short walk, Grandfather dropped the children and Watch back at the audition room. He made plans to pick up them up when it was over later.

“You see, I’m already the chauffeur,” he said.

After Grandfather was gone, Henry saw something odd through the big window at the back of the room.

Ms. Werner and Dante were outside speaking privately12. It looked like Ms. Werner was giving Dante a marker pen. But he wasn’t sure. “Did you see that?” Henry asked Jessie.

“I think I saw Ms. Werner give Dante a marker,” Jessie said.

“That’s what I thought, too!” Henry said.

“That’s really weird13. A bunch of strange things have happened at this audition,” Jessie said.

“You should write it all down in your journal when we get home,” Henry said.

“Yeah,” Jessie agreed. She began thinking about what she’d write. She’d start with the fact that none of the dogs in line were eating the Wundermutt food. Except Buffalo.

“Hello.” Lisa came over to the children. “Your dog is terrific.”

Jessie beamed. “Thanks,” she said.

“Is it fun to work in show business?” Benny asked.

Lisa didn’t smile. “No. I don’t think it’s fun.”

“Why not?” Benny asked. “I think it would be great!”

Lisa groaned14. “It might be great for some people. But I don’t want to be in show business. I want to do other things for the Wundermutt Company.”

“What do you want to do?” Violet asked in her soft voice.

“I’m an inventor,” Lisa told the children. “I’ve created a new dog training product. It’s called—”

“Lisa, I need your help,” said Ms. Werner, who had come back into the room.

“I have to go now.” Lisa sighed. “But I have a plan.” She tossed back her hair and gave a small smile. “Soon everyone will notice me and listen to my incredible idea!” With that, Lisa hurried off.

“What do you think she has in mind?” Henry wondered.

It was time for the obstacle course. Lisa showed the dogs and owners how it worked. “Each dog will have to go over the log, under the bench, through the hoop16, and finally, slip down the slide,” she said.

“We want to see how athletic17 and healthy your dog is,” Ms. Werner said. “Plus, these same tricks will be used in the commercial.”

Ms. Werner pointed18 at Lisa’s clipboard. “We will give each dog points for how well they perform on each of the events we have planned. At the end, the dog with the most points will get to go to Hollywood, star in the Wundermutt commercial, and win one hundred dollars in prize money.”

“Wow!” Jessie said. “That’s exactly enough to get Josh’s bike fixed.”

“Winning is going to be a piece of cake!” Benny exclaimed.

“Benny’s always thinking about food,” Henry said with a laugh.

Ms. Werner announced that Buffalo would run the course first. Ninja would be next, and finally, Watch.

Buffalo moved up to the starting line. A bell rang and Buffalo started out. The dog jumped smoothly19 over the log, though his back feet briefly20 touched it.

As Buffalo went through the course, Dante cheered him on.

“Good dog!” he shouted. “Don’t mess up. No mistakes. People are counting on you. When you win this audition, it’ll prove a point.”

When Buffalo slid under the bench, he hit the underside with his back. The bench wobbled but didn’t tip. Buffalo sailed through the hoop, but skidded21 on his landing. For the last trick, Buffalo slid smoothly down the slide.

At the finish line, Dante gave Buffalo a big hug. “Good job, Bandit!” he said. “Great work.”

“Bandit?” Benny whispered. “I thought his dog’s name is Buffalo.”

“I don’t know why he called his dog another name,” Henry said.

“We must have heard wrong,” Violet said.

“All of us?” Jessie asked.

“Great work, Buffalo.” Ms. Werner said. “A solid run.” She told Dante he didn’t need to stay to watch the others.

“Buffalo needs to be refreshed,” Dante said. Then they headed out.

When Mr. Benjamin moved Ninja to the start line, Benny began to clap. “Go, Ninja!” he said. He still wanted Watch to win, but it was exciting to see his favorite TV hero in action. “Now, Ninja, now!” he shouted. That was what the announcer on “Ninja at Night” said whenever Ninja sprang into action.

But Mr. Benjamin wasn’t pleased. He just glared at Benny.

“Sorry,” Benny said, and then he was quiet.

The bell sounded and Ninja was off. He went over. Under. Through and down. Unlike Buffalo, Ninja didn’t need any direction on the course. He did it all perfectly22 on his own.

“Good job, Ninja,” Benny said softly when Ninja’s turn was over.

“Ninja really did well,” Henry admitted. “He’s a pro15.”

“I told you Ninja would win,” Mr. Benjamin said, as Ninja sat down next to his feet.

Watch was getting ready to take his turn on the obstacle course.

Mr. Benjamin looked around the room. “Hold on,” he said. He turned to Ms. Werner. “I can’t find Ninja’s leash.”

Everyone looked around, but nobody noticed the leash.

“I’ll check over by the stage kitchen,” Henry said. Lisa went to look with him. Jessie and Benny said they’d look by the door and under the waiting area chairs.

“I’ll check the little office,” Violet told them, and Ms. Werner followed her. The desk was messy. Violet picked up a coffee mug so she could move some papers. On one side of the mug was a picture of a white fuzzy dog. There was a big red heart around the dog. On the other side there was some writing.

“I’ll take that!” Ms. Werner said. She was right behind Violet.

Ms. Werner took the cup so fast that Violet didn’t have time to read the writing.

“That dog looked familiar,” Violet said. “Is that a photo of a famous dog?”

“No,” Ms. Werner said, putting the cup away in a cabinet. “But I wish he was.”

Violet looked around the desk. “No leash here.”

“I found it!” Benny suddenly called out. “It was under one of the chairs,” he said.

Without saying thanks, Mr. Benjamin took the leash. He hooked up Ninja and quickly left the room.

“Okay, Watch,” Jessie said, stepping onto the starting line for the obstacle course. “Do your best.” She scratched Watch on the neck and set him free.

Brinnnnggg! The bell sounded. Watch was off and running.

Watch went over the log easily, but as he appeared on the other side there was a loose bit of rope tangled24 around his leg.

“Where did that come from?” Henry asked.

Watch managed to remove the rope himself by shaking one of his hind23 legs. He then hurried to the next task. As he ran beneath the bench, one of the four legs suddenly came off! The bench tipped over and narrowly missed falling on him. When Watch jumped through the hoop, it broke in two.

“Something bad is going on,” Violet said.

The final task was the slide. Watch got up the steps okay, but as he began to slip down, the whole slide began to shake. It wobbled. Then it creaked. It was beginning to fall over!

“Oh no!” Jessie said. She lunged towards Watch to grab him. She had him in his arms just before the whole slide collapsed25 with a loud and heavy clomp. Henry, Violet, and Benny rushed over. Ms. Werner and Lisa hurried over, too.

“Is he all right?” Ms. Werner asked, very concerned.

“He’s fine,” Benny reported after giving Watch a big hug.

“I’m glad he’s okay,” Ms. Werner told the children. She turned to Lisa, “How could that have happened? Did you check the course?”

“It was fine when Ninja and Buffalo went through,” Lisa said. “I didn’t think I needed to check it again. I really don’t know what happened.”

“I’m sorry about the slide,” Ms. Werner said. She took the clipboard from Lisa and made some notes on the top page. Then she turned to the children, “Watch needs to do better in the next round if he wants to win.”


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1 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
2 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
3 buffalo 1Sby4     
n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛
参考例句:
  • Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
  • The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。
4 spotted 7FEyj     
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
参考例句:
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
5 tugged 8a37eb349f3c6615c56706726966d38e     
v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She tugged at his sleeve to get his attention. 她拽了拽他的袖子引起他的注意。
  • A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. 他的嘴角带一丝苦笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 audition 8uazw     
n.(对志愿艺人等的)面试(指试读、试唱等)
参考例句:
  • I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音,可并不指望会给我个角色演出。
  • At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初,他们说他太小,但后来他们叫他去试听。
7 standing 2hCzgo     
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。
8 leash M9rz1     
n.牵狗的皮带,束缚;v.用皮带系住
参考例句:
  • I reached for the leash,but the dog got in between.我伸手去拿系狗绳,但被狗挡住了路。
  • The dog strains at the leash,eager to be off.狗拼命地扯拉皮带,想挣脱开去。
9 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
10 wink 4MGz3     
n.眨眼,使眼色,瞬间;v.眨眼,使眼色,闪烁
参考例句:
  • He tipped me the wink not to buy at that price.他眨眼暗示我按那个价格就不要买。
  • The satellite disappeared in a wink.瞬息之间,那颗卫星就消失了。
11 chauffeur HrGzL     
n.(受雇于私人或公司的)司机;v.为…开车
参考例句:
  • The chauffeur handed the old lady from the car.这个司机搀扶这个老太太下汽车。
  • She went out herself and spoke to the chauffeur.她亲自走出去跟汽车司机说话。
12 privately IkpzwT     
adv.以私人的身份,悄悄地,私下地
参考例句:
  • Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
  • The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。
13 weird bghw8     
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。
14 groaned 1a076da0ddbd778a674301b2b29dff71     
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦
参考例句:
  • He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
  • The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
15 pro tk3zvX     
n.赞成,赞成的意见,赞成者
参考例句:
  • The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
  • Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军?
16 hoop wcFx9     
n.(篮球)篮圈,篮
参考例句:
  • The child was rolling a hoop.那个孩子在滚铁环。
  • The wooden tub is fitted with the iron hoop.木盆都用铁箍箍紧。
17 athletic sOPy8     
adj.擅长运动的,强健的;活跃的,体格健壮的
参考例句:
  • This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
  • He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。
18 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。
19 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。
20 briefly 9Styo     
adv.简单地,简短地
参考例句:
  • I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
21 skidded 35afc105bfaf20eaf5c5245a2e8d22d8     
v.(通常指车辆) 侧滑( skid的过去式和过去分词 );打滑;滑行;(住在)贫民区
参考例句:
  • The car skidded and hit a lamp post. 那辆汽车打滑撞上了路灯杆。
  • The car skidded and overturned. 汽车打滑翻倒了。
22 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
23 hind Cyoya     
adj.后面的,后部的
参考例句:
  • The animal is able to stand up on its hind limbs.这种动物能够用后肢站立。
  • Don't hind her in her studies.不要在学业上扯她后腿。
24 tangled e487ee1bc1477d6c2828d91e94c01c6e     
adj. 纠缠的,紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了,我梳不动。
  • A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。
25 collapsed cwWzSG     
adj.倒塌的
参考例句:
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
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