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儿童英语读物 The Hockey Mystery HAPTER 8 Jessie Makes a Discovery

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“Show me what’s missing,” Henry said, taking the list from Jessie.

“A hockey jersey1,” said Jessie, pointing to one of the items on the list. “And a hockey stick.”

Benny and Violet crowded around to look at the list, too.

“They definitely weren’t in the box,” said Violet. “We looked at everything, and there were no jerseys2 or hockey sticks.”

“We’d better call Kevin and let him know,” said Henry, going to the telephone.

A moment later he came back.

“What did he say?” Jessie asked.

“There was no answer,” said Henry. “Maybe they’re not home yet.”

“We’ll have to tell him tomorrow at the rink,” Violet suggested.

“That’s right, tomorrow’s our last practice before the championship game,” said Jessie. “I’d better get some sleep!”

The next day the Aldens headed to the rink, as usual, before the sun was even up. Cathy was already in the locker3 room when Jessie came in.

“How are you feeling?” Jessie asked.

“Fine,” said Cathy. “Why do you ask?”

“I was just wondering whether your head felt better,” Jessie said.

“My head?” said Cathy.

“Remember, you had a really bad headache last night?” Jessie said.

“Oh, that ... that’s right ... yes, it’s all better,” Cathy said, gathering4 up her gear and leaving the locker room. She moved so quickly, it seemed she didn’t want to talk to Jessie anymore.

Meanwhile, out on the ice, Henry was trying to tell Coach about the missing jersey and stick. “Kevin, I have something important to tell you,” Henry said, skating out onto the ice.

Kevin was studying a clipboard of information about his players.

“What is it?” Kevin asked, looking up, a serious expression on his face.

“It’s about that box of stuff last night,” Henry said.

Kevin broke into a smile. “Pretty neat, huh? For me it’s like walking down memory lane, looking at all that stuff. Do you think you can set up the display?” he asked.

“Sure,” Henry said. “Violet’s going to make signs. She’s a great artist and has really nice handwriting.”

“Great. And thanks for dinner,” Kevin said. “It was really delicious.”

“No problem,” Henry said. “But what I wanted to tell you was—”

“Listen, we’ve got to get the girls ready for the big championship game, so I think we’ll need to talk about this later,” Kevin said, going back to his clipboard.

“Okay, no problem,” Henry said.

For the next hour, Kevin worked the Polar Bears like they’d never worked before. He had them skate laps and laps around the rink to strengthen their legs and made them do several intricate skating and passing drills. They ended with a shooting drill and a short scrimmage.

“Okay, girls, let’s break now,” Kevin said at last. “Come on over to the bench. I’d like to talk to you.

“Now, I realize some of you had never played hockey before when you started.” He looked around at all the girls, making eye contact with each one of them. “And you’ve done a great job. You’ve played hard, you’ve practiced hard, and now you’re seeing the result of all that hard work—tomorrow you’ll be in the mini-league championship game. And I bet you’re going to win that game, too. But whether or not you do, you should all be very proud of yourselves and of how well you’ve played.

“The game tomorrow is at ten o’clock. So I want you all to get a good night’s sleep, eat a good breakfast, and come here ready to play. Ready to win. Let’s go, Polar Bears!”

The girls cheered along with Kevin and Henry. They were excited about their game tomorrow. Jessie was especially excited. She was going to try her best. She hoped it would be good enough to help the team win.

After Coach’s pep talk, Henry tried to get a chance to speak to Kevin alone, to tell him about the jersey and stick. But several players and parents were always around him. Finally the two were alone, and Henry spoke5 up. “Coach, I started to tell you something before practice,” he began.

“Oh, yes, what was it you were trying to say?” Kevin asked.

“When we were going through the box, we noticed—” Henry began.

“Dad,” said a voice behind him.

Henry turned around, and there was Cathy, her face quite serious.

“Yes, hon? What is it?” Kevin asked, his face concerned.

“I need to talk to you,” said Cathy. “It’s really important.”

“Sure,” Kevin said. “Henry, I’ve got to talk to my daughter. Can whatever you were going to tell me wait a little?”

“Okay,” Henry said. He was disappointed that he still hadn’t had a chance to tell Coach about the missing items. But he couldn’t help wondering what was so important that Cathy had to talk to her dad about. She looked so worried. Henry hoped everything was all right.

Back in the locker room, Jessie was getting dressed in her usual spot next to Beth.

“Are you excited about tomorrow?” Jessie asked, pulling on her sweater.

“I sure am!” said Beth with a big grin. “We are going to win that championship trophy6!”

Jessie laughed at her friend’s enthusiasm.

“I think I’m cut out for hockey more than figure skating,” Beth said. “Hockey is much more fan!”

“Do you think so?” Jessie asked. “I enjoy playing hockey, but I still like figure skating. I love the spins and jumps, the music, the costumes.”

Beth was almost finished getting dressed. As usual, she asked Jessie to fasten the clasp on her silver skate necklace.

Jessie was turning around to help Beth when she spotted7 something. Something that made her eyes open wide.

Beth’s skating bag was on the floor beside the bench, overflowing8 with hockey gear. But what was on top of the gear made Jessie stop and stare.

“Is that what I think it is?” Jessie asked.

Beth saw Jessie’s expression and said, “Please don’t tell anyone you saw it.”

And Jessie knew that she was right.

Sitting on top of Beth’s hockey gear was an autographed Kevin Reynolds jersey. Just like the one that was missing from Kevin’s box.


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1 jersey Lp5zzo     
n.运动衫
参考例句:
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
2 jerseys 26c6e36a41f599d0f56d0246b900c354     
n.运动衫( jersey的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The maximum quantity of cotton jerseys this year is about DM25,000. 平方米的羊毛地毯超过了以往的订货。 来自口语例句
  • The NBA is mulling the prospect of stitching advertising logos onto jerseys. 大意:NBA官方正在酝酿一个大煞风景的计划——把广告标志绣上球服! 来自互联网
3 locker 8pzzYm     
n.更衣箱,储物柜,冷藏室,上锁的人
参考例句:
  • At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。
  • He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。
4 gathering ChmxZ     
n.集会,聚会,聚集
参考例句:
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
5 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。
6 trophy 8UFzI     
n.优胜旗,奖品,奖杯,战胜品,纪念品
参考例句:
  • The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
  • He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。
7 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。
8 overflowing df84dc195bce4a8f55eb873daf61b924     
n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的,充满的 动词overflow的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products. 集市上农副产品非常丰富。
  • The milk is overflowing. 牛奶溢出来了。
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