《神奇树屋》 第二十三册 Twister on Tuesday 08 Get Below!

　　Suddenly, the schoolhouse door blew off its hinges!

It went flying through the air!

Jack¹ grabbed Annie and pulled her into the dugout.

Inside, the benches were overturned. The room wasa mess.

Miss Neely and the three kids were pressed againstthe dirt wall. Kate and Will screamed as the windswhipped around. the room.

Miss Neely hugged Kate. Jeb held on to Will.

"Get in the cellar!" Jack yelled.

"What cellar?" shouted Miss Neely.

Together, Jack and Annie pulled the rug off thefloor and uncovered the cellar door.

They grabbed the door and tried to open it, but thewind was blowing too hard.

Suddenly, Jeb was beside them. He pulled the dooropen. A ladder led down into the cellar.

One by one, Will, Kate, Miss Neely, and Anniewent down the ladder.

Jack waited for Jeb to go down. "Go! Go!" Jebshouted. Jack climbed down into the cellar.

Jeb came last. He closed the door behind him,leaving everyone in total darkness.

The twister roared fiercely above them. It soundedlike a train barreling right through the schoolhouse!

As the twister roared and howled, Jack couldn'tthink. He couldn't feel. He was totally swept up in thehowl of the wind.

Then, just as Jack felt he would disappear in theroar of the twister, the noise died down.

And then it was silent.

No one spoke² for a moment in the blackness. ThenAnnie broke the silence.

"Are we still alive?" she whispered. Everyonelaughed.

"Yes, I think we are," said Miss Neely.

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 spoke   

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。