20 How to Get Someone out of Bed

20 How to Get Someone out of Bed
'I am sure,' said Mr Wonka, addressing Grandpa George,Grandma Georgina and Grandma
Josephine, 'I am quite sure the three of you, after all that, willnow want to jump out of bed
and lend a hand in running the Chocolate Factory.'
'Who, us?' said Grandma Josephine. 'Yes, you,' said MrWonka.
'Are you crazy?' said Grandma Georgina. 'I'm staying right herewhere I am in this nice comfortable bed, thank you verymuch!'
'Me, too!' said Grandpa George.
At that moment, there was a sudden commotion¹ among theOompa-Loompas at the far end of the Chocolate Room. Therewas a buzz of excited chatter² and a lot of running about andwaving of arms, and out of all this a single Oompa-Loompaemerged and came rushing toward Mr Wonka, carrying a hugeenvelope in his hands. He came up close to Mr Wonka. Hestarted whispering. Mr Wonka bent³ down low to listen.
'Outside the factory gates?' cried Mr Wonka. 'Men! … Whatsort of men? … Yes, but do they look dangerous? … Are theyACTING dangerously? … And a what? … A HELICOPTER! …And these men came out of it? … They gave you this? …'
Mr Wonka grabbed the huge envelope and quickly slit⁴ it openand pulled out the folded letter inside. There was absolutesilence as he skimmed swiftly over what was written on thepaper. Nobody moved. Charlie began to feel cold. He knewsomething dreadful was going to happen. There was a verydefinite smell of danger in the air. The men outside the gates,the helicopter, the nervousness of the Oompa-Loompas … Hewas watching Mr Wonka's face, searching for a clue, for somechange in expression that would tell him how bad the newswas.
'Great whistling whangdoodles!' cried Mr Wonka, leaping sohigh in the air that when he landed his legs gave way and hecrashed on to his backside.
'Snorting snozzwangers!' he yelled, picking himself up andwaving the letter about as though he were swatting mosquitoes.
'Listen to this, all of you! Just you listen to this!' He began toread aloud:
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
D.C.
TO MR WILLY WONKA.
SIR
TODAY THE ENTIRE NATION, INDEED THE WHOLE
WORLD, IS REJOICING AT THE SAFE RETURN OF OURTRANSPORT CAPSULE FROM SPACE WITH 136 SOULS ONBOARD. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE HELP THEY
RECEIVED FROM AN UNKNOWN SPACESHIP, THESE 136PEOPLE WOULD NEVER HAVE COME BACK. IT HAS BEENREPORTED TO ME THAT THE COURAGE SHOWN BY THE
EIGHT ASTRONAUTS ABOARD THIS UNKNOWN SPACESHIPWAS EXTRAORDINARY. OUR RADAR⁵ STATIONS, BY
TRACKING THIS SPACESHIP ON ITS RETURN TO EARTH,HAVE DISCOVERED THAT IT SPLASHED DOWN IN A
PLACE KNOWN AS WONKA'S CHOCOLATE FACTORY.
THAT, SIR, IS WHY THIS LETTER IS BEING DELIVEREDTO YOU.
I WISH NOW TO SHOW THE GRATITUDE⁶ OF THE
NATION BY INVITING⁷ ALL EIGHT OF THOSE INCREDIBLYBRAVE ASTRONAUTS TO COME AND STAY IN THE WHITEHOUSE FOR A FEW DAYS AS MY HONOURED GUESTS.
I AM ARRANGING A SPECIAL CELEBRATION PARTY INTHE BLUE ROOM THIS EVENING AT WHICH I MYSELF
WILL PIN MEDALS FOR BRAVERY UPON ALL EIGHT OFTHESE GALLANT⁸ FLIERS. THE MOST IMPORTANT
PERSONS IN THE LAND WILL BE PRESENT AT THIS
GATHERING⁹ TO SALUTE¹⁰ THE HEROES WHOSE DAZZLINGDEEDS WILL BE WRITTEN FOR EVER IN THE HISTORYOF OUR NATION. AMONG THOSE ATTENDING WILL BE
THE VICE-PRESIDENT (MISS ELVIRA TIBBS), ALL THEMEMBERS OF MY CABINET, THE CHIEFS OF THE ARMY,THE NAVY AND THE AIR FORCE, ALL MEMBERS OF THECONGRESS. A FAMOUS SWORD-SWALLOWER FROM
AFGHANISTAN WHO IS NOW TEACHING ME TO EAT MY
WORDS (WHAT YOU DO IS YOU TAKE THE S OFF THE
BEGINNING OF THE SWORD AND PUT IT ON THE END
BEFORE YOU SWALLOW IT). AND WHO ELSE IS COMING?
OH YES, MY CHIEF INTERPRETER, AND THE GOVERNORSOF EVERY STATE IN THE union, AND OF COURSE MYCAT, MRS TAUBSYPUSS.
A HELICOPTER AWAITS ALL EIGHT OF YOU OUTSIDE
THE FACTORY GATES. I MYSELF AWAIT YOUR ARRIVALAT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE VERY GREATEST
PLEASURE AND IMPATIENCE¹¹.
I BEG TO REMAIN, SIR, MOST SINCERELY YOURS
LANCELOT R. GILLIGRASS
President of the United States
P.S. COULD YOU PLEASE BRING ME A FEW WONKA
FUDGEMALLOW DELIGHTS. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH BUTEVERYBODY AROUND HERE KEEPS STEALING MINE OUTOF THE DRAWER IN MY DESK. AND DON'T TELL
NANNY.
Mr Wonka stopped reading. And in the stillness that followedCharlie could hear people breathing. He could hear thembreathing in and out much faster than usual. And there wereother things, too. There were so many feelings and passionsand there was so much sudden happiness swirling¹² around inthe air it made his head spin. Grandpa Joe was the first tosay something … 'Yippeeeeeeeeeee!' he yelled out, and he flewacross the room and caught Charlie by the hands and the twoof them started dancing away along the bank of the chocolateriver. 'We're going, Charlie!' sang Grandpa Joe. 'We're going tothe White House after all!' Mr and Mrs Bucket were alsodancing and laughing and singing, and Mr Wonka ran all overthe room proudly showing the President's letter to theOompa-Loompas. After a minute or so, Mr Wonka clapped hishands for attention. 'Come along, come along!' he called out.
'We mustn't dilly! We mustn't dally¹³! Come on, Charlie! Andyou, sir, Grandpa Joe! And Mr and Mrs Bucket! Thehelicopter is outside the gates! We can't keep it waiting!' Hebegan hustling¹⁴ the four of them toward the door.
'Hey!' screamed Grandma Georgina from the bed. 'What aboutus? We were invited too, don't you forget that!'
'It said all eight of us were invited!' cried Grandma Josephine.
'And that includes me!' said Grandpa George.
Mr Wonka turned and looked at them. 'Of course it includesyou,' he said. 'But we can't possibly get that bed into ahelicopter. It won't go through the door.'
'You mean … you mean if we don't get out of bed we can'tcome?' said Grandma Georgina.
'That's exactly what I mean,' said Mr Wonka. 'Keep going,Charlie,' he whispered, giving Charlie a little nudge. 'Keepwalking toward the door.'
Suddenly, behind them, there was a great SWOOSH of blanketsand sheets and a pinging of bedsprings as the three old peopleall exploded out of the bed together. They came sprinting¹⁵ afterMr Wonka, shouting, 'Wait for us! Wait for us!' It was amazinghow fast they were running across the floor of the greatChocolate Room. Mr Wonka and Charlie and the others stoodstaring at them in wonder. They leaped across paths and overlittle bushes like gazelles in spring-time, with their bare legsflashing and their nightshirts flying out behind them.
Suddenly Grandma Josephine put the brakes on so hard sheskidded five yards before coming to a stop. 'Wait!' shescreamed. 'We must be mad! We can't go to a famous partyin the White House in our nightshirts! We can't stand therepractically naked in front of all those people while the Presidentpins medals all over us!'
'Oh-h-h-h!' wailed¹⁶ Grandma Georgina. 'Oh, what are we goingto do?' 'Don't you have any clothes with you at all?' asked MrWonka.
'Of course we don't!' said Grandma Josephine. 'We haven'tbeen out of that bed for twenty years!'
'We can't go!' wailed Grandma Georgina. 'We'll have to staybehind!' 'Couldn't we buy something from a store?' saidGrandpa George. 'What with?' said Grandma Josephine. 'Wedon't have any money!'
'Money!' cried Mr Wonka. 'Good gracious me, don't you goworrying about money! I've got plenty of that!'
'Listen,' said Charlie. 'Why couldn't we ask the helicopter toland on the roof of a big shop on the way over. Then youcan all pop downstairs and buy exactly what you want!'
'Charlie!' cried Mr Wonka, grasping him by the hand. 'Whatwould we do without you? You're brilliant! Come alongeverybody! We're off to stay in the White House!'
They all linked arms and went dancing out of the ChocolateRoom and along the corridors and out through the front doorinto the open where the big helicopter was waiting near thefactory gates. A group of extremely important-looking gentlemencame toward them and bowed.
'Well, Charlie,' said Grandpa Joe. 'It's certainly been a busyday.' 'It's not over yet,' Charlie said, laughing. 'It hasn't evenbegun.'

1 commotion   

n.骚动，动乱

参考例句：

• They made a commotion by yelling at each other in the theatre.他们在剧院里相互争吵，引起了一阵骚乱。
• Suddenly the whole street was in commotion.突然间，整条街道变得一片混乱。

2 chatter   

vi.／n.喋喋不休；短促尖叫；(牙齿)打战

参考例句：

• Her continuous chatter vexes me.她的喋喋不休使我烦透了。
• I've had enough of their continual chatter.我已厌烦了他们喋喋不休的闲谈。

3 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

4 slit   

n.狭长的切口；裂缝；vt.切开，撕裂

参考例句：

• The coat has been slit in two places.这件外衣有两处裂开了。
• He began to slit open each envelope.他开始裁开每个信封。

5 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

6 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

7 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

8 gallant   

adj.英勇的，豪侠的；(向女人)献殷勤的

参考例句：

• Huang Jiguang's gallant deed is known by all men. 黄继光的英勇事迹尽人皆知。
• These gallant soldiers will protect our country.这些勇敢的士兵会保卫我们的国家的。

9 gathering   

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。

10 salute   

vi.行礼，致意，问候，放礼炮；vt.向…致意，迎接，赞扬；n.招呼，敬礼，礼炮

参考例句：

• Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。
• The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。

11 impatience   

n.不耐烦，急躁

参考例句：

• He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.进展缓慢，他显得不耐烦。
• He gave a stamp of impatience.他不耐烦地跺脚。

12 swirling   

v.旋转，打旋( swirl的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着，旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。 来自辞典例句

13 dally   

v.荒废(时日)，调情

参考例句：

• You should not dally away your time.你不应该浪费时间。
• One shouldn't dally with a girl's affection.一个人不该玩弄女孩子的感情。

14 hustling   

催促（hustle的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Our quartet was out hustling and we knew we stood good to take in a lot of change before the night was over. 我们的四重奏是明显地卖座的， 而且我们知道在天亮以前，我们有把握收入一大笔钱。
• Men in motors were hustling to pass one another in the hustling traffic. 开汽车的人在繁忙的交通中急急忙忙地互相超车。

15 sprinting   

v.短距离疾跑( sprint的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Stride length and frequency are the most important elements of sprinting. 步长和步频是短跑最重要的因素。 来自互联网
• Xiaoming won the gold medal for sprinting in the school sports meeting. 小明在学校运动会上夺得了短跑金牌。 来自互联网

16 wailed   

v.哭叫，哀号( wail的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She wailed over her father's remains. 她对着父亲的遗体嚎啕大哭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The women of the town wailed over the war victims. 城里的妇女为战争的死难者们痛哭。 来自辞典例句