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20 Signposts to the treasure
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20 Signposts to the treasure
They slept very soundly indeed that night, for they were tired out. The rain fell all night long, buttowards dawn the clouds cleared away, and the sky, when the sun rose, was a clear pale blue.
Lucy-Ann liked it very much when she parted the soaking fern fronds1 and looked out.
‘Everything’s newly washed and clean, even the sky,’ she said. ‘Lovely! Just look!’
‘Just the day for a treasure hunt,’ said Jack2. ‘I hope this sun will dry the grass quickly, or weshall get our feet soaked.’
‘Good thing we brought so many tins out of the men’s hut,’ said Dinah, reaching down two orthree. ‘Are there still some in that bush where we first hid them, Jack?’
‘Plenty,’ said Jack. ‘I took one or two to open for Otto the day before yesterday, but there areheaps left. We can go and get them some time.’
They tied back the fern fronds and ate their breakfast sitting at the front of the cave, looking outon the far mountains, backed by the sky, which was now turning a deeper blue.
‘Well, shall we set off?’ said Jack, when they had finished. ‘Kiki, take your head out of that tin.
You know it’s completely empty.’
‘Poor Kiki!’ said Kiki. ‘What a pity!’
They all scrambled4 out of the cave. Things were certainly drying fast in the hot summer sun.
‘Look, those rocks are steaming!’ said Lucy-Ann in surprise, pointing to some nearby rocks. Sothey were. They looked most peculiar5 with the steam rising up.
‘Better take some food with us,’ said Jack. ‘Got some, Dinah?’
‘Of course,’ said Dinah. ‘We can’t come all the way back here for food.’
‘We’ve got to get to where the waterfall begins, just as we did yesterday,’ said Jack. ‘Followme, all of you. I know the way.’
They soon stood at the top of the waterfall, and once more watched the great gush6 of watersurge out from the heart of the mountain. It seemed twice as big and turbulent as the day before.
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1 fronds | |
n.蕨类或棕榈类植物的叶子( frond的名词复数 ) | |
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2 jack | |
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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3 scramble | |
v.爬行,攀爬,杂乱蔓延,碎片,片段,废料 | |
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4 scrambled | |
v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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5 peculiar | |
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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6 gush | |
v.喷,涌;滔滔不绝(说话);n.喷,涌流;迸发 | |
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7 swelled | |
增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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8 screeching | |
v.发出尖叫声( screech的现在分词 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫 | |
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9 screeches | |
n.尖锐的声音( screech的名词复数 )v.发出尖叫声( screech的第三人称单数 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫 | |
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10 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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11 standing | |
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12 groaned | |
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦 | |
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13 perfectly | |
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14 pointed | |
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15 downwards | |
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16 curiously | |
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17 spotted | |
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18 lizard | |
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19 scrambling | |
v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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20 smacked | |
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21 beak | |
n.鸟嘴,茶壶嘴,钩形鼻 | |
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22 dismal | |
adj.阴沉的,凄凉的,令人忧郁的,差劲的 | |
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23 thicket | |
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24 trickling | |
n.油画底色含油太多而成泡沫状突起v.滴( trickle的现在分词 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动 | |
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25 triumphantly | |
ad.得意洋洋地;得胜地;成功地 | |
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26 upwards | |
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27 awfully | |
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28 slabs | |
n.厚板,平板,厚片( slab的名词复数 );厚胶片 | |
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29 ledge | |
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30 ledges | |
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31 halfway | |
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途 | |
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32 underneath | |
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33 giggle | |
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