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Chapter 11 JULIAN'S IDEA
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Chapter 11 JULIAN'S IDEA
Once outside the farm-house Julian looked round at the others. 'We'll find out how far Two-Trees isand see if we've got time to pay it a visit,' he said. 'If we have, we'll go along there and snoop round.
If we haven't we'll go tomorrow.'
'How can we find out how far it is?' said Dick eagerly. 'Will it be on your map?'
'It may be marked there if the lake is big enough,' said Julian. They walked down the hill, and took apath that led once more over the moors2. As soon as they were out of sight and hearing of anyoneJulian stopped and took out his big map. He unfolded it and the four of them crouched3 over it as hespread it out on the heather.
'That nice old lady said it was in the middle of the moors,' said Julian. 'Also we know there's a lake orat any rate a big pool of some kind.'
His finger traced its way here and there on the map. Then George gave a cry and dabbed4 her fingerdown.
'There, look! It's not really in the middle. See - Gloomy Water! That must be it. Is Two- Treesmarked as well?'
'No,' said Julian. 'But perhaps it wouldn't be if it's in ruins. Ruins aren't marked on maps unless theyare important in some way. This can't be important. Well - that's certainly Gloomy Water markedthere. What do you say? Shall we have a shot at going there this afternoon? I wonder exactly how farit is.'
'We could ask at the post-office,' said George. 'Probably once upon a time the postman had to takeletters there. They might know. They could tell us the way to go.'
They went back to the village and found the post-office. It was part of the village store. The old manwho kept it looked over the top of his glasses at the children.
'Gloomy Water! Now what be you wanting that for? A real miserable5 place it is, for all it was so 44fine years ago.'
'What happened to it?' asked Dick.
'It was burnt,' said the old man. 'The owner was away, and only a couple of servants were there.
It flared6 up one night, no one knows how or why - and was burnt almost to a shell. Couldn't get a fire-engine out there, you see. There was only a cart-track to the place.'
'And wasn't it ever built up again?' asked Julian. The old man shook his head.
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1 moor | |
n.荒野,沼泽;vt.(使)停泊;vi.停泊 | |
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2 moors | |
v.停泊,系泊(船只)( moor的第三人称单数 ) | |
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3 crouched | |
v.屈膝,蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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4 dabbed | |
(用某物)轻触( dab的过去式和过去分词 ); 轻而快地擦掉(或抹掉); 快速擦拭; (用某物)轻而快地涂上(或点上)… | |
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5 miserable | |
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的 | |
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6 Flared | |
adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词 | |
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7 owls | |
n.猫头鹰( owl的名词复数 ) | |
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8 marshy | |
adj.沼泽的 | |
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9 astonishment | |
n.惊奇,惊异 | |
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10 winked | |
v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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11 unearth | |
v.发掘,掘出,从洞中赶出 | |
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12 giggle | |
n.痴笑,咯咯地笑;v.咯咯地笑着说 | |
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13 dilute | |
vt.稀释,冲淡;adj.稀释的,冲淡的 | |
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14 ponies | |
矮种马,小型马( pony的名词复数 ); £25 25 英镑 | |
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15 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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16 twilight | |
n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期 | |
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17 clumps | |
n.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的名词复数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声v.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的第三人称单数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声 | |
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18 pointed | |
adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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19 winding | |
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈 | |
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20 desolate | |
adj.荒凉的,荒芜的;孤独的,凄凉的;v.使荒芜,使孤寂 | |
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21 scorched | |
烧焦,烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯; 高速行驶; 枯焦 | |
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喜鹊(magpie的复数形式) | |
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