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Chapter 14 FAYNIGHTS CASTLE

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Chapter 14 FAYNIGHTS CASTLE
　　'CHACK-CHACK-CHACK! Chack-chack-chack!' The jackdaws circled round the old castle, callingto one another in their cheerful, friendly voices. The five children looked up and watched them.
　　'You can see the grey at the backs of their necks,' said Dick. 'I wonder how many years jackdawshave lived round and about this castle.'
　　'I suppose the sticks lying all over this courtyard must have been dropped by them,' said Julian.
　　'They make their nests of big twigs1 - really, they must drop as many as they use! Just look at that pileover there!'
　　'Very wasteful2 of them!' said Dick. 'I wish they would come and drop some near our caravan3 to saveme going to get firewood each day for the fire!'
　　They were standing4 at the great archway that made the entrance to the castle. Anne grew impatient.
　　'Do let's look at the towers now,' she said.
　　They went to the nearest one, but it was almost impossible to realize that it had been a tower. It wasjust a great heap of fallen stones, piled one on top of another.
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　　They went to the only good tower. They had hoped to find some remains5 of a stone stairway, but totheir great disappointment they could not even look up into the tower! One of the inner walls hadfallen in, and the floor was piled up, completely blocked. There was no sign of a stairway.
　　Either it too had fallen in, or it was covered by the stones of the ruined wall.
　　Julian was astonished. It was obvious that nobody could possibly climb up the tower from the inside!
　　Then how in the world could there have been a face at the tower window? He began to feel ratheruncomfortable. Was it a real face? If not what could it have been?
　　'This is queer,' said Dick, thinking the same as Julian, and pointing to the heaped-up stones on theground floor of the tower. 'It does look absolutely impossible for anyone to get up into the top of thetower. Well - what about that face then?'
　　'Let's go and ask that old woman if there is any way at all of getting up into the tower,' said Julian.
　　'She might know.'
　　So they left the castle, walked across the courtyard, back to the little tower in the outer wall thatguarded the big
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1 twigs 17ff1ed5da672aa443a4f6befce8e2cb     
细枝，嫩枝( twig的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Some birds build nests of twigs. 一些鸟用树枝筑巢。
  • Willow twigs are pliable. 柳条很软。
2 wasteful ogdwu     
adj.（造成）浪费的，挥霍的
参考例句：
  • It is a shame to be so wasteful.这样浪费太可惜了。
  • Duties have been reassigned to avoid wasteful duplication of work.为避免重复劳动浪费资源，任务已经重新分派。
3 caravan OrVzu     
n.大蓬车；活动房屋
参考例句：
  • The community adviser gave us a caravan to live in.社区顾问给了我们一间活动住房栖身。
  • Geoff connected the caravan to the car.杰弗把旅行用的住屋拖车挂在汽车上。
4 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
5 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
6 gateway GhFxY     
n.大门口，出入口，途径，方法
参考例句：
  • Hard work is the gateway to success.努力工作是通往成功之路。
  • A man collected tolls at the gateway.一个人在大门口收通行费。
7 dungeons 2a995b5ae3dd26fe8c8d3d935abe4376     
n.地牢( dungeon的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The captured rebels were consigned to the dungeons. 抓到的叛乱分子被送进了地牢。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He saw a boy in fetters in the dungeons. 他在地牢里看见一个戴着脚镣的男孩。 来自辞典例句
8 preservation glnzYU     
n.保护，维护，保存，保留，保持
参考例句：
  • The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。
  • The picture is in an excellent state of preservation.这幅画保存得极为完好。
9 intelligible rbBzT     
adj.可理解的，明白易懂的，清楚的
参考例句：
  • This report would be intelligible only to an expert in computing.只有计算机运算专家才能看懂这份报告。
  • His argument was barely intelligible.他的论点不易理解。
10 mumbles e75cb6863fa93d697be65451f9b103f0     
含糊的话或声音，咕哝( mumble的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • He always mumbles when he's embarrassed. 他感到难为情时说话就含糊不清了。
  • When the old lady speaks she often mumbles her words. 这位老妇人说起话来常常含糊不清。
11 crumbling Pyaxy     
adj.摇摇欲坠的
参考例句：
  • an old house with crumbling plaster and a leaking roof 一所灰泥剥落、屋顶漏水的老房子
  • The boat was tied up alongside a crumbling limestone jetty. 这条船停泊在一个摇摇欲坠的石灰岩码头边。
12 ivy x31ys     
n.常青藤，常春藤
参考例句：
  • Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
  • The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。
13 scowled b83aa6db95e414d3ef876bc7fd16d80d     
怒视，生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He scowled his displeasure. 他满脸嗔色。
  • The teacher scowled at his noisy class. 老师对他那喧闹的课堂板着脸。
14 astonishment VvjzR     
n.惊奇，惊异
参考例句：
  • They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
  • I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。
15 tugged 8a37eb349f3c6615c56706726966d38e     
v.用力拉，使劲拉，猛扯( tug的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • She tugged at his sleeve to get his attention. 她拽了拽他的袖子引起他的注意。
  • A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. 他的嘴角带一丝苦笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
16 capered 4b8af2f39ed5ad6a3a78024169801bd2     
v.跳跃，雀跃( caper的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • While dressing, he capered and clowned like a schoolboy. 他一边穿，一边象个学生似的蹦蹦跳跳地扮演起小丑来。 来自辞典例句
  • The lambs capered in the meadow. 小羊在草地上蹦蹦跳跳。 来自辞典例句
17 peculiar cinyo     
adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的
参考例句：
  • He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
  • He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
18 radius LTKxp     
n.半径，半径范围；有效航程，范围，界限
参考例句：
  • He has visited every shop within a radius of two miles.周围两英里以内的店铺他都去过。
  • We are measuring the radius of the circle.我们正在测量圆的半径。
19 hue qdszS     
n.色度；色调；样子
参考例句：
  • The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.金刚石在阳光下放出五颜六色的光芒。
  • The same hue will look different in different light.同一颜色在不同的光线下看起来会有所不同。

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