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Chapter 12 THE LITTLE RAILWAY
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Chapter 12 THE LITTLE RAILWAY
It was a very hot day. The five had had their lunch before they started, as Mrs. Johnson said it wouldbe easier to carry that inside than outside!
Even Timmy carried something. George said that he ought to do his share, and had neatly1 fastened abag of his pet biscuits on his back.
'There now!' she said. 'You've got your load too. No, don't try and sniff2 the biscuits all the time,Timmy. You can't walk with your head screwing round like that. You ought to be used to the smell ofbiscuits by this time!'
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They set off to the railway line, or where they hoped it would be. It took a little time to discover itrunning under the heather. Julian was glad. He didn't want to walk right into Milling Green to find thebeginning of it and then walk all the way up again!
Anne found it by tripping over it! 'Oh!' she said, 'here it is! I caught my foot in a bit of rusty3 line.
Look you can hardly see it!'
'Good,' said Julian, and stepped in between the narrow pair of old, rusty lines. In some places theyhad rusted4 away, and there were gaps. In other places the heather had grown completely over thelines, and unless the children had known that they must keep straight forward, they would have lostthem completely. As it was they sometimes missed them and once had to do quite a bit of scrabblingabout in the heather to see if they could feel them.
It was very hot. Their packs began to feel distinctly heavy. Timmy's biscuits began to slide round hisbody and eventually hung below his tummy. He didn't like that, and George suddenly spied himsitting down trying to prise open the bag with his teeth!
She put down her own pack and adjusted Timmy's. 'If only you didn't keep chasing rabbits, andmaking your pack swing about, it wouldn't slip,' she said. 'There now, it's all right again, Tim.
Walk to heel and it won't slip any more.'
They went on and on up the railway lines. Sometimes the rails took a curve round an unexpectedrock. Soon the soil began to look sandy, and the heather did not grow so thickly. It was easier to seethe5 lines, though in some places the sand had
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1 neatly | |
adv.整洁地,干净地,灵巧地,熟练地 | |
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2 sniff | |
vi.嗅…味道;抽鼻涕;对嗤之以鼻,蔑视 | |
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3 rusty | |
adj.生锈的;锈色的;荒废了的 | |
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4 rusted | |
v.(使)生锈( rust的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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5 seethe | |
vi.拥挤,云集;发怒,激动,骚动 | |
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6 sifted | |
v.筛( sift的过去式和过去分词 );筛滤;细查;详审 | |
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7 begetting | |
v.为…之生父( beget的现在分词 );产生,引起 | |
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8 quarry | |
n.采石场;v.采石;费力地找 | |
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9 wrenched | |
v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的过去式和过去分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛 | |
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10 quarrying | |
v.采石;从采石场采得( quarry的现在分词 );从(书本等中)努力发掘(资料等);在采石场采石 | |
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11 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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12 growled | |
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说 | |
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13 boiler | |
n.锅炉;煮器(壶,锅等) | |
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14 puff | |
n.一口(气);一阵(风);v.喷气,喘气 | |
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15 machinery | |
n.(总称)机械,机器;机构 | |
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16 sniffing | |
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说 | |
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17 moor | |
n.荒野,沼泽;vt.(使)停泊;vi.停泊 | |
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18 unpacking | |
n.取出货物,拆包[箱]v.从(包裹等)中取出(所装的东西),打开行李取出( unpack的现在分词 );拆包;解除…的负担;吐露(心事等) | |
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