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20 WELL DONE, MARY-LOU!

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20 WELL DONE, MARY-LOU!
THEN up came the other two or three swimmers and called out sharply. 'What's up, Darrell? Get outof the way, Mary- Lou.'
But Mary-Lou couldn't. She had made her great effort, jumped into the water and swum a few strokes—but now her strength was gone and her clothes were weighing her down. One of the swimmerstook her safely to the side, where she clutched a bar, panting, looking anxiously over her shoulder tosee if Darrell was safe.
She had apparently1 quite recovered from the cramp2, for she was swimming over to Mary-Lou withstrong, quick strokes, her eyes gleaming.
'Mary-Lou! You jumped right in to the water, and you hardly knew how to swim! You're an idiot, butyou're the pluckiest idiot ever I knew!' cried Darrell.
Somebody helped the shivering, astonished Mary-Lou out of the pool. Miss Potts came down the cliffat that moment and was amazed to see a fully-dressed and soaking Mary- Lou scrambling3 out, withgirls crowding round her, clapping her on the shoulder and praising her.
'What's happened?' said Miss Potts, in wonder. 'Did Mary-Lou fall in?'
Eager voices told her what had happened. 'She jumped in to save Darrell! Darrell had the cramp andyelled for the life-belt. But Mary-Lou jumped straight in to save her—and she can hardly swim!'
Miss Potts was as astonished as everyone else. Mary- Loul But Mary-Lou screamed if she saw anearwig! What
an amazing thing.
'Why didn't she throw the life-belt?" asked Alicia.
'It w-w-w-wasn't there,' answered Mary-Lou, her teeth chattering4 partly from cold and partly fromexcitement and shock. 'It's g-g-g-gone to be m-m-m-mended. Didn't you know?'
No. Nobody had noticed that it w as gone from its place. So Mary-Lou had not been stupid. She hadknown the life?belt was not there to save Darrell, and she had done the next best thing—jumped inherself. Well, who would have thought it ?
Miss Potts hurried the shivering Mary-Lou up the cliff. Darrell turned to face Alicia, her eyes shining.
'Well—who was right? Sally or you? Why, Mary-Lou was brave. It isn't as if she liked the water oreven knew how to swim properly! She was as brave, no, braver than any of us, because she musthave been so afraid !'
Alicia could be generous even when she was proved to be in the wrong. She nodded. 'Yes. She wasjolly brave. I never thought she had it in her. But I bet she wouldn't have done it for anyone else butwm!'
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1 apparently tMmyQ     
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
参考例句：
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
2 cramp UoczE     
n.痉挛；[pl.](腹)绞痛；vt.限制，束缚
参考例句：
  • Winston stopped writing,partly because he was suffering from cramp.温斯顿驻了笔，手指也写麻了。
  • The swimmer was seized with a cramp and had to be helped out of the water.那个在游泳的人突然抽起筋来，让别人帮着上了岸。
3 scrambling cfea7454c3a8813b07de2178a1025138     
v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞
参考例句：
  • Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 chattering chattering     
n. （机器振动发出的）咔嗒声，(鸟等)鸣，啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的，啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式
参考例句：
  • The teacher told the children to stop chattering in class. 老师叫孩子们在课堂上不要叽叽喳喳讲话。
  • I was so cold that my teeth were chattering. 我冷得牙齿直打战。
5 conceited Cv0zxi     
adj.自负的，骄傲自满的
参考例句：
  • He could not bear that they should be so conceited.他们这样自高自大他受不了。
  • I'm not as conceited as so many people seem to think.我不像很多人认为的那么自负。
6 exasperated ltAz6H     
adj.恼怒的
参考例句：
  • We were exasperated at his ill behaviour. 我们对他的恶劣行为感到非常恼怒。
  • Constant interruption of his work exasperated him. 对他工作不断的干扰使他恼怒。
7 steadily Qukw6     
adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地
参考例句：
  • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
8 appalling iNwz9     
adj.骇人听闻的，令人震惊的，可怕的
参考例句：
  • The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
  • Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。
9 spoke XryyC     
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
10 curiously 3v0zIc     
adv.有求知欲地；好问地；奇特地
参考例句：
  • He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。
  • He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。
11 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。
12 idiotic wcFzd     
adj.白痴的
参考例句：
  • It is idiotic to go shopping with no money.去买东西而不带钱是很蠢的。
  • The child's idiotic deeds caused his family much trouble.那小孩愚蠢的行为给家庭带来许多麻烦。
13 horrid arozZj     
adj.可怕的；令人惊恐的；恐怖的；极讨厌的
参考例句：
  • I'm not going to the horrid dinner party.我不打算去参加这次讨厌的宴会。
  • The medicine is horrid and she couldn't get it down.这种药很难吃，她咽不下去。
14 frantically ui9xL     
ad.发狂地, 发疯地
参考例句：
  • He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
  • She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。
15 attentive pOKyB     
adj.注意的，专心的；关心(别人)的，殷勤的
参考例句：
  • She was very attentive to her guests.她对客人招待得十分周到。
  • The speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢注意力集中的听众。
16 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。
17 locker 8pzzYm     
n.更衣箱，储物柜，冷藏室，上锁的人
参考例句：
  • At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。
  • He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。

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