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V A FISH STORY AND OTHER THINGS
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V A FISH STORY AND OTHER THINGS
"Oh, Polly! Polly!" Phronsie came running along the deck, and up to the little group playing
shuffle-board; "there's such a very big whale." And she clasped her hands in great excitement.
"There truly is. Do come and see him."
"Is there, Pet?" cried Polly, throwing down her shovel1, "then we must all go and see him. Come,
Jasper, and all of you," and she seized Phronsie's hand.
"He is very dreadful big," said Phronsie, as they sped on, Jasper and the other players close
behind. "And he puffed2, Polly, and the water went up, oh, so high!"
"That's because he came up to breathe," said Polly, as they raced along. "Dear me, I hope he won't
be gone when we get there."
"Can't he breathe under the water?" asked Phronsie, finding it rather hard work to perform that
exercise herself in such a race. "What does he stay down there for, then, say, Polly?"
"Oh, because he likes it," answered Polly, carelessly. "Take care, Phronsie, you're running into all
those steamer chairs."
"I'm sorry he can't breathe," said Phronsie, anxiously trying to steer3 clear of the bunch of steamer
chairs whose occupants had suddenly left them, too, to see the whale. "Poor whale--I'm sorry for
him, Polly."
"Oh, he's happy," said Polly, "he likes it just as it is. He comes up for a little while to blow and--"
"I thought you said he came up to breathe, Polly," said Phronsie, tugging4 at Polly's hand, and
guilty of interrupting.
"Well, and so he does, and to blow, too,--it's just the same thing," said Polly, quickly.
"Is it just exactly the same?" asked Phronsie.
"Yes, indeed; that is, in the whale's case," answered Polly, as they ran up to Grandpapa and the
rest of their party, and the knots of other passengers, all staring hard at a certain point on the
sparkling waste of water.
"I thought you were never coming," said old Mr. King, moving away from the rail to tuck Polly
and Phronsie in where they could get a good view. "Oh, there he is--there he is--Jasper, look!"
cried Polly.
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1 shovel | |
n.铁锨,铲子,一铲之量;v.铲,铲出 | |
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2 puffed | |
adj.疏松的v.使喷出( puff的过去式和过去分词 );喷着汽(或烟)移动;吹嘘;吹捧 | |
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3 steer | |
vt.驾驶,为…操舵;引导;vi.驾驶 | |
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4 tugging | |
n.牵引感v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的现在分词 ) | |
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5 porpoises | |
n.鼠海豚( porpoise的名词复数 ) | |
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6 porpoise | |
n.鼠海豚 | |
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7 spouted | |
adj.装有嘴的v.(指液体)喷出( spout的过去式和过去分词 );滔滔不绝地讲;喋喋不休地说;喷水 | |
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8 valiantly | |
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9 hopping | |
n. 跳跃 动词hop的现在分词形式 | |
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10 thither | |
adv.向那里;adj.在那边的,对岸的 | |
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11 flirted | |
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12 plunge | |
v.跳入,(使)投入,(使)陷入;猛冲 | |
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13 enjoyment | |
n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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14 gathering | |
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15 longingly | |
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16 specimen | |
n.样本,标本 | |
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17 perfectly | |
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地 | |
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18 crestfallen | |
adj. 挫败的,失望的,沮丧的 | |
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19 shrugged | |
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20 annoyances | |
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21 delightful | |
adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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22 hovering | |
鸟( hover的现在分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫 | |
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23 recital | |
n.朗诵,独奏会,独唱会 | |
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24 winding | |
n.绕,缠,绕组,线圈 | |
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25 erect | |
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26 raconteur | |
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27 gracefully | |
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28 odious | |
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29 tiresome | |
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31 awry | |
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32 detest | |
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33 touching | |
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