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16 Vita-Wonk and Minusland
'It's up to you, Charlie my boy,' said Mr Wonka. 'It's yourfactory. Shall we let your Grandma Georgina wait it out for thenext two years or shall we try to bring her back right now?'
'You don't really mean you might be able to bring her back?'
cried Charlie.
'There's no harm in trying, is there … if that's the way youwant it?'
'Oh yes! Of course I do! For Mother's sake especially! Can'tyou see how sad she is!'
Mrs Bucket was sitting on the edge of the big bed, dabbingher eyes with a hanky. 'My poor old mum,' she kept saying.
'She's minus two and I won't see her again for months andmonths and months — if ever at all!' Behind her, GrandpaJoe, with the help of an Oompa-Loompa, was feeding histhree-month-old wife, Grandma Josephine, from a bottle.
Alongside them, Mr Bucket was spooning something called'Wonka's Squdgemallow Baby Food' into one-year-old GrandpaGeorge's mouth but mostly all over his chin and chest. 'Bigdeal!' he was muttering angrily. 'What a lousy rotten rotten thisis! They tell me I'm going to the Chocolate Factory to have agood time and I finish up being a mother to my father-in-law.'
'Everything's under control, Charlie,' said Mr Wonka, surveyingthe scene. 'They're doing fine. They don't need us here. Comealong! We're off to hunt for Grandma!' He caught Charlie bythe arm and went dancing towards the open door of theGreat Glass Elevator. 'Hurry up, my dear boy, hurry up!' hecried. 'We've got to hustle1 if we're going to get there before!'
'Before what, Mr Wonka?'
'Before she gets subtracted of course! All Minuses aresubtracted! Don't you know any arithmetic at all?'
They were in the Elevator now and Mr Wonka was searchingamong the hundreds of buttons for the one he wanted.
'Here we are!' he said, placing his finger delicately upon a tinyivory button on which it said 'MINUSLAND'.
The doors slid shut. And then, with a fearful whistling whirringsound the great machine leaped away to the right. Charliegrabbed Mr Wonka's legs and held on for dear life. MrWonka pulled a jump-seat out of the wall and said, 'Sit downCharlie, quick, and strap2 yourself in tight! This journey's goingto be rough and choppy!' There were straps3 on either side ofthe seat and Charlie buckled4 himself firmly in. Mr Wonkapulled out a second seat for himself and did the same.
'We are going a long way down,' he said. 'Oh, such a longway down we are going.'
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1 hustle McSzv     
v.推搡；竭力兜售或获取；催促；n.奔忙(碌)
参考例句：
  • It seems that he enjoys the hustle and bustle of life in the big city.看起来他似乎很喜欢大城市的热闹繁忙的生活。
  • I had to hustle through the crowded street.我不得不挤过拥挤的街道。
2 strap 5GhzK     
n.皮带，带子；v.用带扣住，束牢；用绷带包扎
参考例句：
  • She held onto a strap to steady herself.她抓住拉手吊带以便站稳。
  • The nurse will strap up your wound.护士会绑扎你的伤口。
3 straps 1412cf4c15adaea5261be8ae3e7edf8e     
n.带子( strap的名词复数 )；挎带；肩带；背带v.用皮带捆扎( strap的第三人称单数 )；用皮带抽打；包扎；给…打绷带
参考例句：
  • the shoulder straps of her dress 她连衣裙上的肩带
  • The straps can be adjusted to suit the wearer. 这些背带可进行调整以适合使用者。
4 buckled qxfz0h     
a. 有带扣的
参考例句：
  • She buckled her belt. 她扣上了腰带。
  • The accident buckled the wheel of my bicycle. 我自行车的轮子在事故中弄弯了。
5 gathering ChmxZ     
n.集会，聚会，聚集
参考例句：
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
6 swerved 9abd504bfde466e8c735698b5b8e73b4     
v.（使）改变方向，改变目的( swerve的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • She swerved sharply to avoid a cyclist. 她猛地急转弯，以躲开一个骑自行车的人。
  • The driver has swerved on a sudden to avoid a file of geese. 为了躲避一队鹅，司机突然来个急转弯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 lookout w0sxT     
n.注意，前途，瞭望台
参考例句：
  • You can see everything around from the lookout.从了望台上你可以看清周围的一切。
  • It's a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don't come down.如果利率降不下来，公司的前景可就不妙了。
8 quarry ASbzF     
n.采石场；v.采石；费力地找
参考例句：
  • Michelangelo obtained his marble from a quarry.米开朗基罗从采石场获得他的大理石。
  • This mountain was the site for a quarry.这座山曾经有一个采石场。
9 spurting a2d085105541371ecab02a95a075b1d7     
（液体，火焰等）喷出，（使）涌出( spurt的现在分词 )； （短暂地）加速前进，冲刺； 溅射
参考例句：
  • Blood was spurting from her nose. 血从她鼻子里汩汩流出来。
  • The volcano was spurting out rivers of molten lava. 火山喷涌着熔岩。
10 gusher feUzP     
n.喷油井
参考例句：
  • We endeavour to avoid the old,romantic idea of a gusher.我们力图避免那种有关喷油井的陈旧的、不切实际的计划。
  • The oil rushes up the tube and spouts up as a gusher.石油会沿着钢管上涌，如同自喷井那样喷射出来。
11 literally 28Wzv     
adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实
参考例句：
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。
12 orchards d6be15c5dabd9dea7702c7b892c9330e     
（通常指围起来的）果园( orchard的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • They turned the hills into orchards and plains into granaries. 他们把山坡变成了果园，把平地变成了粮仓。
  • Some of the new planted apple orchards have also begun to bear. 有些新开的苹果园也开始结苹果了。
13 bugging 7b00b385cb79d98bcd4440f712db473b     
[法] 窃听
参考例句：
  • Okay, then let's get the show on the road and I'll stop bugging you. 好，那么让我们开始动起来，我将不再惹你生气。 来自辞典例句
  • Go fly a kite and stop bugging me. 走开，别烦我。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语
14 miserable g18yk     
adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的
参考例句：
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
15 precisely zlWzUb     
adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地
参考例句：
  • It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
  • The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。
16 plunged 06a599a54b33c9d941718dccc7739582     
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
参考例句：
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
17 cedar 3rYz9     
n.雪松，香柏(木)
参考例句：
  • The cedar was about five feet high and very shapely.那棵雪松约有五尺高,风姿优美。
  • She struck the snow from the branches of an old cedar with gray lichen.她把长有灰色地衣的老雪松树枝上的雪打了下来。
18 pint 1NNxL     
n.品脱
参考例句：
  • I'll have a pint of beer and a packet of crisps, please.我要一品脱啤酒和一袋炸马铃薯片。
  • In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling.从前，花一先令就可以买到一品脱啤酒。
19 flea dgSz3     
n.跳蚤
参考例句：
  • I'll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me once more.如果他再来打扰的话，我就要对他不客气了。
  • Hunter has an interest in prowling around a flea market.亨特对逛跳蚤市场很感兴趣。
20 eyebrow vlOxk     
n.眉毛，眉
参考例句：
  • Her eyebrow is well penciled.她的眉毛画得很好。
  • With an eyebrow raised,he seemed divided between surprise and amusement.他一只眉毛扬了扬，似乎既感到吃惊，又觉有趣。
21 undo Ok5wj     
vt.解开，松开；取消，撤销
参考例句：
  • His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
  • I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。
22 Undid 596b2322b213e046510e91f0af6a64ad     
v. 解开, 复原
参考例句：
  • The officer undid the flap of his holster and drew his gun. 军官打开枪套盖拔出了手枪。
  • He did wrong, and in the end his wrongs undid him. 行恶者终以其恶毁其身。
23 eerie N8gy0     
adj.怪诞的；奇异的；可怕的；胆怯的
参考例句：
  • It's eerie to walk through a dark wood at night.夜晚在漆黑的森林中行走很是恐怖。
  • I walked down the eerie dark path.我走在那条漆黑恐怖的小路上。
24 swirling Ngazzr     
v.旋转，打旋( swirl的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着，旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。 来自辞典例句
25 reeky 5f393381926eb922d4e2a91fb3d9bf6c     
adj.烟雾弥漫的
参考例句：
26 dungeon MZyz6     
n.地牢，土牢
参考例句：
  • They were driven into a dark dungeon.他们被人驱赶进入一个黑暗的地牢。
  • He was just set free from a dungeon a few days ago.几天前，他刚从土牢里被放出来。
27 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。

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