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7 On the sea at last
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On the sea at last
The journey was half over before the children awoke again. Bill banged on the walls, and theywoke with a jump. They dressed and walked staggeringly along to the restaurant car, feeling veryhungry. Lucy-Ann didn’t much like walking across the bits that joined two carriages together. Sheclutched Bill’s hand then.
‘I’m always afraid the train might come in two, just when I’m walking through the bit wheretwo carriages are joined,’ she explained. Bill quite understood, though the others were veryscornful of Lucy-Ann’s extraordinary idea.
Kiki behaved very badly at breakfast, throwing the toast about, and squawking because she wasnot allowed any of the rather small helping1 of marmalade. She made rude noises at the sunflowerseeds Jack2 offered her. The other passengers were amused at her and laughed – but that only madeKiki show off all the more.
‘Stop it, Kiki,’ said Bill, exasperated3, and tapped her smartly on the beak4. Kiki screeched5 andmade a pounce6 at his beard. A vicious tug7 and some of it came away. Kiki hadn’t been able tounderstand why Bill had arrived with a strange mass of hair under his chin, and round his cheeks.
Now, having got some of it, she retired8 under the table and began to peck it gently, separating thehairs one by one and murmuring to herself all the time.
‘Let her be,’ said Bill. ‘She’ll be happy pulling that bit of my beard to pieces.’ He rubbed hischin. ‘That hurt. I hope I don’t look too peculiar9 now?’
‘Oh no – it doesn’t really show much,’ Jack assured him. ‘Kiki always gets excited on a journeylike this. She’s awful when I bring her back from school – whistles like the guard, and tells all thepeople in the carriage to blow their noses and wipe their feet, and
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1 helping | |
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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4 beak | |
n.鸟嘴,茶壶嘴,钩形鼻 | |
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5 screeched | |
v.发出尖叫声( screech的过去式和过去分词 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫 | |
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6 pounce | |
n.猛扑;v.猛扑,突然袭击,欣然同意 | |
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n.尖锐的声音( screech的名词复数 )v.发出尖叫声( screech的第三人称单数 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫 | |
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11 deafened | |
使聋( deafen的过去式和过去分词 ); 使隔音 | |
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int.好哇,万岁,乌拉 | |
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13 warrior | |
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14 saluted | |
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21 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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28 pointed | |
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32 jersey | |
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