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17 A boat, a boat!
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A boat, a boat!
‘Do you think it’s worth while keeping the fire going, if the aeroplanes belong to the enemy?’
asked Lucy-Ann at last.
‘Well, if we’re ever to be rescued, we shall have to show some kind of signal,’ said Jack1. ‘We’llhave to risk the aeroplanes seeing it. Perhaps, when no messages come through from Bill, motor-boats will come looking for us. Then they will see our signal, and come to the island.’
‘I hope they do,’ said Dinah. ‘I don’t want to be here for months. And it would be awful in thewinter.’
‘Good gracious! Don’t talk about being here for the winter!’ said Lucy-Ann, in alarm. ‘Why,it’s only May!’
‘Dinah’s looking on the black side of things as usual,’ said Philip.
Dinah flared2 up. ‘I’m not! I’m being sensible. You always call being sensible “looking on theblack side of things”.’
‘Oh, don’t quarrel just now, when we all ought to stick by each other,’ begged Lucy-Ann. ‘Anddon’t put those rats near Dinah, Philip – don’t be mean just now!’
Philip snapped his fingers and the rats scurried3 back to his pockets. Kiki snorted.
‘Three blind mice, see how they run, pop goes Kiki!’
‘Arrrrr!’ said Huffin, agreeing politely. It was really very comical the way he and Puffin seemedto talk to Kiki. They never said anything but ‘Arrrr’, but they said it in many different tones, andsounded quite conversational4 at times.
That night the children slept out in the open. It was a beautiful calm night, and the stars hung inthe sky, big and bright. Lucy-Ann tried to keep awake to watch for shooting stars, which sheloved, but she didn’t see any.
Her bed was very comfortable. The children had chosen thick heather to put their ground-sheetsand rugs on, and had used their extra clothes for pillows. A tiny breeze blew against their cheeksand hair. It was lovely lying there with the stars shining peacefully above, and the sound of the seain the distance.
‘It’s like the wind in the trees,’ thought Lucy-Ann sleepily. ‘And the wind in trees is like thesound of the sea. Oh dear, I’m getting
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1 jack | |
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克 | |
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2 Flared | |
adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词 | |
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3 scurried | |
v.急匆匆地走( scurry的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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4 conversational | |
adj.对话的,会话的 | |
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5 muddled | |
adj.混乱的;糊涂的;头脑昏昏然的v.弄乱,弄糟( muddle的过去式);使糊涂;对付,混日子 | |
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6 longingly | |
adv. 渴望地 热望地 | |
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7 ledges | |
n.(墙壁,悬崖等)突出的狭长部分( ledge的名词复数 );(平窄的)壁架;横档;(尤指)窗台 | |
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8 ledge | |
n.壁架,架状突出物;岩架,岩礁 | |
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9 groan | |
vi./n.呻吟,抱怨;(发出)呻吟般的声音 | |
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10 clumps | |
n.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的名词复数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声v.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的第三人称单数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声 | |
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11 wreckage | |
n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏 | |
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12 liking | |
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13 beaks | |
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14 burrow | |
vt.挖掘(洞穴);钻进;vi.挖洞;翻寻;n.地洞 | |
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15 graceful | |
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16 stiffened | |
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17 wriggled | |
v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的过去式和过去分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等) | |
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18 jerseys | |
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19 hurl | |
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20 flattened | |
[医](水)平扁的,弄平的 | |
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21 impatience | |
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22 neatly | |
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23 hopped | |
跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花 | |
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