The Circus of Adventure 布莱顿少年冒险团7，王子与马戏团
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　　Morning comes!
　　Philip called to Jack1. ‘Jack – see if you can get some meat – plenty of it – and bring it to me.’
　　‘I’ll get some,’ said Toni, and raced off. He came back with a basket containing great slabs2 ofhorse meat. Philip took it. He opened the cage door and threw in the meat, talking cheerfully to thehungry bears.
　　Now they were ready for their meal. They were no longer sulky, scared or angry. They werejust three very hungry bears, and they fell on the meat and gulped3 it down.
　　‘Let them have as much as they will eat,’ said Philip. ‘Then they will go to sleep. While they areasleep, someone must mend their cage bars. Keep that light in front now – none of them willventure out of the broken bars while that light is there.’
　　Everyone gathered round Philip. ‘He’s a friend of Jack,’ they said to one another. ‘He fetchedhim here because he is good with bears. He must have come from another circus. Look – the Bosswants him.’
　　The Boss had watched everything from his caravan4 window. He was most impressed andextremely thankful. Pedro told Philip that the Boss had sent for him, and he and Jack and Philipwent up the steps of the Boss’s big caravan.
　　The Boss poured out praise and thanks in a mixture of several languages. Pedro interpreted witha grin. ‘He says, what can he do for you? He says you’ve saved the bears from being shot. Hesays, ask anything you like and you can have it, if he can give it to you!’
　　Jack answered quickly. ‘There’s only one thing we want. Now that there is this upset in Borken,can we all stay with the circus? Philip will be glad to look after the bears, as long as Fank is ill –but he has girls with him, our sisters – can they stay too? We don’t like to let them go off bythemselves, in case civil war starts up in Tauri-Hessia.’
　　Pedro interpreted. The Boss quite thought that these ‘sisters’ were circus performers too. Henodded his head. ‘Yes – you may let them stay. If they have tricks or shows of their own, theymay get a chance here. But we must strike camp tomorrow – it will be dangerous to stay here inBorken any longer. The Count Paritolen owns this land, and as it is probably he who hassomething to do with the King’s
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1 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克
参考例句：
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
2 slabs df40a4b047507aa67c09fd288db230ac     
n.厚板，平板，厚片( slab的名词复数 )；厚胶片
参考例句：
  • The patio was made of stone slabs. 这天井是用石板铺砌而成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The slabs of standing stone point roughly toward the invisible notch. 这些矗立的石块，大致指向那个看不见的缺口。 来自辞典例句
3 gulped 4873fe497201edc23bc8dcb50aa6eb2c     
v.狼吞虎咽地吃，吞咽( gulp的过去式和过去分词 )；大口地吸（气）；哽住
参考例句：
  • He gulped down the rest of his tea and went out. 他把剩下的茶一饮而尽便出去了。
  • She gulped nervously, as if the question bothered her. 她紧张地咽了一下，似乎那问题把她难住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 caravan OrVzu     
n.大蓬车；活动房屋
参考例句：
  • The community adviser gave us a caravan to live in.社区顾问给了我们一间活动住房栖身。
  • Geoff connected the caravan to the car.杰弗把旅行用的住屋拖车挂在汽车上。
5 disappearance ouEx5     
n.消失，消散，失踪
参考例句：
  • He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
  • Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。
6 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。
7 longing 98bzd     
n.（for）渴望
参考例句：
  • Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
  • His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
8 mattress Z7wzi     
n.床垫，床褥
参考例句：
  • The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
  • The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。
9 specimen Xvtwm     
n.样本，标本
参考例句：
  • You'll need tweezers to hold up the specimen.你要用镊子来夹这标本。
  • This specimen is richly variegated in colour.这件标本上有很多颜色。
10 bunk zWyzS     
n.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位；废话
参考例句：
  • He left his bunk and went up on deck again.他离开自己的铺位再次走到甲板上。
  • Most economists think his theories are sheer bunk.大多数经济学家认为他的理论纯属胡说。
11 humiliated 97211aab9c3dcd4f7c74e1101d555362     
感到羞愧的
参考例句：
  • Parents are humiliated if their children behave badly when guests are present. 子女在客人面前举止失当，父母也失体面。
  • He was ashamed and bitterly humiliated. 他感到羞耻，丢尽了面子。
12 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
13 ragged KC0y8     
adj.衣衫褴褛的，粗糙的，刺耳的
参考例句：
  • A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
  • Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。
14 skittishly e4d7319f58c76ee4a68aaf65189dfea1     
参考例句：
  • The horse pranced around skittishly. 那匹马在周围欢快地腾跃。 来自互联网
15 peculiar cinyo     
adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的
参考例句：
  • He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
  • He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
16 shuddered 70137c95ff493fbfede89987ee46ab86     
v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 )；发抖；（机器、车辆等）突然震动；颤动
参考例句：
  • He slammed on the brakes and the car shuddered to a halt. 他猛踩刹车，车颤抖着停住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I shuddered at the sight of the dead body. 我一看见那尸体就战栗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
17 amiably amiably     
adv.和蔼可亲地，亲切地
参考例句：
  • She grinned amiably at us. 她咧着嘴向我们亲切地微笑。
  • Atheists and theists live together peacefully and amiably in this country. 无神论者和有神论者在该国和睦相处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
18 unintelligible sfuz2V     
adj.无法了解的，难解的，莫明其妙的
参考例句：
  • If a computer is given unintelligible data, it returns unintelligible results.如果计算机得到的是难以理解的数据，它给出的也将是难以理解的结果。
  • The terms were unintelligible to ordinary folk.这些术语一般人是不懂的。
19 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的
参考例句：
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
20 capes 2a2d1f6d8808b81a9484709d3db50053     
碎谷； 斗篷( cape的名词复数 )； 披肩； 海角； 岬
参考例句：
  • It was cool and they were putting on their capes. 夜里阴冷，他们都穿上了披风。
  • The pastor smiled to give son's two Capes five cents money. 牧师微笑着给了儿子二角五分钱。
21 beseechingly c092e88c28d2bb0ccde559d682617827     
adv. 恳求地
参考例句：
  • She stood up, and almost beseechingly, asked her husband,'shall we go now?" 她站起身来，几乎是恳求似地问丈夫：“我们现在就走吧？”
  • Narcissa began to cry in earnest, gazing beseechingly all the while at Snape. 纳西莎伤心地哭了起来，乞求地盯着斯内普。
22 shamefulness 80d28d01f75ed2242b82f65c3b939449     
参考例句：
  • Their ignorance might just result from their shamefulness or from their impudence. 他们的忘记也许正由于他们感到惭愧，也许更由于他们不觉惭愧。
23 devoutly b33f384e23a3148a94d9de5213bd205f     
adv.虔诚地，虔敬地，衷心地
参考例句：
  • She was a devoutly Catholic. 她是一个虔诚地天主教徒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • This was not a boast, but a hope, at once bold and devoutly humble. 这不是夸夸其谈，而是一个即大胆而又诚心、谦虚的希望。 来自辞典例句
24 crest raqyA     
n.顶点；饰章；羽冠；vt.达到顶点；vi.形成浪尖
参考例句：
  • The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
  • He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。

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