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Chapter Nine THE BOX FROM THE WRECK
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Chapter Nine THE BOX FROM THE WRECK1
THE first thing that the children did after breakfast was to fetch the precious box and take it out to thetool-shed in the garden. They were simply longing2 to force it open. All of them secretly felt certainthat it would hold treasure of some sort.
Julian looked round for a tool. He found a chisel3 and decided4 that would be just the thing to force thebox open. He tried, but the tool slipped and jabbed his fingers. Then he tried other things, but the boxobstinately refused to open. The children stared at it crossly.
"I know what to do," said Anne at last. "Let's take it to the top of the house and throw it down to theground. It would burst open then, I expect."44
The others thought over the idea. "It might be worth trying," said Julian. "The only thing is— it mightbreak or spoil anything inside the box."
But there didn't seem any other way to open the box, so Julian carried it up to the top of the house.
He went to the attic5 and opened the window there. The others were down below, waiting.
Julian hurled6 the box out of the window as violently as he could. It flew through the air and landedwith a terrific crash on the crazy paving below.
At once the french window there opened and their Uncle Quentin came out like a bullet from a gun.
"Whatever are you doing?" he cried. "Surely you aren't throwing things at each other out of thewindow? What's this on the ground?"
The children looked at the box. It had burst open, and lay on the ground, showing a tin lining7 that waswaterproof. Whatever was in the box would not be spoilt! It would be quite dry!
Dick ran to pick it up.
"I said, what's this on the ground?" shouted his uncle and moved towards him.
"It's— it's something that belongs to us," said Dick, going red.
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1 wreck | |
n.失事,遇难;沉船;vt.(船等)失事,遇难 | |
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2 longing | |
n.(for)渴望 | |
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3 chisel | |
n.凿子;v.用凿子刻,雕,凿 | |
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4 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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5 attic | |
n.顶楼,屋顶室 | |
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6 hurled | |
v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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7 lining | |
n.衬里,衬料 | |
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8 stammered | |
v.结巴地说出( stammer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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9 prying | |
adj.爱打听的v.打听,刺探(他人的私事)( pry的现在分词 );撬开 | |
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10 defiant | |
adj.无礼的,挑战的 | |
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11 cargo | |
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物 | |
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12 wrecked | |
adj.失事的,遇难的 | |
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13 sobbed | |
哭泣,啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 ); 哭诉,呜咽地说 | |
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14 spanking | |
adj.强烈的,疾行的;n.打屁股 | |
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15 crouched | |
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16 rhythmic | |
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17 rusted | |
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n.锈;v.生锈;(脑子)衰退 | |
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19 bent | |
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20 curiously | |
adv.有求知欲地;好问地;奇特地 | |
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21 dungeons | |
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22 awfully | |
adv.可怕地,非常地,极端地 | |
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23 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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24 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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v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮 | |
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