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Chapter 18 SPIKY IS VERY HELPFUL
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Chapter 18 SPIKY1 IS VERY HELPFUL
The two boys and Jo, with Timmy at their heels, wandered round the Fair to find somewhere to buy aball. There seemed to be none for sale, so they had a go at a Hoopla stall, and Julian managed to get aring round a small red ball. Just the thing!
It was a big and noisy Fair, and hundreds of people from the near-by towns had come on this shops'
closing day to enjoy the fun. The roundabout played its loud, raucous2 music all the time, swings wentto and fro, the dodgem cars banged and bumped one another as usual, and men went round shoutingtheir wares3.
'Balloons! Giant balloons! Three pence each!'
'Ice-cream! All flavours.'
'Tell your fortune, lady? I'll tell it true as can be!'
Jo was very much at home in the Fair. She had been brought up in one, and knew all the tricks of thetrade. Timmy was rather amazed at the noise, and kept close to the boys, his tail still down becausehe could not forget that George was missing.
'Now let's play our little game of ball,' said Julian. 'Come on, Tim - and if we get into any trouble,just growl4 and show your teeth, see?'
The three of them, with Timmy, went to the clear space of field that separated the magnificentcaravan from the rest of the Camp. A man at a near-by stall called to them.
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'Hey! You'll get into trouble if you play there!' But they took no notice and he shrugged6 his shouldersand began to shout his wares.
They threw the ball to one another, and then Julian flung it so wildly that it ran right up to the wheelsof the front caravan5 of the pair. In a trice Dick and Jo were after it. Jo leapt up on a wheel and lookedin at the big window, while Dick ran to the small van that was attached behind the big one.
A quick glance assured Jo that the big caravan was empty. The interior was furnished in a mostluxurious way and looked like a very fine bed-sitting-room. She leapt down.
Dick peered into the window of the smaller van. At first he thought there was no one there - and thenhe saw a pair of very fierce, angry eyes looking at him - the eyes of a small,
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1 spiky | |
adj.长而尖的,大钉似的 | |
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2 raucous | |
adj.(声音)沙哑的,粗糙的 | |
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3 wares | |
n. 货物, 商品 | |
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4 growl | |
v.(狗等)嗥叫,(炮等)轰鸣;n.嗥叫,轰鸣 | |
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5 caravan | |
n.大蓬车;活动房屋 | |
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6 shrugged | |
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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7 bent | |
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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8 bunk | |
n.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位;废话 | |
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9 caravans | |
(可供居住的)拖车(通常由机动车拖行)( caravan的名词复数 ); 篷车; (穿过沙漠地带的)旅行队(如商队) | |
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10 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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11 smelt | |
v.熔解,熔炼;n.银白鱼,胡瓜鱼 | |
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12 scent | |
n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
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13 pyjamas | |
n.(宽大的)睡衣裤 | |
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14 beckoning | |
adj.引诱人的,令人心动的v.(用头或手的动作)示意,召唤( beckon的现在分词 ) | |
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15 interfere | |
v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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16 radius | |
n.半径,半径范围;有效航程,范围,界限 | |
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17 tarpaulin | |
n.涂油防水布,防水衣,防水帽 | |
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18 growled | |
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说 | |
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19 sketched | |
v.草拟(sketch的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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20 sketch | |
n.草图;梗概;素描;v.素描;概述 | |
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21 spikes | |
n.穗( spike的名词复数 );跑鞋;(防滑)鞋钉;尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 );偷偷地给某人的饮料加入(更多)酒精( 或药物);把尖状物钉入;打乱某人的计划 | |
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