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Chapter 4 JENNY HAS A VERY GOOD IDEA
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Chapter 4 JENNY HAS A VERY GOOD IDEA
Tinker raced out to the kitchen to fetch a tray or two. He made a most peculiar1 noise as he went, andfor a moment Timmy looked extremely startled.
'Goodness - don't say that Tinker still has that awful habit of pretending to be some kind of car!'
groaned2 Julian. 'How on earth does his father put up with it? What's he think he is now? A motor-bicycle, by the sound of it.'
There was a sudden crash and a loud yell. The Five raced down the kitchen passage to find out whathad happened, Timmy at the front.
'Accident!' bellowed3 Tinker, scrambling4 up from the floor. 'I took the bend too quickly, and my frontwheel skidded5, and I went bang into a wall! I've bent6 my mudguard.'
'Tinker - do you mean to say you're still being fatheaded enough to pretend to be cars and bicyclesand tractors and lorries,' demanded Julian. 'You nearly drove us all mad, driving about all over thehouse, when you stayed with us. Have you got to be a machine of some sort?'
'Yes,' said Tinker, rubbing one of his arms. 'It sort of comes over me, and away I go. You shouldhave heard me being a lorry absolutely loaded with new cars for delivery yesterday. Dad reallythought it was a great lorry and he rushed out into the drive to send it away. But it was only me. Ihooted too - like this!'
And the sound of a loud and deep hooter immediately filled the passage! Julian shoved Tinker intothe kitchen and shut the door.
'I should have thought that your father would have been driven completely mad by now!' he said.
'Now you just shut up. Can't you grow up a bit?'
'No,' said Tinker, sullenly7. 'I don't want to grow up. I might be like my father and forget to eat mymeals, and go out with one sock on and one off. And I'd hate to forget my meals. Just think howawful it would be! I'd always be hungry.'
Julian couldn't help laughing. 'Pick up your tray, and help to clear away!' he said. 'And if you simplycan't HELP being a car sometimes, for goodness sake go outside! It sounds
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1 peculiar | |
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的 | |
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v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦 | |
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v.发出吼叫声,咆哮(尤指因痛苦)( bellow的过去式和过去分词 );(愤怒地)说出(某事),大叫 | |
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v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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5 skidded | |
v.(通常指车辆) 侧滑( skid的过去式和过去分词 );打滑;滑行;(住在)贫民区 | |
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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7 sullenly | |
不高兴地,绷着脸,忧郁地 | |
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9 mischief | |
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11 remarkably | |
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