《神奇树屋·1勇闯恐龙谷》
Chapter 1 Into the Woods
“Help! A monster!” said Annie.
“Yeah, sure,” said Jack. “A real monster in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania.”
“Run, Jack!” said Annie. She ran up the road.
Oh, brother, thought Jack. This is what he got for spending time with his seven-year-old sister.
Annie loved pretend stuff. But Jack was eight. He liked real things.
“Watch out, Jack! The monster’s coming!” said Annie.
Jack didn’t say anything.
“Come on, Jack, I’ll race you!” said Annie.
“No, thanks,” said Jack.
Annie raced alone into the woods.
Jack looked at the sky. The sun was about to set.
“Come on, Annie! It’s time to go home!” yelled Jack.
But Annie didn’t answer.
Jack waited.
“Annie!” he called again.
“Jack! Jack!” Annie shouted. “Come here! Quick!”
Jack groaned. “This better be good,” he said.
Jack left the road and headed into the woods.
The trees were lit with a golden late-afternoon light.
“Over here!” called Annie.
Annie was standing under a tall oak tree. “Look!”
she said. She pointed at a rope ladder. It was hanging down from high in the tree.
“Wow,” Jack whispered.
At the top of the tree was a tree house, tucked between two branches.
“That must be the highest tree house in the world,” said Annie.
“Who built it?” asked Jack. “I’ve never seen it before.”
“I don’t know. But I’m going up,” said Annie.
“No! We don’t know who it belongs to,” said Jack.
“Just for a teeny minute,” said Annie. She started up the ladder.
“Annie, come back!” said Jack.
But Annie kept climbing. She climbed all the way up to the tallest branches.
Jack sighed. “Annie, it’s almost dark! We have to go home!”
Annie disappeared inside the tree house.
“Annie!” Jack called.
Jack waited a moment. He was about to call again when Annie poked her head out of the tree house window.
“Books!” Annie shouted.
“What?” Jack said.
“It’s filled with books!” said Annie.
Oh, man! Jack thought. He loved books.
Jack pushed his glasses into place. He gripped the sides of the rope ladder and started up.
课标单词:sister 姐,妹;under 在……下面;tall 高的;tree 树;
climb 爬,攀登;book 书
拓展单词:wood 木头,树林;monster 怪兽;Pennsylvania 宾夕法尼亚州;
pretend 假装的,想象的;whisper 轻声说;branch 树枝
常用结构:have to 不得不,必须
We have to go home!
我们现在必须回家去。
第一章 进入树林
“救命啊!有怪兽!”安妮大叫。
“说得像真的似的,”杰克说,“ 宾夕法尼亚的蛙溪,竟然有一头真正的怪兽。”
“快跑啊,杰克!”安妮大喊着跑到了公路上。
“唉,倒霉 ,”杰克想,“ 跟七岁的妹妹待在一起,就是这么个下场。”
安妮特别喜欢幻想。而杰克已经八岁了,他更喜欢真实存在的东西。
“留神啊,杰克!怪兽来了!”安妮又叫道。杰克没有说话。
“快点,杰克,我们比赛看谁跑得快吧!”安妮说。
“不了,你自己玩吧。”杰克说。安妮独自跑进了树林。
杰克看着天空,太阳快要落山了。
他对安妮喊:“快回来,我们该回家了!”没有听到安妮的回答。
杰克等了等,又喊了一声:“安妮!”
这时,他听到安妮大叫:“ 杰克!杰克!快来啊,快!”杰克叹了口气,心想:“ 但愿别是什么坏事。”
他离开公路,朝树林里走去。 金灿灿的夕阳映照着那些树木。
“我在这儿!”安妮站在一棵高高的大橡树底下喊。
“看!”她指着一架绳梯,那绳梯从大树的高处悬挂下来。
“哇!”杰克轻声赞道。
大树顶上,有一个树屋夹在两根大树枝中间。
“这肯定是世界上最高的树屋了。”安妮说。
“是谁搭的呢?”杰克问,“ 我以前从没见过。”
“不知道,但我想上去看看。”安妮说。
“不行!我们不知道它是谁的。”
“就上去一会儿嘛。”安妮说着开始往绳梯上爬。
“安妮,回来!”杰克叫道。
可是安妮还是继续往上爬。她一口气爬到了最高的那根树枝上。
杰克叹了口气,说:“安妮,天快要黑了,我们现在必须回家去。”
安妮钻进树屋不见了。
杰克又大声喊了一声:“安妮!”
他等了片刻,正要张嘴再喊,却看见安妮从树屋的窗户里探出头来。
“书!”安妮喊道。
“什么?”杰克问。
“这里面全是书!”安妮兴奋地说。
“天哪,太棒了!”杰克想,他最喜欢看书了。
杰克把眼镜往上推了推,抓住绳梯的两边,也开始向树上爬去。
(第一章完,更多精彩内容在“神奇树屋”系列)