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1、Chapter 6 A Queer Noise in the Night kwi 可疑的；古怪的 nz 噪声 At last it was dinner time, and the children sat down to see what Henry had in his bundles. “I bought another loaf of brown bread at the store,” said Henry, “and some more milk. Then I bt 购买 buy的过去式 n(r) 再一个 st(r) 商店bought some dried meat, becau
2、se we can eat it in our hands. And I bought a bone for Watch.” 干燥的 draid 弄干了的 mit 肉 bn 骨头Watch looked hungrily at the bone and lay down at once to eat it. Jessie got out four cups and bowls and put some milk into each one. Then the children put in little pieces of brown bread and began to eat it wit
3、h their new spoons. “What fun!” cried Jessie. “Eating with spoons. Now tell us what you did in town, Henry.”Henry began, “The town below this hill is Silver City. I saw the name on a sign. 标识“I went into the town and walked along the first street I came to. It was a nice street, with big houses and
4、flowers and trees. I saw a man out cutting his grass. Hes a good man, too, I can tell youa doctor.”“Did you work for him?” asked Jessie.“Yes,” said Henry. “He was very hot, and just as I came to the house, his bell rang. He started bel 铃 r ring的过去式，铃响 to the house, and I called after him and asked h
5、im if I could cut the grass. He said, Yes, yes! I wish you would! You see, he wasnt used to cutting it himself. be usedjust to doing 习惯于做某事“So I cut the grass, and he said, Good for you. Do you want to work every day? And he said he had never had a boy who cut it as well as I did.” 和一样好“Oh, Henry!”
6、cried Violet and Jessie.“I told him I did want to work, and he told me to come back this afternoon.”“He has a pretty house and a garage and a big vegetable garden. Then he has a lot of cherry garage gr: 车库 cherry ter 樱桃trees behind the housea cherry orchard. You should see the beautiful big red cher
7、ries!” orchard :td 果园 “Well, when I was cutting the grass near the kitchen, the cook came to the kitchen door and watched me.”“She asked me if I liked cookies. I said I did, and she gave me one.”“What did you do with it?” asked Benny hungrily.“When she went back into the kitchen, I put it in my pock
8、et,” said Henry laughing.“Did she see you?” cried Jessie.“Oh, no,” said Henry. “I played I was eating it. For a long time I carefully ate away on nothing at all.” kefli 小心地、认真地 et 吃；吃饭；喝（eat的过去式）Benny began to look at Henrys pocket. It did look very funny.Henry went on. “When I came home, the doctor
9、 gave me a dollar, and the cook gave me this bag.” Henry laughed at Benny and pulled the bag out of his pocket. In it were ten delicious brown cookies. “Oh, oh!” cried Benny. “Please, Jessie! Lets have cookies for dinner.”“Yes, indeed,” said Jessie.Then Henry opened his last bundle.“I thought we oug
10、ht to have a tablecloth,” he said. “So I got one at the store. But it wasnt hemmed.” hem hem 缝的褶边；褶边 teblkl 桌布 Violet begged, “Oh, let me hem it.”She took her scissors out of her workbag and cut the two ends even. But before she began to szz 剪刀 ivn 平坦的 hem the pretty blue tablecloth, she helped Jess
11、ie wash and rinse the dishes and put them away. Benny helped, too. When Henry said good-by and went back to town, all the children were working happily. Watch was trying to make a hole with one paw to bury the bone in.hl 挖洞 p爪子 beri 埋藏；埋葬；埋头于“Ill help you bury your bone, Watch,” said Benny.“Oh, no,
12、Benny,” said Jessie. “Watch wants to bury his bone himself. You come and help me. Im going to make a broom for the house.” bru:m 扫帚；扫除For a little while Benny ran around finding sticks for the broom, but he soon went to sleep on the ground with the dog for a pillow. stick stik 棍棒；张帖；插入The two girls
13、sat by the brook. Violet was hemming the blue tablecloth, and Jessie was making the broom with a long stick for a handle. hndl 把手；柄；处理，对待When Henry came back at supper time, the broom with its long handle stood in the kitchen, and the new tablecloth was hemmed. Henry admired the broom and the tablec
14、loth. Then he gave Jessie a small bundle.“Oh, butter!” cried Jessie, her eyes shining. bt 黄油It was butter, yellow and sweet. The four children had not had any butter for many days. At last they sat down to their fine supper.“Now the spoon is a magic spoon,” said Henry. “Turn it around and use the ha
15、ndle, and it is a knife!”He showed Benny how to put the butter on the brown bread with his magic knife. With dried meat, bread and butter, milk, and cookie, the children could not ask for a better supper.“What did you do this afternoon, Henry?” asked Jessie.“Well, I washed the doctors car,” said Hen
16、ry. “Then I washed the walks and the windows. Tomorrow Im going to work in the garden.” walk w:k 走，散步；人行道Then he looked at the brook. “Oh, how I would love to have a swim in that nice cold water!”Henry was hot and sticky as he looked at the waterfall. stk 粘的；热湿的“Maybe we could make a swimming pool,”
17、 he said. “We could build a dam out of logs.” 水坝“Oh, yes, we could,” said Jessie. “Violet and I know where to find some logs and some big flat stones.” log 原木 flat flt 平的“You do?” said Henry.“Yes,” said Jessie. “They are not far away. And just a little way below here is a pool now, with sand all aro
18、und it. But it is not big enough to swim in.” pul水塘；游泳池 “Is that so!” cried Henry. “Some day Ill stay at home, and well try to dam up the brook and make a swimming pool.” 筑堤坝拦（水）“You can have my wheels,” said Benny. 你可能用我的轮子“Good!” replied Henry. “Ill make you a little cart with the wheels, Benny, a
19、nd you can carry stones in it.” k:t 手推车；运货马车“Yes,” said Benny. “I will.”“Come now, we must go to bed,” said Jessie.The children were all glad to go to bed. They stood on the stump and climbed into their new house, and they all went to sleep but Henry. He was thinking about the new swimming pool. 除以外
20、；但是All at once he saw that Watch was not asleep. but Henry patted the dog and said, “Lie down, Watch.” 立刻 拍But Watch did not lie down. He began to growl softly. ral 怒吠；咆哮；吼“Sh!”said Henry to the dog. He sat up. Jessie sat up.“What is it, Henry?” she whispered.“I dont know,” replied Henry. He was fri
21、ghtened. fratnd 害怕的，受惊的“I think Watch hears something in the woods.”“Lets close the door,” said Jessie. “Im afraid.” fred 害怕的；担心的；恐怕The two children closed the heavy door softly. Then they sat still and listened, but they did not hear anything.“Lie down, Watch,” said Jessie again. “Go to sleep.”But
22、Watch did not go to sleep. He growled again.“Maybe someone is in the woods. Maybe someone wants to hide in this car,” whispered Jessie.“Maybe,” said Henry. “There is something out there that the dog doesnt like.”Then they heard a stick crack, and Watch barked. b:k 吠叫；厉声说话“Oh, sh!” Jessie put her han
23、d over his mouth.“If there is someone out in the woods, he knows that there is a dog in this boxcar,” said Henry. He took the new broom in his hand and waited.But nothing came. Nothing at all. The two children waited and waited. Violet and Benny slept through it all.“Im going to open the door now,”
24、said Henry.They opened the door softly and then listened. The dog sniffed a little. Then he turned around three times and lay down. He put his head on his paws. sniff snf 嗅；深吸；鄙视地说“It must be all right now,” said Henry. “Watch knows. Maybe it was just a rabbit.”So at last they all went to sleep and slept until morning.4
