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儿童英语读物 The Mystery at the Alamo CHAPTER 6 Sightseeing in San Antonio

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The Aldens made their way onto the tour bus. The tour guide greeted everyone on board. “Good afternoon! Today we’re going to visit some really great places, folks.”

After a few minutes, the tour guide’s voice crackled over the loudspeaker again. “That’s HemisFair Plaza1 and the Tower of the Americas. These buildings were originally the site of San Antonio’s 1968 World’s Fair. We’re going to stop and go inside because now it houses the Institute of Texan Cultures. The institute traces the nationalities and history of Texas.”

Grandfather Alden and the Boxcar Children followed the crowd inside the Institute of Texan Cultures.

Afterward2, the tour bus stopped at the zoo and several old missions. Then it went on to the wax museum.

“I love the wax museum,” Violet said. “This is my favorite display.” She pointed3 to the wax figures of the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, and Dorothy with her dog, Toto.

“The Wizard of Oz,” Henry said. “You’ve always loved that movie.” Then Henry looked around. “Where’s Benny?” he asked.

“He’s over there,” Violet said.

Benny was staring at an exhibit a short distance away. Henry, Violet, Jessie, and Grandfather walked over to see what he was looking at.

“Look,” Benny said. “It’s an exhibit about the Mexican men who fought at the Alamo. That’s General Santa Anna, leader of the Mexican army.”

“You’re right, Benny,” Jessie said.

“I know what we can do,” Violet said. “We can all stand together in front of this exhibit and find someone to take our photo. Then we can develop this roll of film before we leave and give our picture to Antonio.”

“That way he will never forget us,” Benny said.

Grandfather Alden found a friendly-looking woman who was willing to take their photo. They all lined up in front of the exhibit and smiled.

Soon it was time to get back on the bus. The next stop was a very nice restaurant with flower baskets hanging from the ceiling.

“I think that this has been the best part of the tour so far,” Benny said.

Everyone laughed.

While they ate, the Boxcar Children and their grandfather talked about all the fun they’d been having while in San Antonio.

After their meal, everyone piled onto the tour bus. It stopped right in front of the Aldens’ hotel. Antonio and his mother were waiting for them in the lobby4.

“Grandfather,” Henry said, “this is Antonio Rivas and his mother.”

“I’m pleased to meet you both,” Grandfather said as he shook hands with Antonio.

“We’re glad to meet you, too,” Mrs. Rivas said.

“I wish you could have come sightseeing with us,” Henry said to Antonio. “We had fun.”

“I would have loved to, but we were very busy at the stand,” Antonio said.

Everyone got into the Rivases’ van and rode to their beautiful, Spanish-style house. Dr. Rivas stood in the doorway5, waiting to greet them. Antonio looked just like his father. They both had big brown eyes and warm smiles.

“Dad,” Antonio said, “this is Mr. Alden.”

“Pleased to meet you,” Dr. Rivas said as he shook hands with Grandfather Alden.

“And these are his grandchildren, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny.”

“Well, well,” Dr. Rivas said. “The movie-star detectives.”

The children all laughed.

“Come inside and make yourselves at home,” Mrs. Rivas said. She led them into a beautifully decorated room. “Please have a seat, Mr. Alden. I believe the children are going into the family room to make cascarones.”

“We need to get started,” Antonio said. “Cascarones are fun to make, but they take time.”

Mrs. Rivas brought out four rolls of brightly colored gift wrap. “Here you are. You can use this to make the confetti.”

“Making the confetti for the cascarones is more fun than buying it,” Antonio explained.

He passed around pairs of scissors.

The Boxcar Children and Antonio cut the paper into little thin strips. Then they put the strips in a big cardboard6 box.

“You said before that you don’t hide cascarones. What do you do with them?” Benny asked.

“I’ll show you in a little while,” Antonio said. “You’ll just have to wait until then to find out what cascarones are good for.”

“How mysterious,” Henry said, smiling.

“And speaking of mysteries,” Antonio said, “I almost forgot to tell you something. You’ll never guess who I saw using the phone across the street from the lemonade stand.”

“Who was it?” Jessie asked.

“Bob Branson,” Antonio said. “Then a few minutes after he made the phone call, a man drove up. Bob got into the car with him. After they talked awhile, Bob got out and the man drove off. Then Bob headed back toward the movie set.”

“Was Bob talking to a man with red hair and glasses?” Violet asked.

“Yes!” Antonio said. “He was.”

“That sounds like the same man Claire had lunch with,” Jessie said. “Violet and I saw them today, remember? She called him Nolan and said he was her agent.”

“What’s an agent?” Benny asked.

“An agent is a person who helps an actor get work,” Henry explained.

“Claire has plenty of work to do,” Benny said.

“You’re right,” Jessie said. “It seems that Claire has a choice between doing this film or a really important one in California. She can’t take the job in California because she has to finish this film.”

“But if she got fired from this film,” Violet added, “she could take the job in California.”

“I wonder why Bob was meeting with Claire’s agent,” Henry said.

“Maybe he’s Bob’s agent, too,” Antonio suggested.

“I don’t know,” Jessie said. “But I think we need to keep an eye on Bob from now on.”

“Now it’s time to bring out the eggshells,” Antonio said.

“What are we going to do with a bunch of eggshells?” asked Violet.

“We’re going to fill them with the confetti,” said Antonio. “For several weeks, every time we use an egg, we carefully break it near the top portion only. We rinse7 out the shell and put it right back into the eggcarton. When spring comes, we fill the empty eggshells with confetti. Then we cover the hole in the shell with crepe paper and decorate it.”

“So that’s how you get the confetti into the shells!” Benny said. “I knew the chicken couldn’t do it!”

Antonio and his mother brought in cartons of eggshells. The children stuffed the shells with confetti. Then they covered the holes with thin pieces of crepe paper and pasted them down.

“We haven’t gotten to the fun part yet,” Antonio said with a grin8.

He brought in a big tray filled with colorful paints, glitter9, ribbons, buttons, beads10, seashells, glue, and paintbrushes.

Violet painted her first egg purple. Then she added a bright yellow sun. She sprinkled some glitter all over the egg and glued on a few red beads.

Jessie glued red, green, gold, and blue beads all over her gold-painted egg. Then she took a ribbon and wrapped it in a wavy11 pattern around the middle of the egg.

“Yours is wonderful,” said Violet.

“I like your design, too,” Jessie replied.

“Look at Henry’s,” Antonio said as he painted small birds on his egg.

Henry had painted his eggroyal blue. Then he had glued different-colored buttons on it. He had also made a small hat to fit over the top of his egg.

“I think Benny gets the prize for creativity,” Henry said.

Benny had painted hot dogs on his egg. He proudly held up his cascarone so everyone at the table could see it. The other children laughed and clapped their hands.

“Food is always on Benny’s mind,” Henry said.

“Speaking of food, I almost forgot our snack,” Antonio said. “I’ll be right back.”

Antonio returned with a tray set with a large bowl of queso,or hot melted cheese, some spicy12 salsa, and a platter of chips. His mother brought in a pitcher13 of lemonade and some glasses. She looked at each one of the children’s cascarones.

“You’ve made such unique cascarones,” Mrs. Rivas said. “They’re lovely. We’ll let them dry. But you know, there’s more to cascarones than just making them.”

“What do you mean?” asked Henry.

Mrs. Rivas’s eyes twinkled. “You’ll just have to trust me — the best part is still to come.”

“Sounds like another mystery,” said Benny.

Dr. Rivas and Grandfather Alden came in to admire the cascarones.

“Children,” Dr. Rivas said, “you did a fine job on these eggs. Congratulations.”

“It’s time to go home now,” Grandfather said. “You all have a full day tomorrow.”

The Rivases drove the Aldens back to their hotel.

“Buenas noches. Good night,” Antonio said. “I’ll see you on the movie set.”

“Okay,” Henry said. “We’ll see you tomorrow.”


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1 plaza v2yzD     
n.广场,市场
参考例句:
  • They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
  • The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。
2 afterward fK6y3     
adv.后来;以后
参考例句:
  • Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏,然后吃饭。
  • Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来,这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
3 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
4 lobby lobby     
n.前厅,(剧院的)门廊
参考例句:
  • As he walked through the lobby,he skirted a group of ladies.他穿过门厅时,绕过了一群女士。
  • The delegates entered the assembly hall by way of the lobby.代表们通过大厅进入会场。
5 doorway 2s0xK     
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径
参考例句:
  • They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
  • Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
6 cardboard DTGyB     
n.硬纸板,卡纸板
参考例句:
  • She brought the shopping home in a cardboard box.她将买的东西放在纸箱里带回家。
  • There is a sheet of stiff cardboard in the drawer.在那个抽屉里有块硬纸板。
7 rinse BCozs     
v.用清水漂洗,用清水冲洗
参考例句:
  • Give the cup a rinse.冲洗一下杯子。
  • Don't just rinse the bottles. Wash them out carefully.别只涮涮瓶子,要仔细地洗洗里面。
8 grin D6iyY     
n./vi.露齿而笑,咧嘴一笑
参考例句:
  • I know she is joking because she has a big grin on her face.我知道她是在开玩笑。因为她满脸笑容。
  • She came out of his office with a big grin on her face.她笑容满面地走出他的办公室。
9 glitter leFzp     
vi.闪光(耀);n.闪光,灿烂光辉,耀眼,辉煌
参考例句:
  • The child was attracted by the glitter of the Christmas tree decorations.这孩子被圣诞树上闪耀的装饰物吸引住了。
  • Beneath its surface glitter,the fashion industry is a tough place to work in.时装业表面上光彩迷人,但其实是个辛苦的行业。
10 beads 894701f6859a9d5c3c045fd6f355dbf5     
n.(空心)小珠子( bead的名词复数 );水珠;珠子项链
参考例句:
  • a necklace of wooden beads 一条木珠项链
  • Beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead. 他的前额上挂着汗珠。
11 wavy 7gFyX     
adj.有波浪的,多浪的,波浪状的,波动的,不稳定的
参考例句:
  • She drew a wavy line under the word.她在这个词的下面画了一条波纹线。
  • His wavy hair was too long and flopped just beneath his brow.他的波浪式头发太长了,正好垂在他的眉毛下。
12 spicy zhvzrC     
adj.加香料的;辛辣的,有风味的
参考例句:
  • The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
  • Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。
13 pitcher S2Gz7     
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐;(棒球)投手
参考例句:
  • He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
  • Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
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