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儿童英语读物 The Mystery in the Computer Game CHAPTER 9 Listening In

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The Aldens and Soo Lee didn’t waste any time getting to Computer City. They passed aisles3 of games without stopping to check the brightly colored boxes. They were in a hurry.

Henry went straight to the shelves of software designed to fix computer problems.

“That sign says, ‘Ringmaster II Coming Soon,’ ” Benny said. “It came to our house already.”

A young man in a red shirt came over.

“May I help you?”

“Do you have the Fix-It program?” Henry asked. “We’re having some problems with a computer network we’re on. I heard that Fix-It can help.”

The man handed a Fix-It box to Henry. “Here you go. Anything else?”

“No, but thanks,” Henry said. “Well, I do have one question. Are there any games where players somehow use photos to make up their own characters?”

The man laughed. “Whoever figures out how to make that idea work is going to be a millionaire. I’ve heard rumors4 that a couple of companies are trying something like that out—using a scanner to put photos of real people or places in a game to make it more realistic and fun. Of course, the photo-faces will move and change expression, too. Right now, I don’t think anybody has figured out exactly how a player can do that at home.”

The Aldens tried to hide their excitement. They had a feeling someone they knew was getting pretty close to figuring out exactly how to do that.

“Thanks,” Henry said to the salesman. “Okay, everybody, let’s go pay for this.”

There was a long line at the checkout5 counter. While Henry waited, the other children browsed6 through a display of new games. While they were reading the game boxes, they overheard7 a familiar voice talking loudly in the next aisle2. It sounded like the person was talking on the phone.

“It doesn’t matter that it won’t work,” a woman’s voice said. “I just have to show up with something. When it doesn’t work, that will give us more time.”

Jessie put her finger to her lips when she noticed Benny was about to say something. “Shhh,” she whispered. “Let’s go.” Benny took Soo Lee’s hand and they started walking.

After the Aldens left the store, Benny blurted8 out to Henry what he had been holding in. “Jane Driver was in the store, but she didn’t see us.”

Henry was amazed. “Everywhere we go, she goes.”

“Never mind that,” Jessie said. “Everywhere she goes, Ned Porter goes, too. There’s his green car in the corner of the parking lot.”

The Aldens waved several times at Ned. First he ignored them. Then he started his car and left the parking lot in a hurry.

When the children got home, they saw a familiar blue bicycle leaning against the picket9 fence.

“Isn’t that Andy’s bike?” Benny asked as they went inside through the kitchen door. “I’m going to give him that piece of paper he dropped.”

“Shhh,” Jessie said. “Let’s wait to see what he says first. I want to find out why he keeps coming over here.”

Mrs. McGregor spied the Computer City bag Henry was carrying. “Another computer bag?” she said. “Your friend Andy just went into the den1 with a bag from that store. I hope you didn’t both buy the same thing.”

 “I sure hope not, Mrs. McGregor,” Henry said.

When Andy saw the children come into the den, he clicked off the screen he’d been working on. He picked up a Computer City bag and pulled out his own Fix-It software box.

“Wait!” Henry said, holding up his own bag. “We just bought the same program. I think we can take over now. You must have a lot of other things to do at QuestMaster.”

Andy seemed very nervous. “Well, this morning C.D. said to come over anyway.”

Henry looked at Andy for a long time. “Are you sure? He told us he was going to the city to get a special chip Jane was supposed to get.”

Andy’s face grew pale. “What are you talking about?”

Henry decided10 to be mysterious. “Nothing we can talk about. Now maybe you can tell us why you left so fast when we ran into you at the Big Dipper. And why you’re here again.”

Andy swallowed hard before he answered. “I told you. I’m supposed to help get the network going from your computer.”

Henry was usually pretty easygoing, but not today. “Well, this is our computer now, and we need to learn how to fix it ourselves. Thanks for offering to help, but don’t bother installing the Fix-It program. We’ll use our own.”

Benny tugged11 on Jessie’s hand. He showed her the crumpled12 paper he’d picked up at the ice-cream stand. Jessie shook her head as if to say no.

Too late. Andy spotted13 the paper. He blushed14. “Where’d you get that? I was looking for it. I have some notes on there that I need. I guess I dropped it—by mistake, of course.”

Jessie stepped in front of Benny. “Hold on a second, Andy. Tell us what’s on it first. Maybe it doesn’t belong to you.”

“It’s an appointment I wrote down that Jane had at three o’clock today,” he said, reaching for the paper.

Jessie pulled it away. “But that’s not exactly what it says. It must belong to someone else.”

With five pairs of eyes staring at him, Andy Porter knew the Aldens weren’t handing over that note. He turned and left.

After she heard the door close, Jessie read the note. “Andy was wrong. He said the name was Jane, but it says Nadje.”

Henry put down the Fix-It box he was about to open. “Wait a minute. Repeat what you just said.”

Jessie wrinkled15 her forehead. “Okay. The name on this paper is Nadje. ... Hmmm. Nadje looks an awful lot like Jane. It has the same letters plus the first letter of her last name—D.”

“But Nadje is a two-faced witch,” Benny said, “and Jane is just a regular person.”

“Maybe Jane is two-faced!” Jessie said excitedly. “Maybe she acts one way at QuestMaster but another way ...” Her voice trailed off.

She turned to Henry. “Didn’t C.D. say he was having a meeting tomorrow?”

Henry nodded.

“Okay. Here’s what we do,” Jessie went on. “Let’s bring this computer to the office. We’ll say we were having problems with it and ask Jane, Ned, and Andy to help us out. There’s something about our Ringmaster II program that is different. I have a feeling one of those people knows what it is.”


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1 den 5w9xk     
n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室
参考例句:
  • There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
  • The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。
2 aisle qxPz3     
n.(教堂、教室、戏院等里的)过道,通道
参考例句:
  • The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
  • The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。
3 aisles aisles     
n. (席位间的)通道, 侧廊
参考例句:
  • Aisles were added to the original Saxon building in the Norman period. 在诺曼时期,原来的萨克森风格的建筑物都增添了走廊。
  • They walked about the Abbey aisles, and presently sat down. 他们走到大教堂的走廊附近,并且很快就坐了下来。
4 rumors 2170bcd55c0e3844ecb4ef13fef29b01     
n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷
参考例句:
  • Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 checkout lwGzd1     
n.(超市等)收银台,付款处
参考例句:
  • Could you pay at the checkout.你能在结帐处付款吗。
  • A man was wheeling his shopping trolley to the checkout.一个男人正推着购物车向付款台走去。
6 browsed 86f80e78b89bd7dd8de908c9e6adfe44     
v.吃草( browse的过去式和过去分词 );随意翻阅;(在商店里)随便看看;(在计算机上)浏览信息
参考例句:
  • I browsed through some magazines while I waited. 我边等边浏览几本杂志。 来自辞典例句
  • I browsed through the book, looking at page after page. 我翻开了一下全书,一页又一页。 来自互联网
7 overheard overheard     
adj. 串音的, 偶而听到的 动词overhear的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句:
  • We talked quietly so as not to be overheard. 我们低声交谈,以免别人听到。
  • I told Lucy the news under my breath, but Joyce overheard me. 我低声地把这个消息告诉露西,可还是被乔伊斯听到了。
8 blurted fa8352b3313c0b88e537aab1fcd30988     
v.突然说出,脱口而出( blurt的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She blurted it out before I could stop her. 我还没来得及制止,她已脱口而出。
  • He blurted out the truth, that he committed the crime. 他不慎说出了真相,说是他犯了那个罪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 picket B2kzl     
n.纠察队;警戒哨;v.设置纠察线;布置警卫
参考例句:
  • They marched to the factory and formed a picket.他们向工厂前进,并组成了纠察队。
  • Some of the union members did not want to picket.工会的一些会员不想担任罢工纠察员。
10 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
11 tugged 8a37eb349f3c6615c56706726966d38e     
v.用力拉,使劲拉,猛扯( tug的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She tugged at his sleeve to get his attention. 她拽了拽他的袖子引起他的注意。
  • A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. 他的嘴角带一丝苦笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
12 crumpled crumpled     
adj. 弯扭的, 变皱的 动词crumple的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句:
  • She crumpled the letter up into a ball and threw it on the fire. 她把那封信揉成一团扔进了火里。
  • She flattened out the crumpled letter on the desk. 她在写字台上把皱巴巴的信展平。
13 spotted 7FEyj     
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
参考例句:
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
14 Blushed Blushed     
n. 脸红,外观 vi. 泛红,羞愧
参考例句:
  • She blushed at the mention of her lover's name. 她因说到她情人的名字而脸红。
  • He blushed when the pretty girl gave him the eye. 那位漂亮的女孩向他抛媚眼时,他脸红了。
15 wrinkled qeQzK4     
adj.有皱纹的v.使起皱纹( wrinkle的过去式和过去分词 );(尤指皮肤)起皱纹
参考例句:
  • She smoothed down a wrinkled tablecloth. 她把起皱的桌布熨平了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A wrinkled purse,a wrinkled face. 手中无钱,愁容满面。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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