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《神奇树屋》 第二十二册 Revolutionary War on Wednesday 05 The Letter

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  "George Washington? Really?" said Annie.

"Yeah, I think he is!" said Jack1.

'Wow! Where'd he go?" said Annie. "I want to seehim again! Come on!" She started toward the river.

"Wait--don't go far," said Jack. "I just want to makesure it's him."He opened the Revolutionary War book. He found apicture of the boats on the river-bank. He read:

When General George Washington gathered histroops by the Delaware River, he was commander-inchiefof the whole American army. The general ledthe army for six years, until America became a freeand independent nation. In 1789, he was elected thefirst president of the new United States.

"Oh, man, it is him," said Jack.

He pulled out his notebook and wrote:

General George Washington helped Americabecome independent.

"Hey, what are you writing?" someone asked.

Jack looked up.

A bearded soldier was pointing at him.

Jack shoved2 the Revolutionary War book and hisnotebook into his bag.

"Nothing, sir," he said. He started walking away.

The man shouted after Jack. But Jack ran downtoward the river and lost himself in a crowd ofsoldiers.

When he looked over his shoulder, he was relieved.

The bearded man was nowhere in sight.

"Stop, young man!" Someone shone a lantern rightin Jack's faceJack gasped3.

It was the captain.

.

"I told you to go home, Jack," the captain saidsternly. "Where's your sister?"Jack looked around. Where was Annie? "I don'tknow," he said.

"Find her at once and go back to your family!" thecaptain ordered. "Our secret mission is veryimportant. Children will only get in the way."9"Yes, sir!" said Jack.

The captain started to leave. But he stopped.

"I wonder if you could do me a favor, Jack?" heasked.

"Sure," said Jack.

The captain pulled out his letter.

"This is my letter to my children," he said. "It's afarewell letter. Would you please take it back withyou to Frog Creek4?""Yes, sir," said Jack.

"You must only send it if you hear that we havefailed in our mission and many patriots5 were lost,"said the captain.

"Yes, sir," said Jack.

The captain handed his letter to Jack.

"I copied the general's speech for my children," thecaptain said. "If anything bad happens to me, I hopethose words will give them courage."The captain then turned and disappeared into thecrowd.

"Good luck, Captain!" Jack called. He hoped hewould never have to send the letter to the man'schildren.

Suddenly, Jack clutched6 the letter to his chest.

"Send!" he whispered.

This letter was the writing they'd been looking for-somethingto send! He and Annie could go homenow! Their mission was over!

Jack shoved the captain's letter into his bag. Nowhe just had to find Annie. As he looked around, heshivered. "Where is she?" he muttered7.

Jack started moving through the crowd, looking forAnnie.

It was hard to see. The wind was blowing harder.

The snow fell faster.

Jack started to panic. "Annie!" he called..

As he wove quickly in and out of the crowd, hekept calling for her. None of the soldiers noticed him.

They were all too busy.

Finally, Jack came to the river.

Through the lamplit mist, he saw soldiers waitingto get into the boats. Some had already climbedaboard.

"Jack!" came a cry.

Jack saw the figure of a small girl. She was sittingin the back of the biggest boat.

"No way," he whispered.

Jack charged down to the boat. He stood at the edgeof the water.

10"What are you doing?" Jack shouted.

"This is George Washington's boat," Annie said.

"It's our big chance to spend time with him! We mightnot get another one."Jack looked at the other end of the huge boat.

Through the mist and falling snow, he saw thecommander-in-chief talking to his crew.

"We can't go with him," said Jack. "We'll get in theway of his secret mission. Besides, we havesomething to send now!""What? How?" said Annie.

"A letter! The captain gave me his letter to takeback to Frog Creek!" said Jack.

"We're only supposed to send it if something badhappens to the captain. We can go home now!""Oh, can't we go a little later?" Annie asked.

Jack climbed into the boat to pull her out.

"No, come on," he said, taking her hand.

Suddenly, the crew moved to the back of the boat,near Jack and Annie. The men grabbed8 their oars9 andstarted pushing the boat away from the shore.

"We're taking off," said Annie.

"No! We have to get out!" Jack said to the rowers.

But the men were working too hard to payattention. They were using their oars to hack10 up theice at the edge of the river.

"Excuse me," Jack said in a loud voice.

Just then, the boat jolted11 forward. Jack nearly losthis balance.

The boat broke through more ice. Rough wavessloshed against its sides.

"We have to go back!" said Jack.

"Too late," said Annie.

They were headed across the Delaware River!


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1 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
2 shoved d0b636805ac8dab7dd54aef6bbf9ba69     
推,猛推,乱推( shove的过去式和过去分词 ); 乱放; 随便放; 胡乱丢
参考例句:
  • The people shoved to get on the bus. 人们你推我挤争着上公共汽车。
  • He shoved me roughly aside. 他粗暴地把我推到了一边。
3 gasped e6af294d8a7477229d6749fa9e8f5b80     
v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 );喘息;倒抽气;很想要
参考例句:
  • She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
  • People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 creek 3orzL     
n.小溪,小河,小湾
参考例句:
  • He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
  • People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
5 patriots cf0387291504d78a6ac7a13147d2f229     
爱国者,爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
  • These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死,也不愿投降。
6 clutched 6496dc1d9c36e2f7aa5ca35f8ab4c9b0     
抓住,紧紧抓住( clutch的过去式和过去分词 ); (因害怕或痛苦)突然抓住
参考例句:
  • He clutched the child to him. 他紧紧地抱住小孩。
  • He clutched at the rope we threw to him. 他紧紧抓住我们扔给他的绳子。
7 muttered 2764630c23cae6a012e2a09fc41abbd2     
轻声低语,咕哝地抱怨( mutter的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He muttered a curse at the other driver. 他低声咒骂另一位开车的人。
  • She turned away and muttered something unintelligible. 她转向一旁,嘴里不知咕哝些什么。
8 grabbed grabbed     
v.抢先,抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 );(尤指匆忙地)取;攫取;(尤指自私、贪婪地)捞取
参考例句:
  • He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
  • She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。
9 oars c589a112a1b341db7277ea65b5ec7bf7     
n.桨,橹( oar的名词复数 );划手v.划(行)( oar的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • He pulled as hard as he could on the oars. 他拼命地划桨。
  • The sailors are bending to the oars. 水手们在拼命地划桨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 hack BQJz2     
n.劈,砍,出租马车;v.劈,砍,干咳
参考例句:
  • He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
  • Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。
11 jolted 80f01236aafe424846e5be1e17f52ec9     
(使)摇动, (使)震惊( jolt的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
  • She was jolted out of her reverie as the door opened. 门一开就把她从幻想中惊醒。
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