兒童英語(yǔ)讀物《神奇樹(shù)屋》 第一冊(cè) Dinosaurs Before Dark 08

8巨大的影子

杰克跳到木蘭樹(shù)背后。

他的心跳得飛快，大腦都停止了思維。

他偷偷地盯著大怪物。那可怕的動(dòng)物，它的大嘴巴一張一合的，牙齒大得像牛排刀。

別驚慌，想一想。

杰克悄悄地瞄了一下山谷。

好極了。鴨嘴龍正緊緊地呆在窩旁。

杰克回頭看了看霸王龍。

很好。大怪物似乎還不知道他在那兒。

別驚慌，想一想，想一想。也許 恐龍書(shū)里有些信息。

杰克打開(kāi)恐龍書(shū)，他找到了霸王龍。他讀著：

霸王龍是有史以來(lái)陸地上最大的肉食類動(dòng)物。如果它活到今天，它一口就可以吃掉一個(gè)人。

真是太厲害了。這本書(shū)什么忙也幫不上。

好吧，他不能藏在山的另一側(cè)。鴨嘴龍可能蜂擁而至。

好吧，他也不能跑向樹(shù)屋，霸王龍可是比他跑得快。

好吧，也許他只能等待了，等到大怪物離開(kāi)。

杰克偷偷地從樹(shù)后面看了一眼。

霸王龍已經(jīng)搖搖晃晃地走近小山了。

杰克的眼睛突然定住了，安妮正從繩梯上走下來(lái)!

她瘋了嗎?她要干什么?

杰克看著安妮單腳跳下繩梯。

她徑直走向無(wú)齒翼龍，同它交談起來(lái)。她拍打著胳膊，她指了指杰克，指了指天空，指了指樹(shù)屋。

她真的是瘋了!

“回去!回到樹(shù)上去!”杰克咕咕噥噥著。“快回樹(shù)上去!”

突然間杰克聽(tīng)見(jiàn)了一聲咆哮。

霸王龍正望向他這邊。

杰克臥倒在地。

霸王龍朝山上奔來(lái)。

杰克感覺(jué)到地動(dòng)山搖。

他是應(yīng)該跑?或者爬回恐龍谷去?還是爬到木蘭樹(shù)上去?

這時(shí)一個(gè)巨大的影子遮住了杰克。他朝上看去。

無(wú)齒翼龍正滑過(guò)頭頂。這只巨型的動(dòng)物就要落到山頂上來(lái)。

它可是徑直朝杰克飛來(lái)的。

8 A Giant Shadow

Jack jumped behind the magnolia tree.

His heart was beating so fast he could hardly think.

He peeked out at the giant monster. The horrible-looking creature was opening and closing his huge jaws. His teeth were as big as steak knives.

Don’t panic. Think.

Jack peered down at the valley.

Good. The duck-billed dinosaurs were sticking close to their nests.

Jack looked back at the Tyran-nosaurus.

Good. The monster still didn’t seem to know he was there.

Don’t panic. Think. Think. Maybe there’s information in the book.

Jack opened the dinosaur book. He found Tyrannosaurus rex. He read:

Tyrannosaurus rex was the largest meat-eating land animal of all time.

If it were alive today, it would eat a human in one bite.

Great. The book was no help at all.

Okay. He couldn’t hide on the other side of the hill.　The Anatosauruses might stampede.

Okay. He couldn’t run to the tree house. The Tyrannosaurus might run faster.

Okay. Maybe he should just wait. Wait for the monster to leave.

Jack peeked around the tree.

The Tyrannosaurus had wandered closer to the hill.

Something caught Jack’　s eye. Annie was coming down the rope ladder!

Was she nuts! What was she doing?

Jack watched Annie hop off the ladder.

She went straight to the Pteranodon. She was talking to him. She was flapping her arms. She pointed at Jack, at the sky, at the tree house.

She was nuts!

“Go!Go back up the tree!”Jack whispered. “Go!”

Suddenly Jack heard a roar.

The Tyrannosaurus rex was looking in his direction.

Jack hit the ground.

The Tyrannosaurus rex was coming toward the hill.

Jack felt the ground shaking.

Should he run? Crawl back into Dinosaur Valley? Climb the magnolia tree?

Just then a giant shadow covered Jack. He looked up.

The Pteranodon was gliding overhead. The giant creature sailed down toward the top of the hill.

He was coming straight for Jack.