兒童英語讀物《神奇樹屋》 第四冊 Pirates Past Noon 03

3小船上的三個人

“我們來到了海盜時代!”杰克說。

“海盜?”安妮尖叫道，“就像《小飛俠彼得·潘》中的那些海盜嗎?”

杰克快速將書翻到有大海、船和鸚鵡圖片的那一頁。他讀著圖片下面的文字：

300多年前，在加勒比海，海盜們突襲載滿珠寶的西班牙商船。

杰克從背包里抓起他的筆記本和鉛筆，寫道：

加勒比海盜

然后他翻到書的下一頁，上面是一幅海盜旗的圖片。他讀道：

這骷髏旗被稱作“快樂的羅杰”。

“我們走吧!”安妮說。

“等等!”杰克說，“我想把這面旗畫下來。”

他把書支在沙地上，開始畫骷髏旗。

“別照書上的圖片畫。”安妮說，“看那兒的真旗呀!”

但杰克推了推眼鏡，仍然自顧自地畫著。

“杰克，一些海盜跳進了劃艇。”安妮說。

杰克還是埋頭畫畫兒。

“杰克，那只劃艇正在離開大船。”安妮說。

“什么?”杰克抬起頭來。

“看。”安妮手指大海說。

杰克一看，只見劃艇正朝岸上開來。

“快跑!”安妮說，并拔腿往樹屋跑去。

杰克跳起來，眼鏡掉在地上。

“快啊!”安妮回頭沖他喊。

杰克跪在地上找他的眼鏡，眼鏡在哪兒呢?

這時，杰克發(fā)現(xiàn)沙地上有什么東西在閃光，他一摸，是他的眼鏡!于是一把抓起。

接著他將筆記本和鉛筆扔進背包，把包背起來，抓起靴子和襪子就跑。

“快點!他們來了!”安妮已經(jīng)爬到了繩梯的最上面。

杰克回頭往海上一望，海盜已經(jīng)快到岸邊了。

突然，杰克看到那本有關(guān)海盜的書還立在沙灘上，剛才慌亂中他竟然忘了拿!

“噢，糟糕!我忘了拿書!”他說，隨即把靴子和襪子扔到樹屋下。

“快上來，杰克!”安妮喊道。

“我馬上就來!”杰克說，“我得先去拿書!”

“杰克，別管書了!”

但杰克已經(jīng)朝海邊兒跑過去了。

杰克抓起書。

“快過來!”安妮喊。

杰克把書塞進他的背包。

突然，一個巨浪將劃艇沖到了海灘。

“快跑，杰克!”安妮叫道。

三個人高馬大的海盜濺著水花上了岸。

他們用牙齒叼著刀，腰帶上別著手槍，朝杰克沖過來。

“跑啊，杰克!快跑!”安妮大喊。

3 Three Men in a Boat

“We’ve come to the time of pirates!” Jack said.

“Pirates?”squeaked Annie.“Like in Peter Pan?”

Jack flipped to the picture that showed the parrot， the sea and the ship.

He read the caption under the picture：

Three hundred years ago， piratesraided Spanish treasure ships in the Caribbean Sea.

He grabbed his notebook and pencil from his pack. He wrote：

Pirates in the Caribbean

He turned to the next page. There was a picture of a pirate flag. He read：

The skull-and-crossbones flag wascalled the Jolly Roger.

“Let’s go!” said Annie.

“Wait!” said Jack. “I want to make a drawing of the flag.”

He propped the pirate book in the sand.

He started drawing the Jolly Roger flag.

“Don’t copy the picture in the book，” said Annie. “Look at the real thing.”

But Jack pushed his glasses into place and kept drawing.

“Jack，some pirates are getting into a rowboat，” said Annie.

Jack kept drawing.

“Jack， the boat’s leaving the big ship，” said Annie.

“What?” Jack looked up.

“Look.” Annie pointed.

Jack looked. He saw the rowboat coming toward the shore.

“Run!” said Annie. She started running toward the tree house.

Jack jumped up. His glasses fell off.

“Hurry!” Annie called back to him.

Jack went down on his knees. He felt for his glasses. Where were they?

Jack saw something glinting in the sand. He reached for it. It was his glasses. He snatched them up.

Then he threw his notebook and pencil into his pack. He put the pack on his back.

He grabbed his boots and his socks.And he took off running.

“Hurry! They’re coming!” Annie was at the top of the rope ladder.

Jack looked back at the sea. The pirates were closer to the shore.

Suddenly Jack saw the pirate book. In all the confusion he had forgotten it. It was still propped in the sand.

“Oh man，I forgot the book!” he said. He dropped his socks and boots below the tree house.

“Come on， Jack!” Annie shouted.

“I’ll be right back!” Jack called. “I’ve got to get the book!”

“Jack， forget it!”

But Jack was already running toward the water.

Jack grabbed the book.

“Come back!” Annie shouted.

Jack shoved the book into his backpack.

Suddenly a giant wave carried the rowboat right onto the beach.

“Run， Jack!” shouted Annie.

Three big pirates splashed onto the sand.

They had knives in their teeth.

They had pistols in their belts.

They charged toward Jack.

“Run， Jack， run!” cried Annie.