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27_A_Wet_Night

27 A Wet Night

Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelled good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!

傍晚时分，孩子们在田野中央搭起了帐篷。这件事刚刚做完，他们就在篝火上烧起了饭。 他们全都饿了，饭菜散发出阵阵香味。他们美美地吃了一顿饭后，就围在营火旁讲起了故事，唱起了歌。 但过了一阵子，天下起雨来。于是他们扑灭了篝火，钻进了帐篷。 睡袋既暖和又舒服，所以，他们都睡得很香。午夜前后，有两个孩子醒了，大声叫了起来。 原来帐篷里到处都是水！他们全都跳出睡袋，跑到外面。 雨下得很大，他们发现地上已经形成了一条小溪。 那小溪弯弯曲曲穿过田野，然后正好从他们的帐篷底下流过去！

Words

  • tent /tɛnt/ n. 帐篷
    1. This tent must be cleaned today.（L21）
    2. She can’t have bought that tent 10 years ago.（L17）
  • field /fild/ n. 田地
    1. There are a lot of farmers in the field.
    2. She started to complain about the worms in the field.（L24）
    3. Let’s pretend that we are now in the field.（L26）
  • campfire /ˈkæmpˌfaɪɚ/ n. 篝火
    1. He hurried to the campfire.（L19）
    2. We didn’t know the way to our campfire.（L25）
  • crept /krɛpt/ v. 爬
    1. My cat always creeps into my tent in the garden.
    2. You crept on the carpet a lot when you are a baby.（L7）
  • soundly /ˈsaʊndli/ adv. 睡得很香
    1. That little girl is sleeping soundly in the bedroom now.
    2. I slept soundly last night.
  • leapt /lɛpt/ leap /lip/ v. 跳
    1. They all leapt out of their sleeping bags.
  • stream /strim/ v. 小溪
    1. Instead of drinking water in the bottle, she drank water from the stream.（L20）
    2. If you don’t boil the stream water, something bad may happen.（L16）
    3. It rained heavily last night, and a stream had formed in the field.
  • formed /fɔrmd/ 形成
  • wound /waʊnd/ v. 蜿蜒
    1. The stream wound its way across the field.
  • comfortable /ˈkʌmfɚtəbl/ adj. 舒适的
    1. She is keen on buying new sleeping bags.（L20）
    2. This sleeping bag has to be cleaned.（L21）
    3. This sleeping bag is the most comfortable one
    4. I’ve ever used.（L8）
  • smell /smɛl/ v. 闻起来
    1. It must be terrible to smell that everyday.（L17）
    2. My parents asked me to smell that tree last night.（L11）
    3. He refused to smell that.（L9）
  • wonderful /ˈwʌndɚfəl/ adj. 精彩的
    1. Great!
    2. Excellent!
    3. Outstanding!
    4. Brilliant!
    5. Fantastic!
  • heavily /ˈhɛvəli/ adv. 猛烈地
    1. It’s raining heavily.
    2. It snowed heavily last night.
    3. It must have rained heavily last night.（L17）

Expressions

  • put up a tent 搭帐篷
  • in the middle of 在……中间
  • as soon as 一……就……
  • tell stories 讲故事
  • sing songs 唱歌
  • put out the fire 灭火
    1. Don’t worry.（L21）
    2. The fire will be put out.（L21）
    3. As soon as they put out the fire, they crept into the tent.（L14）
    4. I believe that she has already put out the fire.
    5. begin doing sth. = begin to do sth.（L15）
    6. He began playing jazz.（L10）
    7. She began complaining about her boyfriend.（L24）