兒童英語讀物《神奇樹屋》 第一冊 Dinosaurs Before Dark 08

8巨大的影子

杰克跳到木蘭樹背后。

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 恐龍書里有些信息。

杰克打開恐龍書，他找到了霸王龍。他讀著：

霸王龍是有史以來陸地上最大的肉食類動物。如果它活到今天，它一口就可以吃掉一個人。

真是太厲害了。這本書什么忙也幫不上。

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。

杰克偷偷地從樹后面看了一眼。

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!

她瘋了嗎?她要干什么?

杰克看著安妮單腳跳下繩梯。

她徑直走向無齒翼龍，同它交談起來。她拍打著胳膊，她指了指杰克，指了指天空，指了指樹屋。

她真的是瘋了!

“回去!回到樹上去!”杰克咕咕噥噥著。“快回樹上去!”

突然間杰克聽見了一聲咆哮。

霸王龍正望向他這邊。

杰克臥倒在地。

霸王龍朝山上奔來。

杰克感覺到地動山搖。

他是應(yīng)該跑?或者爬回恐龍谷去?還是爬到木蘭樹上去?

這時一個巨大的影子遮住了杰克。他朝上看去。

無齒翼龍正滑過頭頂。這只巨型的動物就要落到山頂上來。

它可是徑直朝杰克飛來的。

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.